Berkonomics
JUNE 22, 2017
Close. Stop me if you’ve heard this story before. “My job as a (newspaper publisher telephone installer, stockbroker, travel agent, retail store manager) is safe as this economy continues to grow.” Yup. Thought so. We are in a decade of creative destruction that will affect most everybody. And the prime motivators of this massive destruction are the same class of entrepreneurs and innovators that have done it before.
socalTECH
JUNE 23, 2017
The insurance industry today is one of the last industries to fully jump into adopting technology for offering up their products, says Wayne Slavin , CEO and founder of SURE (www.sureapp.com), and just needs some help in getting there. We chatted with Wayne about how SURE--backed by IA Capital, Menlo Ventures, FF Venture Capital, Nationwide Ventures, Assurant and AmTrust--is applying technology and working with, not against, insurance companies to make buying insurance something you can easily d
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 17, 2017
There are certain topics that even some of the smartest people I talk with who aren’t startup oriented can’t fully grok. One of them is whether profitability matters. It’s common cocktail party chatter to hear people confidently pronounce that some well known startup is sure to blow up because, “How could they succeed when they’re not even profitable!
L.A. Business Journal
JUNE 19, 2017
Snap Inc. and Time Warner Inc. announced a global partnership to develop made-for-Snap shows over the next two years. The deal, reportedly valued at $100 million, will include both entertainment and advertising content.
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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.
SoCal Tech Calendar
JUNE 23, 2017
Thursday, June 29, 2017 -- Expert Dojo Investor Festival. Q2 Investor Festival Where Startups Meet Investors. You have been working hard building the foundation for a great business. Now its time to meet strategic investors who can provide you the investment you need to grow to the next level. Without a doubt we have over 80 of the highest caliber investors attending and can cater for seed, series A and series B funding.
socalTECH
JUNE 21, 2017
Santa Monica-based BlockFraud , a developer of machine learning and artificial intelligence software used for detecting mobile fraud, has reportedly raised $5M in a Series A funding, the company disclosed on Wednesday. The funding was led by Palisades Venture Capital. BlockFraud is led by CEO Massimo Cristini. READ MORE>>.
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L.A. Business Journal
JUNE 20, 2017
A Chinese tech company announced Tuesday that it would invest more than $179 million to increase its stake in online electronics retailer Newegg Inc. to almost 94 percent from 55.7 percent, according to Bloomberg.
SoCal Tech Calendar
JUNE 23, 2017
Thursday, June 29, 2017 -- The Future of News. Startups In The Sky. Journalism, Media, and the Future Where does reporting go next? Can Fake News be stopped? How does tech help create the next golden age?
socalTECH
JUNE 23, 2017
Los Angeles- and Beijing-based SPOTLITE says it has launched a new, mobile app, which lets music fans sing original music, cover, or karaoke songs to win money. Spotlite said its executives come from such companies as Google Music, Yahoo! Music, Microsoft, Atom Factory, and Warner/Chappell, and that its development and tech teams are in Beijing, with marketing, A&R, and business development based in Los Angeles.
Xconomy
JUNE 19, 2017
[ Updated 6/19/17 1:17 pm. See below. ] The San Diego biotech company Synthetic Genomics and supermajor ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM ) said today they have successfully inserted a gene in a particular strain of algae that more than doubled its oil content without slowing down the algae’s rate of growth. The two companies described the work in a statement as a “breakthrough in algae biofuel research.
L.A. Business Journal
JUNE 22, 2017
Glassell Park-based boutique studio VR Playhouse has launched an educational program meant to attract students, artists, developers and directors to the virtual reality industry, according to a company statement.
SoCal Tech Calendar
JUNE 23, 2017
Thursday, June 29, 2017 -- Startup Superhero Series Presents: Michael Schneider, Founder of Service and Mobile Roadie. What is a Startup Superhero? Join us as Michael Schneider, founder of Service and Mobile Roadie, is interviewed by Matt Swider, Senior Mobile Editor of Tech Radar, on the highs and lows of entrepreneurship, stories from his time with Mobile Roadie, one of the world's most successful mobile app platforms, and his adventure into founding Service, a platform that compensates travel
socalTECH
JUNE 20, 2017
Hermosa Beach-based FinalPrice has raised $4M in funding for a new travel startup, which offers up membership-based travel booking for flights, hotels, and car rentals. The funding came from Sistema VC and Almaz Capital. As part of the funding Pavel Bogdanov of Almaz joins the company' s board. FinalPrice was founded by Peter Kutis, who previously founded Russian travel sites Onetwotrip and AnyDayAnyWay.
