Mon.Dec 17, 2018

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Richard Wolpert Talks About The Soul Of A Deal, And How To Get That Deal Done

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Richard Wolpert is a well known investor in the Los Angeles technology community, through his own fund, Chance Technologies; as a Venture Partner at Amplify.LA and Venture Advisor at Accel Partners; and has a long history in the tech community, having been Chief Strategy Officer at RealNetworks and President of Disney Online. Richard recently published a new book, The Soul Of A Deal , talking about his experience with deal making and interviewing such others as J.J.Abrams, Deepak Chopra, Peter G

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Silicon Beach Report Dec. 17: Court Freezes Faraday Future CEO’s Assets

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Ring adds doorbell facial recognition; Yuetings assets frozen; Netflix pushes film towards theaters

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Hulu To Launch Programmatic Marketplace

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Los Angeles-based streaming television provider Hulu is launching its own, private programmatic advertising marketplace , which will make all of its live and on-demand TV inventory available to advertisers, according to a report. The programmatic marketplace is set to launch on January 1st. READ MORE>>.

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15 For ’19: Key Clinical Data To Watch For Next Year (Part 1)

Xconomy

It can take decades and billions of dollars to develop a drug, and its fate—and often that of its developer—rests in the outcome of clinical trials. Just look at some of 2018’s biggest biotech stories. The failure of a closely-watched cancer immunotherapy combination sent ripples through the sector and led several companies to change development strategies.

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Can You Ask for Office Rent Relief? How to Manage Your Lease During COVID-19

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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Disney And Robotic Toy Maker Sphero Go Separate Ways

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Watch out robotic toy fans -- Burbank-based Walt Disney and robotic toy maker Sphero have apparently agreed to go their separate ways, meaning the end of the robotic version of Disney's BB-8 and R2-D2, as well as Lightning McQueen and Spider Man. According to Sphero it will discontinue its popular Disney licensed products, due to the declining popularity of those toys.

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A.I. in 2018: IBM Exec on Advances in Training, Trust, Transparency

Xconomy

[ Editor’s note: This is part of a series of posts sharing thoughts from technology leaders about 2018 trends and 2019 forecasts. ] Today’s artificial intelligence technologies have demonstrated they’re capable of handling specific tasks, such as identifying pictures of cats or spotting cancer in CT scans. Researchers are hopeful the industry’s next breakthroughs will enable A.I. to move beyond answering narrow queries to handling broader assignments.

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Business Complexity Goes Up Dramatically As You Scale

Startup Professionals Musings

Most of the entrepreneurs I advise today are ready to declare success when they get that first surge of traction with a real customer. This is a good sign, but they have no idea that the hard work of scaling the business is still ahead of them. It’s a bit like the heady first days after you’ve fallen in love, when you can’t imagine anything will ever kill that passion or commitment.

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CoreLogic Buys HomeVisit

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Irvine-based CoreLogic has acquired HomeVisit , a mid-Atlantic provider of property listing photography, videography, 3D modeling, drone imagery, and related services, the company said this morning. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. HomeVisit had been owned by Breakaway Holdings LLC. According to CoreLogic, it plans to grow and expand HomeVisit's product suite on a national scale, and also will use the acquisition to augment its digital data capture capabilities.

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Sophiris, Stock Sliding After Cancer Drug Data, Still Plans Phase 3

Xconomy

Sophiris Bio said Monday that 10 patients who were administered its experimental prostate cancer drug a second time didn’t see any additional benefit. The news sent the San Diego, CA-based biotech’s stock plunging 40 percent. Sophiris (NASDAQ: SPHS ) already had encouraging mid-stage clinical trial data testing one dose of its drug, topsalysin, in prostate cancer patients.

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Rocket Lab Delivers 13 Satellites To Space For NASA

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Huntington Beach-based Rocket Lab , one of Southern California's crop of space related startups, delivered another payload to space on Sunday, sending a number of small "Cubesats" to space for NASA. According to Rocket Lab, the launch is its third orbital launch for 2018, and brings its total number of satellites launched into space to 24 during the year.