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Why an Atlanta-based Black influencer collective swapped their collab house for a studio

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My company Putta Crown On It has the opportunity to have a place to do classes, promotional shoots and more,” Sykes told TechCrunch via email. TikTok later apologized for what it called a “ technical glitch ,” but Black creators have continued to voice concerns that they’re being suppressed on the platform.

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StartEngine Launches New Class of 14 Startups

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Los Angeles startup accelerator StartEngine has launched its third class, a new batch of fourteen startups which have set up shop in the incubator's Westwood Village space under the watchful eyes of Activision co-founder Howard Marks and investor Paul Kessler. READ MORE>>.

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Doctours offers packaged medical tourism for U.S. customers

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Doctours , a Los Angeles-based online platform for booking trips and treatments for medical and dental care around the world, is expanding its services to 35 countries. O’Shaughnessy wrote in an email. surgery, weight loss surgery, dental work and Lasik. . Doctours is certainly entering a lucrative market.

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Elementary Robotics raises cash to expand in Los Angeles’ growing robotics hub

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Earlier this year, Embodied announced a $22 million round for its personal robotics platform focused on healthcare and wellness, while InVia Robotics collected $20 million for its own take on the robotics industry. Elementary Robotics has raised $3.6

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ChowNow Raises $3M to Level the Online Food Ordering Field for Small Biz

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ChowNow , the turnkey interactive food ordering platform, just raised $3 million in additional funding to launch new products and expand national operations. ChowNow came out of incubator LaunchPad LA. Additional marketing support is available for email lists, promotions and custom collateral.

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Interview With Paul Myer, Veracity: Why The Industrial Internet Needs Security

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However, if you think about IT security, all the systems everyone is familiar with, ERP systems, web, and email, and other basic network systems, all those systems that are designed to run companies, my history and background is in securing those platforms. We've now exited the incubator and actually have an office at Microsemi.

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Interview with Dave Fink and Jonathan Neddenriep, Postie

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Dave Fink: Postie is a building a technology platform with a mission of making direct mail marketing behave as easily and dynamically as your favorite, programmatic channels. I understand both of you came out of Science Inc, the startup studio/incubator? Photo: Dave Fink on left, Jonathan Neddenriep on right. What is Postie?

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