Xconomy
JUNE 21, 2017
A 2014 report provided a stark frame of reference for the challenge of fighting Alzheimer’s disease, showing that 99.6 percent of all drugs in the field had failed in one way or another. Led by Jeffrey Cummings, director of the Cleveland Clinic’s Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, the same authors recently published a new report on the Alzheimer’s drug pipeline.
L.A. Business Journal
JUNE 20, 2017
E-sports is finding a home in downtown. Anschutz Entertainment Group announced an investment in e-sports franchise Immortals that makes it a team owner and home-venue operator for the team.
SoCal Tech Calendar
JUNE 23, 2017
Thursday, June 29, 2017 -- Cerf's Up in San Diego is a series of roundtables to showcase San Diegos Innovative Research and Technology.The event features a keynote by Dr. Vint Cerf, Discovering San Diego Innovation. See.
socalTECH
JUNE 19, 2017
Venice, California-based Snap , the parent company of Snapchat, and Time Warner announced on Monday that the two are in a $100M deal, where the two will collaborate on both content and advertising. According to the companies, Time Warner will develop and produce shows for Snapchat, from its wide range of networks and entertainment companies. The two also said Time Warner will purchase advertising for HBO, Turner, and Warner Bros. on Snapchat over the next two years.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 23, 2017
As an angel investor, I get approached regularly by aspiring entrepreneurs who can talk endlessly about their latest great idea, and little else. While I recognize that every new venture starts with an idea, a successful business of lasting value is all about people and execution. Every investor is looking for someone who can turn an idea into a solution, and turn that solution into a business.
L.A. Business Journal
JUNE 20, 2017
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies has announced new partnerships with South Korean entities as it moves forward on its plans to implement its patented technologies in South Korea.
SoCal Tech Calendar
JUNE 22, 2017
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 -- Expert Dojo Investor Festival. Q2 Investor Festival Where Startups Meet Investors. You have been working hard building the foundation for a great business. Now its time to meet strategic investors who can provide you the investment you need to grow to the next level. Without a doubt we have over 80 of the highest caliber investors attending and can cater for seed, series A and series B funding.
socalTECH
JUNE 19, 2017
Hawthorne-based SpaceX , the Los Angeles area spacecraft and rocket developer, has delayed today's launch of BulgariaSat-1 to replace a fairing valve, saying that its next launch opportunities for the spacecraft are 6/23 and 6/24. That's the same weekend as SpaceX is scheduled to launch another payload for Iridium, on 6/25. SpaceX said on Sunday that it "could be a weekend doubleheader" for the company on Twitter.
Tech.Co
JUNE 21, 2017
NYC-based sketch show Blogologues is coming to LA for the first time ever! Blogologues is the messed-up brainchild of creators Allison Goldberg and Jen Jamula (“Top 10 Funniest Women In NYC,” Time Out NY). The duo takes anything from the internet or your phone — Reddit threads, alt-right blogs, Amazon reviews and more — and performs them word-for-word with insane characters and scenarios.
L.A. Business Journal
JUNE 22, 2017
VR Playhouse launches virtual reality training program, USC to lead quantum computing project and sneaker marketplace Goat hires former Twitter executive.
SoCal Tech Calendar
JUNE 22, 2017
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 -- LAVA's First Look LA. Join us at Cal State Los Angeles for a full day of innovations and technologies presented by the region's finest researchers and inventors! This technology preview is geared for Serial Entrepreneurs, Angel Investors, and Venture Capital Investors. Over 40 presentations from our region's most prominent research institutions: Caltech, USC, UCLA, UCSB, UCI, Childrens Hospital LA, University of Hawaii, Arizona State University, LA BioMed, and CalStat
socalTECH
JUNE 22, 2017
In more proof you shouldn't believe everything you read on Twitter, the US Geological Survey accidentally sent out an alert for a 6.8 earthquake, centered off the coast of California on Wednesday. The alert --which was erroneously repeated across multiple publications via automated "bot" postings--apparently came as a result of a software error, which occurred as researchers were looking into historic records of a 6.8 earthquake which occurred in Santa Barbara in 1925.
