Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2017

Most senior and middle level managers will understand when a subordinate comes to them to resign and begin a new business. But all will immediately question whether the new business will compete in any way with their enterprise, and react to the future entrepreneur in either of two very distinct ways based upon those fears. Even more suspicious is the action of an employee who resigns suddenly without notice or explanation.

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L.A. Business Journal

MARCH 30, 2017

SpaceX landed a used Falcon 9 first-stage rocket on a water barge in the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday — the world’s first flight and landing of a previously launched orbital-class rocket.

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socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2017

San Diego-based Qualcomm is powering the newly announced Samsung Galaxy S8 , Qualcomm said on Wednesday. Samsung is using Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform, according to Qualcomm, which features its Qualcomm TruSignal adaptive antenna tuning technology, an integrated Snapdragon X16 LTE modem, and which is roughly 35 percent smaller and which consumes 25 percent less power than the company's last generation of chips.

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L.A. Business Journal

MARCH 30, 2017

Fandango relocates staff to L.A. office, SpaceX nails world’s first launch, landing of reused rocket, Snap pitches self-serve geofilters to small businesses, and more.

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Office leases are one of companies’ largest expenses, and if your whole team is working from home with no clear end in sight, you may be wondering what to do about your lease.

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socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2017

SpaceX , the Los Angeles area rocket and spacecraft developer, is hoping to make history this afternoon, with the (re)launch of a SpaceX Falcon rocket. SpaceX's SES-10 mission will launch a commercial communications satellite into Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO), using the same first stage of the Falcon 9 used to launch a payload to the International Space Station in April of last year.

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L.A. Business Journal

MARCH 30, 2017

Soxhub Inc. said this week it had received a minority investment from Donnelley Financial Solutions Inc. as part of a partnership between the two companies.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 30, 2017

Wednesday, April 5, 2017 -- Roadmap to Commercialization. Santa Ana District SBDC. Why is the right business model critical to your venture start-up's success? Can a bad value proposition kill your business? How well do you really know your target customer? As a founder, your "Hero's Journey" will be fraught with numerous obstacles, "uncertainty, fear and doubt".

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socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2017

Irvine-based Broadcom is selling the data center switching, routing, and analytics business from Brocade Communications Systems , to Extreme Networks , as a part of Broadcom's $5.9 billion acquisition of Brocade. Extreme Networks said this morning that it will pay $55M in cash, including $35M at close and $20M in deferred payments, plus earnout, for the Brocade unit.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 30, 2017

Wednesday, April 5, 2017 -- FundingPost Los Angeles VC and Angel Investor Conference. Join us for this intimate VC and Angel Investor Conference. Interested in meeting early-stage accredited investors in LA? Then register for the FundingPost Investor RoundTable on April 5th, 2017 at 2:00pm. FundingPost has hosted 300+ sold-out venture events in 23 cities over the past 16 years.

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Los Angeles Venture Capital Conference Angel 100

socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2017

San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals developer ACADIA Pharmaceuticals announced this morning that it has named Michael J. Yang as the company's new Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. Yang replaces former Chief Commercial Officer Terrence O. Moore, who the company says is retiring. Yang was previously President of Janssen Biotech, and also had served at Johnson & Johnson, Therakos, Veridex, and Ortho Biotech.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 30, 2017

Wednesday, April 5, 2017 -- ViaSat MarketLink. EvoNexus. ViaSat will be selecting early stage companies that impact technical areas in cybersecurity for potential partnerships. Selected companies will be provided with a private 1-hour meeting with ViaSat executives. There is no fee for this opportunity, simply apply.

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socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2017

Carpinteria-based construction software developer Procore Technologies has launched two, brand new cloud-based software products to the market, Procore Construction Financials and Procore Quality & Safety , according to the company. Procore said the new products as part of a new platform it is calling Procore Construction OS , which it says is aimed at creating a frictionless construction process, connecting people, applications, and devices.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 30, 2017

Wednesday, April 5, 2017 -- Data Center World. Global Conference for data center, facilities and IT professionals. [link].

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socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2017

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has accomplished a historic launch, returning a Falcon 9 rocket to space and successfully landing the rocket on its drone ship in the Pacific. SpaceX is the first organization to launch a rocket and refly a orbital booster to space. Elon Musk, in an interview on SpaceX's broadcast of the flight, said that the orbital booster is the most expensive part of a rocket, and will be "a revolution" in spaceflight.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 30, 2017

Wednesday, April 5, 2017 -- HostingCon.

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socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2017

The record, $2 billion acquisition of Irvine-based TV maker Vizio has hit some serious turbulence, with reports saying that the deal may be abandoned or cancelled , due to issues China's recent restriction of moving capital overseas. Those same currency controls have been tamping down sales of mansions in San Gabriel valley to Chinese buyers , and according to local investors have put a serious damper on EB-5 visa investments in both local funds and startups.

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Xconomy

MARCH 30, 2017

Echo , a San Diego startup that has developed a digital, all-in-one microscope, says today it has closed on $7.5 million in a Series A round led by San Francisco-based Dolby Family Ventures and Southern California’s Tech Coast Angels. In a phone interview this afternoon, founder Eugene Cho (the E.Cho in Echo) tells me the three-year-old startup will use the funding to significantly increase production of its Revolve hybrid microscope.

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