Sat.Nov 04, 2017 - Fri.Nov 10, 2017

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Uber adds LA to flying taxi test cities, demo flights slated for 2020

TechCrunch LA

Uber has inked a partnership with Nasa over its flying taxi plans and says now it’s aiming to get demo flights up and running in Los Angeles by 2020. Read More.

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Niche marketing works. Here’s how.

Berkonomics

Close. How many of us throw away marketing dollars because our paid efforts reach an audience that is much larger than the target or niche audience we need to reach? Whether it be for publications, social marketing, or even those once-necessary postal mailers, we have tools now that were not available just a few years ago. So, let’s up our marketing knowledge first with a few short answers to marketing questions….

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How To Sell A Used 1996 Honda Accord, LA Style

socalTECH

In an example of why technology companies serious about content continue to flock to Los Angeles, an epic Youtube video selling a used 1996 Honda Accord --complete with overhead drone video across the Southern California coast--posted last Thursday--has gone viral. The video was created by a Youtube user for his girlfriend, who is selling her car on eBay.

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LinkedIn, Silver Lake Take Stake In Cornerstone OnDemand

L.A. Business Journal

Cornerstone OnDemand, a personnel management software developer, announced on Wednesday that private equity firm Silver Lake Partners and Microsoft Corp.’s LinkedIn plan to invest $300 million in the company.

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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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Uber adds LA to flying taxi test cities, demo flights slated for 2020

TechCrunch LA

Uber has inked a partnership with Nasa over its flying taxi plans and says now it's aiming to get demo flights up and running in Los Angeles by 2020. .

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NextUp: Pop! Bursting the California Water Bubble - BizFed Institute

SoCal Tech Calendar

Thursday, November 16, 2017 -- NextUp: Pop! Bursting the California Water Bubble. The NextUp Economic Forum presents a multi-part series exploring the impacts of California's population change and growth on vital resources and the economy.

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Silicon Beach Report Nov. 7: Snap Earnings Report: Company Misses Revenue Target, Adds Just 4.5 Million New Users

L.A. Business Journal

Snap’s quarterly earnings report disappoints, pop star and entrepreneur will.i.am’s I.am+ raises $117 million and digital advertiser H Code Media partners with online health care portal Webconsultas.

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6 Lessons From Navy SEALs For New Venture Founders

Startup Professionals Musings

You have to be extra tough mentally to start a new business venture. While thinking about it, I realized that it’s really not that different from the toughness required and trained into America’s elite military force of Navy SEALs, who are known to be cool under fire, able to sense danger before it’s too late, and never give up on achieving their objective.

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Leveraging Machine Learning and Data Science to Drive Business Results

SoCal Tech Calendar

Thursday, November 16, 2017 -- Leveraging Machine Learning and Data Science to Drive Business Results. AITP Los Angeles and Technology Council of Southern California. The new technology landscape with origins in data science opens many new possibilities. Our November event will provide insights on the many emerging trends. Speakers: Tony Karrer, Founder/CEO of TechEmpower and Founder/CTO of Aggregage; Jon Morra, VP Data Science, ZEFR; Jeong-Yoon Lee, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft.

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I.am+ Raises $117M, Takes Aim At AI Tools

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based I.am+ , the tech startup started by pop star will.i.am , said on Monday that it has raised $117M in a venture funding round, and has launched itself into the artificial intelligence tools market for the enterprise. According to I.am+, the round includes Salesforce Ventures, along with other. I.am+ had previously focused on developing headphones and other consumer electronics devices.

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Silicon Beach Report Nov. 9: Snapchat Redesign Scheduled for Dec. 4 Release

L.A. Business Journal

Snapchat redesign scheduled for release on Dec. 4, Disney to price streaming service 'substantially below’ Netflix, and Activision’s ‘Call of Duty’ rakes in $500 million.

