Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 23, 2021
Entrepreneurs have to know when and how to say ‘no,’ and be good at delivering the message. All startup leaders are besieged with requests for their time, attention, talent, money, or influence, and sometimes even good requests won’t fit into the time and energy you have available. Startups require focus, so you need to say ‘no’ to some things, in order to do the important things well.
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APRIL 23, 2021
Los Angeles-based Wemo, the home automation and Internet-of-Things (IoT) brand owned by Belkin International, says it has launched a new product, the Wemo Stage Scene Controller. The new device--which mounts on a wall--lets users manage and control "scenes" for lighting, entertainment, security, and temperature in their homes. The device connects to the HomeKit home control system, letting users active up to six customized HomeKit scenes (i.e. movie night, bedtime, energy saving), according to t
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L.A. Business Journal
APRIL 23, 2021
SpaceX launched its third crewed mission April 23, sending four astronauts to the International Space Station.
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APRIL 23, 2021
Hawke Ventures, a new, venture capital fund that is part of marketing company Hawke Media, said Friday that it has raised $5.6M for its first, venture capital fund. The new fund is being managed by Erik Huberman, Tony Delmercado, and Managing Partner Drew Leahy, along with angel investor Paige Craig. The company said it plans to write checks of between $100,000 and $250,000 in digital marketing startups.
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socalTECH
APRIL 23, 2021
Los Angeles-based Universal Hydrogen, a startup developing hardware to power airplans with hydrogen, has raised $20.5M in a Series A funding, the company said earlier this week. The company said the funding was led by Playground Global, and also included Fortescue Future Industries, Coatue, Global Founders Capital, Plug Power, Airbus Ventures, JetBlue Technology Ventures, Toyota AI Ventures, Sojitz Corporation, and Future Shape.
socalTECH
APRIL 23, 2021
Carpinteria-based construction management software unicorn Procore has named a new sales VP, saying this week that it has appointed Bill Crawford as the company's Senior Vice President of U.S. Sales. Crawford had previously served as Chief Value Officer at Ceridian, and Senior Vice President of Sales at ADP. Procore develops software used to manage construction projects, and is one of Southern California's highly valued unicorn startups.
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socalTECH
APRIL 23, 2021
Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX has successfully launched four more astronauts towards the International Space Station, in a launch for a href="[link] first time that a re-used Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket have been used on a crew mission. SpaceX launched NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet into space at 5
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APRIL 23, 2021
San Diego-based Kandji, a startup which develops Apple device management software, says it has raised $60M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Felicis Ventures, and also included SVB Capital, Greycroft and Okta Ventures, as well as The Spruce House Partnership, and First Round Capital. Kandji now has raised $88.5M. The company also raised $21M in a Series A funding in October, and two earlier seed funding round.
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