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Santa Monica To Get Silicon Valley Coffee Chain Philz Coffee

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In another sign that Southern California--and particularly, Santa Monica--is gaining further credibility as a recognized technology center: Philz Coffee , a coffee chain which is synonymous with being at the tech epicenters of Silicon Valley and San Francisco, is getting set to open up a new location in Santa Monica.

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OptionEase Claims Record Quarter

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San Juan Capistrano-based OptionEase , the software-as-a-service startup developing a service for managing stock options, said this week that it has seen "record sales" for the firm's quarter ending September 30th. Tags: optionease saas software stock option accounting startup. No financial details were released by the firm.

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Tarzan To The Beatles: 4 Of The All-Time Greatest Business Deals

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VC Shut Down – Software startup Miramar Systems negotiated a seven year provision with their venture capitalists which gave the company an option to refund the their investors’ money, if the company was not sold within seven years. Tarzan Cleans Up – In 1917, Edgar Rice Burroughs sold the Tarzan film rights for a nominal sum.

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