TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

In 2019, for example, Google reported its attrition rates of Black and Latinx talent — which indicate the rate at which employees leave on an annual basis — were higher than the national average. So perhaps it’s no wonder why some tech companies struggle to retain Black employees.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 10, 2016

On the day after Intel announced its acquisition of San Diego machine learning startup Nervana Systems, investor Steve Jurvetson told me he was feeling a sense of satisfaction about a call he made three years ago, and how it has been playing out.

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socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2015

In the age of the smartphone and social sharing, San Diego-based ScoreStream (www.scorestream.com) thinks it has figured out how to tap into that new world, and connect all that social activity with the media. We didn't have any investors from San Francisco in our company.

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socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2015

In the age of the smartphone and social sharing, San Diego-based SportStream (www.sportstream.com) thinks it has figured out how to tap into that new world, and connect all that social activity with the media. We didn't have any investors from San Francisco in our company.

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Xconomy

JULY 29, 2016

What are some examples of government-funded research in AI and robotics that is happening today that will set the stage for tomorrow’s products? For example, DARPA and the Navy are testing at sea today an autonomous ship that is designed to go “toe-to-toe” against a human adversary in the wild during complex unconstrained military operations.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 11, 2016

The three letters “PBM,” for example (pharmacy benefit manager), have never crossed my mind when I’m writing a prescription. Simplistic as this framework is, it goes a long way to describing how we should think about drug pricing. A good example is antiviral treatment for hepatitis C infection. Nor has the word “rebate.”

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Last week, San Diego-based OpenCandy (www.opencandy.com) announced it had raised $3.5M We found that when a consumer is downloading a piece of software--for example, a photo editing application, we could actually make a recommendation to the user via the installer. What's the idea behind OpenCandy? How are you doing that?

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