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There’s More to Fargo, North Dakota Than What’s on the Big Screen

Tech.Co

If you hear the word “Fargo,” you might think of the american comedy series or the 1996 film that won multiple Oscars. But there's more to the city than what's on the big screen. It is here where innovators, artists, entrepreneurs and more have moved from all around the world to join it's welcoming startup community. In this profile of #StartupsEverywhere , I talked with John Machacek, Senior Vice President of Finance and Entrepreneurial Development, the Greater Fargo Moorhead Econom

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Leveraging Machine Learning and Data Science to Drive Business Results

SoCal Tech Calendar

Thursday, November 16, 2017 -- Leveraging Machine Learning and Data Science to Drive Business Results. AITP. Tony Karrer, Founder/CEO of TechEmpower and CTO of Aggregage Jon Morra, VP Data Science, ZEFR Jeong-Yoon Lee, Technical Evangelist, Microsoft These well-known technology executives will share an overview of cutting-edge technologies used in data science/machine learning and will provide multiple use cases on how the technologies are being implemented -- such as predictive data analytics,

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Self Driving, Autonoous Las Vegas Shuttle Crashes On First Day On The Job

socalTECH

An experiment involving the first-ever, fully self-driving shuttle bus in the nation, launched in Las Vegas yesterday, had a very bad first day on the job on Wednesday. The NAVYA Arma shuttle bus, run by French company Keolis, apparently smashed into a semi truck pulling out of alley shortly after it started making its rounds about Vegas. According to local media reports, the accident was ultimately blamed on the human driving the semi truck.

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Silicon Beach Report Nov. 8: China's Tencent Takes 12 Percent Stake in Snap as Shares Plunge

L.A. Business Journal

China's Tencent takes 12 percent stake in Snap as shares plunge, LinkedIn and Silver Lake take stake in Cornerstone OnDemand and SpaceX suffers Merlin engine test mishap.

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Microsoft’s Strategy for Finding What’s Next in Healthcare A.I.

Xconomy

Microsoft is applying the same model it used to launch its quantum computing and chatbot efforts to innovation in healthcare, signaling the company’s ambition and optimism about the transformative potential of artificial intelligence technologies in this enormous endeavor. Peter Lee is the Microsoft Research executive in charge of the NExT initiative—an effort quietly begun in 2014 by CEO Satya Nadella and Harry Shum, head of the company’s A.I. division, to convert select projects from the

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The StartEngine ICO 2.0 Summit

SoCal Tech Calendar

Friday, November 10, 2017 -- The StartEngine ICO 2.0 Summit. Hear from top leaders in cryptocurrency, blockchain, and equity crowdfunding about how the U.S. is already positioned to accommodate regulated coin offerings. And meet the ambitious entrepreneurs who are going to make it all happen. See [link].

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SendGrid IPO Expected Next Week

socalTECH

The next IPO of a technology company with Southern California roots is expected next week, as SendGrid now appears to be planning its IPO, on Wednesday, November 15th. According to the upcoming market IPO calendar, SendGrid is planning on its IPO on Wednesday. SendGrid is offering up 7,700,000 shares of its common stock, and most recently estimated an IPO range of between $13.50 and $15.50 per share.

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Silicon Beach Report Nov. 10: NASA Study Says SpaceX Saves Agency Money

L.A. Business Journal

Study says SpaceX saves NASA money; ULA feels no schedule pressure to pick Blue Origin over Aerojet engine; Snapchat ad buyers say all hope is not yet lost.

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Is Your Company Independent or Co-Dependent?

Xconomy

Steve Jobs was once famously quoted stating, “the secret of my success is that we have gone to exceptional lengths to hire the best people in the world.” Employees are a critical part of any company’s backbone, no matter the size or industry of the business. They are the driving force that executes the company vision on a daily basis, and make decisions that make it possible to achieve its growth and goals.

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3 Key Success Factors Drive Business Strategies Today

Startup Professionals Musings

Your business can’t be all things to all people, and excel at anything. Every entrepreneur and every business needs a strategy to keep them focused. In fact, in this new world of pervasive interactivity, it’s time to rethink even how to develop a strategy. Strategy used to come from the inside looking out, but now it must come from a dialogue and engagement with constituents.

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Live.me Raises $50M In Series B From Bytedance

socalTECH

In the second big piece of news in Los Angeles from Chinese company Bytedance , Bytedance said on Friday that it will invest $50M in a Series B funding in Los Angeles-based Live.me , a developer of an online livestreaming service. Live.me is a subsidiary of Chinese company Cheetah Mobile. The news comes shortly after Bytedance (Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd) also announced it had acquired another Los Angeles, social app developer, Musical.ly, in a deal reported to be worth as much as $1 bi

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Silicon Beach Report Nov. 6: Blizzard Reveals Details of Upcoming Overwatch League Season

L.A. Business Journal

Blizzard reveals details of upcoming Overwatch League season, consumers overwhelmed by growing number of TV shows and GrubHub finds success on Snapchat.