Xconomy
JUNE 22, 2017
Silicon Valley angel investor Jason Calacanis has some advice for the millennial generation: Get your name on a cap table. In a keynote talk Tuesday night that was a headliner event for Startup Week San Diego, Calacanis observed that it doesn’t feel like the millennial generation is doing as well financially as their parents’ generation. He warned the multi-generational audience that artificial intelligence is going to wipe out a huge swath of the kind of high-paying, white-collar jobs that Baby
L.A. Business Journal
JUNE 20, 2017
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Partners with South Korea, AEG invests in e-sports team Immortals, Chinese tech company invests $179 million in Newegg, and more.
SoCal Tech Calendar
JUNE 22, 2017
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 -- LAVA's First Look LA. Join us at Cal State Los Angeles for a full day of innovations and technologies presented by the region's finest researchers and inventors! This technology preview is geared for Serial Entrepreneurs, Angel Investors, and Venture Capital Investors. Over 40 presentations from our region's most prominent research institutions: CalTech, UCS, UCLA, UCSB, UCI, Childrens Hospital LA, Cedars Sinai, University of Hawaii, Arizona State University, LA BioMe
socalTECH
JUNE 23, 2017
Los Angeles-based audio advertising technology developer ,a href="[link] Digital said today that it has rolled out a new, "supply side platform" (SSP) aimed at the online audio market. The company said its new platform connects to demand-side platform providers such as The Trade Desk, AppNexus, RTBiQ, AudioTrade and StrikeAd, and others and helps to simplify the management of programmatic audio advertising inventory.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 17, 2017
In this age of social media and world-wide Internet, message delivery from business leaders needs to change, just like the message changes from leaders in your personal lives. Just a few years ago, no one could have imagined getting text messages from parents, or a President prone to communicate via Twitter. Not only what you say, but how you deliver it shapes your impact.
L.A. Business Journal
JUNE 21, 2017
El Segundo-based education software startup GoGuardian has launched Admin 2.0, a platform that uses artificial intelligence to enhance students’ behaviors online, according to a statement.
SoCal Tech Calendar
JUNE 22, 2017
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 -- Product Strategy Real-Time: See How the Pros Make New Ideas Viable (MAKE IT Monthly). Why do some products succeed spectacularly and others never take off? At this MAKE IT Monthly event on June 28, product strategy experts Pam Schulz, Seena Sharp, Vish Chatterji, and Stuart Karten will share their perspectives and help a few hand-picked startups refine their ideas in real-time, in front of the audience.
socalTECH
JUNE 21, 2017
Carlsbad-based Amionx , a developer of technology which is aimed at making lithium-ion batteries safer, has raised a strategic round of funding from San Diego-based Qualcomm , according to the two companies on Tuesday. Size of the investment was not announced. According to the companies, Qualcommm President Derek Aberle joins the board at Amionx. Amionx says it is developing technology which acts like a circuit breaker in lithium-ion batteries, which prevents them from becoming the source of a f
Xconomy
JUNE 19, 2017
An economic impact study of San Diego’s emerging genomics industry counted 115 genomics-related companies operating in the region that directly employ over 10,000 people, and drive about $5.6 billion worth of annual economic benefits throughout the area. “San Diego is really end-to-end in genomics, from start to finish,” said Kirby Brady, who oversaw the study as research director of the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp.
L.A. Business Journal
JUNE 23, 2017
A technology company in China announced in a regulatory filing last week that it is paying $179 million to increase its stake in online electronics retailer Newegg Inc. to almost 94 percent.
SoCal Tech Calendar
JUNE 22, 2017
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 -- DTLA Tech Networking Mixer At The Association in Downtown. Join Us For A Night Of Tech Networking At The Association Downtown! Join the fastest growing tech networking and startup community in LA! Meet new people and participate in lively discussions with outstanding names in the Los Angeles tech community. Register immediately for an early bird ticket!
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