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JUNE 3, 2013

Brighter.com , the online, upfront dental pricing and referral service based in Santa Monica, and headed by longtime Silicon Beach entrepreneur Jake Winebaum, has relaunched, swizzling its model away from a monthly membership program and towards direct, upfront pricing and referrals to local dentists.

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APRIL 15, 2014

Santa Monica-based Pixels.com said Tuesday that it has launched a new, imaging licensing marketplace aimed at helping photographers set their own pricing for their images. The startup--founded by serial entrepreneur Sean Broihier--said that it is looking to give better options to photographers for selling their images. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Santa Monica-based Aircam , founded by serial entrepreneurs Evan and Ryan Rifkin, has raised $6.5M The service works with certified professionals -- "Aircam Pros" -- who take the photos, with Aircam handling editing and providing those photographers guaranteed pricing for shooting events.

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MAY 20, 2011

The new site--the latest from entrepreneur Jake Winebaum --said that the funding was led by Mayfield Fund. Brighter.com is aiming at helping uninsured Americans find discounted pricing on dental procedures, providing upfront, pre-negotiated prices on major dental procedures nationwide.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

The company priced at $9.00 Fulgent Genetics is led by serial entrepreneur Ming Hsieh. Temple City-based Fulgent Genetics , closed its first day on the public markets up slightly, at $9.18 per share, after debuting at $9.00 per share this morning. a share on Wednesday night, and is now trading as FLGT on the NASDAQ Global Market.

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MAY 7, 2018

Everyone was on the phone, fighting with drivers over price and things like their availability. We viewed this as a central marketplace which would allow drivers to be put in the driving seat, get paid what they want, go where they want to go, and get paid the market price, and would help solve this issue.

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MARCH 13, 2014

Brighter.com , the online marketplace for dentists which is looking to bring upfront pricing to the dental market, said Thursday that it has expanded beyond Los Angeles and into Orange County.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2016

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APRIL 20, 2016

Santa Monica-based online dental marketplace Brighter , founded by serial entrepreneur Jake Winebaum, has raised $21M in a Series D funding round. Brighter's online marketplace lets patients see ratings and reviews of dentists, differences in benefits, upfront pricing, co-pays, and more. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 15, 2010

It’s always fun chatting with Jason because he’s knowledgeable about the market, quick on topics and pushes me to talk more about VC / entrepreneur issues. We’re staring to get the hang of how to divide the show up into talking about deals but also talking about issues for entrepreneurs during funding. Short answer: no.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Honk said it offers up roadside services for prices as low as $49, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week--and also claims to be 50 percent faster than services like AAA. Honk is led by serial entrepreneur Corey Brundage. Honk also revealed that it has raised $1.8M Honk also revealed that it has raised $1.8M READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

TrueCar--headed by serial entrepreneur Scott Painter--has established itself as a major player in the car buying market, providing consumers with upfront pricing information at the option level and helping to connect consumers with dealers. It''s unclear if those prior investors were part of the growth funding. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 10, 2011

TrueCar operates both a service for helping organizations run their own, car buying programs, as well as an affiliated vehicle pricing site called ClearBook.com. TrueCar's software and service allow for car buyers to specify--down to the exact options--pricing on a car, allowing them to bypass the usual sales hassles on the lot.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Newegg said its new NeweggNET service, run out of its NeweggBusiness arm, will provide small businesses and entrepreneurs with computer network support, helping them to set up their routers, computers, printers, and more. Pricing on the new support service was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

The Los Angeles Dodgers , along with Elysian Park Ventures , the private investment firm created by the ownership group behind the Los Angeles Dodgers specifically for investments in entrepreneurs in the areas of sports, technology, and entertainment, have launched and funded a new venture called E|L1. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here. This concept isnt new, but it hasnt taken off in healthcare yet.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Fair (www.fair.com), the latest startup by serial entrepreneur Scott Painter , does just that, letting users shop for a car, get approved, and pay for a car through a month-to-month payment--with no long term committment. The average price of an automobile is $20,000 to $30,000. We have to finance that acquisition every time.

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MAY 8, 2012

The new startup--headed by celebrity florist Kevin Lee--said it will allow users to receive exclusive designs from Lee, by selecting a price point and frequency of delivery. Weekly or monthly floral deliveries from SimplyPetals.com , which delivers fresh flowers via three different subscriptions. The service starts at $34.00 READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 19, 2011

Los Angeles-based Goldstar , the half price ticketing and event promotion service, has tapped Matt Coffin , Sean Moriarty , and Neil Patrick Harris as advisors, the company said Tuesday. The company offers up half-price tickets and other promotions on events, helping venues to fill up seats and get the word out about upcoming events.