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Bose Develops Prototype “Sleepbuds” After Buying San Diego Startup

Xconomy

Bose , the privately held maker of headphones, loudspeakers, and other electronics for audiophiles, has acquired Hush, a San Diego startup founded by three undergraduate engineering students to develop “smart” noise-masking earbuds designed to help users sleep. The Framingham, MA, audio giant has incorporated the Hush technology in a prototype product that Bose is testing in a new product category that might best be described as “health and wellness audio.” In a recent e-mail newslet

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LA CoMotion

SoCal Tech Calendar

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TrackStreet Takes $2M For E-Commerce Monitoring

socalTECH

Santa Barbara-based TrackStreet , a developer of software to help manufacturers monitor their channel and e-commerce sites--and in particular, minimum-advertising-price (MAP) policies--has raised $2M in seed funding, the company said Wednesday. The seed funding was led by Okapi Capital, and also included Stage Venture Partners, SaaS Capital, and angels.

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8 Creativity Traits That Will Improve Your Leadership

Startup Professionals Musings

Starting a new venture is all about being creative, not just in the initial solution, but in tackling the daily challenges of every new and innovative business. In my role as business advisor, I find too many people still looking for the right answers in the back of the book. Most of what you learned in school is already obsolete. The winning answers and strategy has to come from your creativity.

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What Sean Parker Shares with Einstein and the Labradoodle’s Inventor

Xconomy

Sean Parker, Facebook’s first president, just joined a group that’s a favorite topic of history listicles: He’s an innovator who has become abashed by the breakthrough he helped to create. Parker, in an interview with Axios on Wednesday, said Facebook’s founders consciously exploited “a vulnerability in human psychology,” by luring users into an addictive engagement with the social media site by providing constant rewards in the form of “likes” and comments.

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LA CoMotion

SoCal Tech Calendar

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Digital Map Products Acquires Mexican Business Info Company

socalTECH

Irvine-based Digital Map Products , a developer of geospatial mapping technology and related products, said on Tuesday that it has acquired Mexico Business Directory (MDB). MDB owns a geocoded database of business locations in Mexico, and has approximately 1.6 million records, according to Digital Map Products. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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6 Ways Of Thinking To Put Your Innovation Into Orbit

Startup Professionals Musings

Real innovation in the business world is still rare. As I’ve said before, everyone talks about innovation, but the majority of new business plans I see still reflect linear thinking – one more social network with more features, another smartphone app for marketing, or one more platform for faster e-commerce. Historic changes and great successes don’t come from linear thinking.

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Aquam Raises $26M to Expand Tech, Services for Aging Infrastructure

Xconomy

Aquam, a San Diego company with technology for cleaning out and re-lining aging utility pipelines, has raised $26 million in a growth capital round led by NewWorld Capital Group , a New York private equity firm that makes investments in sustainable energy and natural-resources related deals. As municipalities and utilities confront intractable infrastructure problems that range from the drinking water crisis in Flint, MI, to a 2010 natural gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno, CA, Aquam says its

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The Valley Economic Forecast Breakfast

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Ingram Micro Buys The Phoenix Group

socalTECH

Irvine-based Ingram Micro said on Tuesday afternoon that it has acquired The Phoenix Group , a distributor of point-of-sale (POS) technology of the US and Canadian market. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Ingram Micro said the buy would help strengthen its presence in the payments ecosystem. The Phoenix Group offers up point-of-sale technology and repair services for such companies as VeriFone, Ingenico, MagTek, RDM, PAX and TechTrex.

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5 Essential key points That Will Help You Plan for Q1

Inverted Software

With this year almost at an end and the next one at our doorstep it’s time to plan for Q1. Q1 is traditionally the strongest quarter of business and hitting the ground running could set the tone for the rest of the year. At Inverted Software we advise our customers to start planning as early as Q4 in order to maximize results and prepare for the upcoming year.

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Bio Roundup: Barron Joins GSK, Sage Bounces Back, Valeant Dumps Addyi

Xconomy

Call it a week of second chances. Multiple biotechs breathed new life into drugs sorely in need of it. Sage Therapeutics proved a drug that had failed a trial a rare form of epilepsy could be the first ever approved therapy for postpartum depression. Otonomy, reviving a hearing loss drug thought to be on the scrap heap. And investors of Sprout Pharmaceuticals reclaimed, for a pittance, a drug they once sold to Valeant Pharmaceuticals for $1 billion.

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