socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Citygrid did not respond to emails for comment yesterday from socalTECH, however, TechCrunch is placing the size of the cuts at 15 percent of the company. Initial news of the cuts, which were made in the last couple of days, came through recruiters and others close to the company.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 18, 2018

If there is no closer connection to the corporation, when times are tough for any reason, it is these employees that make it tough for management to gain understanding and consent for actions that must be made such as missing payrolls, making layoffs, or abandoning pre-announced plans. Investor loyalty is most tenuous of all.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2021

That means that people addicted to text messages, twitter, and email may be sending less than half the message, and receivers often misinterpret even that half. As well, email volume just continues to increase. This cultural icon is totally missing from text messages and emails. Palm-to-palm contact is important for sincerity.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 16, 2020

Email readers, continue here… ] DURING THIS CRISIS: Having no plan is like having a bad plan. Act boldly to address painful layoffs, reductions in salaries, cuts in trade shows already contracted (even if cancelled or reset to the fall months.) What are you doing today to modify behavior during this crisis?

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Berkonomics

MAY 3, 2018

Email readers, continue here…] But there are many more times in which the near-term future is far less predictable, and when early hiring decisions may be just the wrong move, reducing flexibility and reducing reserve resources.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2012

The anonymous tipster said that an interim management team is now seeing to sell the company after a severe layoff by its investors. Marina Del Rey-based Cooking.com is looking for a buyer, and has recently laid off at least sixteen staff, according to a reader tip.

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Marina Del Rey Layoffs Commerce Tips 133

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Aliso Viejo-based Valeant Pharmaceuticals is planning deeper cuts, after the firm's merger with Biovail , according to an email released by the firm via a regulatory filing Tuesday. Valeant said, in that email to employees, that the cuts are part of an effort to apply a low margin operating mindset to a high margin business.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 24, 2022

Please fill in your email. Mass Layoffs Taking Place. The news that tech companies are reneging on job offers is worrying – it’s such a damaging thing to be made public in the context of future recruitment, and the ‘whiplash’ – going from rapid hiring to rescinding offers in a short time, is extremely uncommon.

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socalTECH

MAY 13, 2010

No details on the shutdown have been given, and Adaptec has not returned emails and phone calls requesting confirmation of the move. Tags: adaptec jobs layoff employment orange county lake forest. Storage hardware developer Adaptec is shutting down its Lake Forest, Orange County site, according to sources close to the company.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2009

Calabasas-based THQ , which develops computer game titles, is closing its San Diego, UK, and Germany offices, and has laid off 100 employees, according to an email to employees from CEO Brian Farrell. Tags: jobs employment layoff content games wireless. The move is part of a restructuring of the firm's THQ Wireless operations.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2017

Email readers, continue here…] You can expect to have the same attitude if a past employee resurfaces after a layoff, resignation or after being fired, with a plan for a competitive business – or as an employee of a competitor.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 3, 2016

These same CEOs sit in their corner offices and email the COO in the next–door office and call their VP of Sales rather than walking down the hall. Overnight, just about every company went into a hiring freeze and massive layoffs dominated the news. Not a good time to be in the recruitment business.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Email readers, continue here…] But this too is an overly simplistic view. Usually leading up to the time positive cash flow is initially reached, the management team is not taking a market wage, payables are stretched, and any slowing of receivables collections would likely cause layoffs.

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Layoffs Sales Acquisition Startup 120

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Should we cut costs, do layoffs, close divisions and focus scare resources on fewer projects? Some board members spend all of their time in the meeting on electronic devices doing email or even checking social media. cash & unallocated stock options) Should we raise capital, from whom, how much and at what price?

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Startup Venture Capital Layoffs Resource 269

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2013

Don’t email him unless you have to. Most startup execs are barraged with hundreds of emails and they spend hours trying to reach the elusive Zero Inbox nirvana. Emailing – even when well intentioned – just adds to this to-do list. And that’s often what your partner is looking for.

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Tips Startup Email Blogging 418

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 7, 2011

If there is no closer connection to the corporation, when times are tough for any reason, it is these employees that make it tough for management to gain understanding and consent for actions that must be made such as missing payrolls, making layoffs, or abandoning pre-announced plans.

Layoffs 136

Layoffs Class News Email 136

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

He had 2 weeks’ cash left in the bank and was facing massive layoffs or potentially bankruptcy. Just notice how many VC emails you get after your TechCrunch article or after you were on stage at TC50. A good friend of mine was features on the front cover of the LA Times business section with a glowing article.

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Venture Capital Press News Startup 291

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

The report, from the Verge, cited internal emails obtained saying that employees would not be able to return to work on March 1st, as planned. Faraday Future had been locked in an extended battle with its largest investor, Evegrande Health, last year.

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socalTECH

MAY 23, 2012

According to an email from Craig, the company decided to close down the BettterWorks perk platform, and will not longer be active after next Thursday. Craig said that the shutdown came as a result of not being able to sustain a large enough market, relative ot the high cost of customer acquisition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2013

That means that people addicted to text messages, twitter, and email may be sending only half the message, and receivers often misinterpret even that half. Email volume just continues to increase. This cultural icon is totally missing from text messages and emails. Palm-to-palm contact is important for sincerity. Hand-to-face.

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Email Layoffs Statistics Tool 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2012

That means that people who are addicted to text messaging and email may be sending only half the message, and receivers often misinterpret even that half. This cultural icon is totally missing from text messages and emails. Palm-to-palm contact is important for sincerity. Hand-to-face. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2010

That means that people who are addicted to text messaging and email may be sending only half the message, and receivers often misinterpret even that half. This cultural icon is totally missing from text messages and emails. Palm-to-palm contact is important for sincerity. Hand-to-face. Marty Zwilling.

Layoffs 94

Layoffs Email Tool Study 94

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2011

Citing an email sent to Mahalo's "Guides", who develop content for Mahalo, the report said that, so far, the Google changes have led to a "significant dip" in traffic and revenues. The move also includes a suspension of Mahalo's Guides program, which solicited content from freelancers.

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Mahalo Report Santa Monica Google 133

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 6, 2013

You got flash sales and group sales sites coming to us and basically have the same general business idea: shoot out a couple million emails to potential customers, saying they have tickets that are on sale. I had to close the doors of businesses and layoff people. This is a huge deal to a half a billion to a billion dollar industry.

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Startup Pricing Entertainment Sales 79

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 6, 2013

We had flash sales and group sales sites coming to us with the same general business idea: shoot out a couple million emails to potential customers saying they have tickets on sale. I had to close the doors of businesses and layoff people. We had companies come knocking on our doors to tell us a solution to our empty seat problems.

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Startup Pricing Entertainment Education 61

Berkonomics

MARCH 23, 2023

It won’t be long before another round of layoffs comes, and these new tools will create new jobs to fill the gap. The mobile Internet – The latest major computing cycle [Email readers, continue here…] Over the last fifty years, the world transitioned from mainframe computing to mini-computers to PCs to the desktop Internet.

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