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OCTOBER 19, 2017

There's a tightness which is squeezing the lifeblood from the entrepreneurs, even as it remains an amazing place. But, there is broad agreement that it would be a wonderful thing to get more entrepreneurs and venture capital into the region. The first step, is to attract more entrepreneurs. You want those investors to be local.

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JANUARY 29, 2010

Southwest did not disclose pricing on the wireless access plans, saying it is still experimenting with a variety of price points on its four trial aircraft. Row 44 was founded by experienced entrepreneurs John Guidon and Gregg Fialcowitz. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 10, 2011

The deal looks to be the first sweepstakes promotion through FamilyFinds.com, which has traditionally offered up standard half price daily deals to its users. The offer puts together two of Southern California's most watched entrepreneurs--FamilyFinds.com is.

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MAY 30, 2019

Richards--a serial entrepreneur who has been involved in a number of technology companies here, including NTI Group (sold to Blackboard), Internships.com, MP3.com, All of this has fundamentally changed the efficiency of the market, with prices anywhere from fifty to seventy-five percent lower.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Seattle has GeekWire , LA has SoCalTech and so on. Or the huge dividends that Santa Barbara got from building GoToMeeting that sold for a nice price to Citrix. Second-Time Entrepreneurs – The other byproduct of “wins” is you have second-time entrepreneurs who want to be founders of their next company.

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JANUARY 2, 2014

You fill out the short questionnaire, lawyers submit their price quotes, and they get hired. You put your project up, and shortly thereafter, you get price quotes from lawyers. To fix that, we actually don''t allow lawyers to see prices, and they''re not bidding with each other. That happens in just a five minute process.

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DECEMBER 10, 2012

But, how do you do that in a way that doesn't cannibalize your full price tickets and screw up your brand? On the flip side, over the last several decades, ticket prices have appreciated every year. An example of that is in travel and hotel chains, where there is full dynamic pricing. That's your retail channel.

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MAY 7, 2012

Sean Broihier: When I was doing the site for my brother, every time they did an in-store promotion, or had an appearance, or they needed to change the prices on their prints, he had to call me, because I had done the website for him. Artists can control all the content, set the prices, and it's all fully automated with no need for a.

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MAY 5, 2011

I’m an entrepreneur at heart so I’m always inspired when I hear stories about innovation. It’s why my investment philosophy is called, “ the entrepreneur thesis.&#. Passionate Entrepreneurs & Ambassadors. You need to have passionate tech entrepreneurs who want to build businesses locally.

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APRIL 17, 2013

the online business credit company headed by serial tech entrepreneur Jeff Stibel, is looking to make its technology avialable to traditional publishers looking to go online, the firm said last week. Pricing and details on the new platform were not announced. Los Angeles-based Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. ,

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DECEMBER 29, 2017

Eighteen months ago, when MAKE IT IN LA's launch from Mayor's Garcetti's office was featured in a White House press release, we announced an audacious goal of reaching 1,000 entrepreneurs with our programming by the end of this year. We also started offering Factory Tour Workshops to entrepreneurs, with nearly 100 applying for the pilots.

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MAY 26, 2011

The way brighter makes that dental care more affordable, is it empowers consumers to find dental benefits, and allows them to compare that by price and reputation. We started looking to figure out if $6500 was a good price or a bad price, and we found out that there was no information on the Internet about what that procedure should cost.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2012

We realized that one problem with event venues, is that each city has a wedding website, but no one can actually determine pricing and availability of those venues. Knowing what it costs to run special events for parties and weddings, that's an incredible price. We're lucky to get him, and he's an incredible young entrepreneur.

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JANUARY 29, 2010

Southwest did not disclose pricing on the wireless access plans, saying it is still experimenting with a variety of price points on its four trial aircraft. Row 44 was founded by experienced entrepreneurs John Guidon and Gregg Fialcowitz. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 8, 2015

In a world awash with on-demand startups, Los Angeles-based Serviz (www.serviz.com) stands out--not because of the market segment it is tackling, but because it was founded by two, very experienced serial entrepreneurs-- Zorik Gordon and Michael Kline. It's really about transparency and upfront pricing. That's just not a big problem.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

We want to create the right mix of the types of activities, price points, and make sure we have high quality content and high quality activities. Also, we've got a few entrepreneurs, including Kevin Chou, who is at Kabam up north, and has raised $150M in funding, and Alex Bard, who was at Goowy, which he sold to AOL.

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DECEMBER 26, 2012

We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. It is the number one reason why entrepreneurs have to pivot on their ideas and why small businesses fail quickly. Definitely Software as a Service (SAAS).

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