socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

spends hundreds of millions of dollars on a media property, runs it for about seven years, and then decides to unload that same property for a fraction of the price it paid to a Southern California technology--not media--company. How about IGN ? Local technology firms here actually look to be the home to quite a few of News Corp.'s

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Every tech or major news journal in the country is preparing to write their Snap, Inc (creators of Snapchat, Spectacles, etc) stories and many of them seem to want a “How does it feel to have missed this investment story.” We did know about Snapchat as early as anybody. So Jeremy Liew at Lightspeed wrote the first $500,000.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 9, 2012

There is a bit of the teacher in all of us, and a request for help is a natural trigger to bring this out. And there should be an equal – if not stronger – bit of a student in each of us as well, allowing us to drop our egos a notch and actually ask for help when we need it. Who among us can’t use that?

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MARCH 15, 2014

.” I have been weighing in slowly on the topic over the past few weeks on Twitter but have avoided writing a blog post about it until now. I have thought a lot about anonymity over the years and actually have enjoyed debating the topic with those passionate about anonymity’s benefits because of course that’s how I learn.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

Paul Graham and the folks over at YCombinator have done much to reenergize early-stage entrepreneurship and encourage the creation of many new and innovative startups including DropBox, Posterous, Loopt, Justin.TV, Scribd and many others. They also gave us Hacker News , which for me was a welcome addition for discovering tech stories.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

Tech news keeps proclaiming “phone calls are dead,” which is useful except that the data suggests the exact opposite. It’s why I wrote this article about Invoca (formerly RingRevenue) that the most obvious mobile Internet ad unit is, in fact, a phone call. Calls are changing but not dying. Google knows it.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Their relationship with fans is 24/7 and, regardless of how you feel about the family, their popularity is a clear indicator of this new always-on connection between public figures and their fans. They dominate the media, have accrued millions of fans on social networks and have branched into retail, fashion, production and more.

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TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Drop-off on the first page of an application is bad news. Leveraging LLMs to help users fill in text, whether it’s by providing starter content, samples, or highly personalized tips, makes their lives easier. Now that AI is here to help, every textbox is an opportunity to help a customer through the challenge.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 28, 2020

You can learn more about Shopify's pricing options with our guide , too, and here's a table below that gives you a brief overview. The post How the New Shopify-TikTok Partnership Helps Small Businesses appeared first on Tech.co. Cost (paid monthly). Cost (paid annually). . 2.2% + 30c. 1.9% + 30c. 1.6% + 30c. Shopify Deals.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

We all now visit UGC sites to learn about products & services before we use them. I’ve been thinking a lot about this over the past two years and bending the ears of any entrepreneur who will humor me to hear what I think the solution needs to look like. .&# I was thinking about the St. Why can’t I have it?

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 24, 2020

Amanda Milligan is the marketing director at Fractl , a prominent growth marketing agency that’s helped Fortune 500 companies and boutique businesses alike earn quality media coverage, backlinks, awareness and authority. Amanda Milligan. Contributor. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor. Choosing the right content idea.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

Understanding “The Funding Angle” I sit at enough board meetings to hear conflicting advice given to entrepreneurs about how to handle PR and announcements at startups. They help create confidence amongst your staff in your future. But first you need to know about Reg D filings.

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socalTECH

JUNE 7, 2013

We caught up with CEO Jordan Ramer , who has previously been at NanoH2O and Aerovironment, to hear more about how EV Connect is hoping to make it easier for companies to offload all of the issues behind installing electric vehicle charging stations for their employees and customers. That happens in two places. We also do a lot with hotels.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 4, 2022

In my early journalism classes, I was taught the five “W’s” of good news stories, and that most should be in the first paragraph at that. What about hiding the “why” from employees or investors? Remember the five “W’s?”. Who, what, when, where and why are the five, with sometimes a “how” thrown in for those followers of the macabre.

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Tech.Co

JULY 13, 2023

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Xconomy

MARCH 22, 2019

One group of people in dire need of medical relief got good news this week. That’s more than Alzheimer’s patients and their doctors can say about aducanumab, the latest high-profile, high-cost failure in that frustrating field. The first drug for postpartum depression was approved. women giving birth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2022

With the ITRC 2021 End-of-Year Data Breach Report revealing a 68 percent increase in stolen sensitive personal information, there is a growing population out there worried about all the people intent on hurting them. The bad news for startups is that your company can lose big if it’s caught in the middle.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 2, 2012

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing engineer and PageWoo ’s CEO and co-Founder Jason Crilly about his side project, the new hacker news site for the Southern California tech community called Develop.la. First off, there are a few things about Jason you should know. s own hacker news, Develop.la

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Tech.Co

MAY 22, 2018

To help you crush your next investor meeting, we asked top VCs and tech leaders to share their best pitch advice. Whether it’s 10 minutes or an hour, there will be a moment in every meeting where you receive tough questions about your business. Founders are understandably very passionate about their product and startup.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The organization also recommends that interested businesses attend teleconference presentations to learn more about the process, alongside watching this YouTube video. Female entrepreneurs can apply anytime by telling their story, however, details about your company, industry, and market will help your case seem more competitive.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The disease affects about one out of every 10,000 newborns. It’s an RNA-based drug meant to help boost production of the SMA protein, which in turn is supposed to help improve patients’ motor function. About 25,000 people in the U.S. Europe and Japan have Type 1 SMA, while about 10,000 in those countries have Type 2.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 19, 2020

. “To be clear, we strongly believe that micromobility in general, and Wheels in particular, is in a unique position to help our communities get through the current challenges. This temporary pause will help position us to deliver on that, and we will be announcing some exciting news on that front in the very near future.”

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Berkonomics

JULY 3, 2019

There is a bit of the teacher in all of us, and a request for help is a natural trigger to bring this out. And there should be an equal – if not stronger – bit of a student in each of us as well, allowing us to drop our egos a notch and ask for help when we need it. Here’s a puzzle where the answer come first.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2011

Los Angeles-based Mobile Roadie , the mobile apps developer, said today that it has inked a partnership with Consenda , a media software firm, to provide mobile news applications for newspapers in Switzerland. That network links news readers with about a dozen newspapers in Switzerland.

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socalTECH

JULY 31, 2018

Santa Monica-based Cred , a new startup which is being incubated and advised by Mike Jones and Science Inc., said this morning that it has launched a new mobile app to help consumer invest and learn about cryptocurrency. The "micro-investing" part of the app rounds everyday purchases--for example, rounding up a $3.55

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Yesterday I wrote a post about The Silent Benefits of PR in which I pointed out that most young companies I encounter don’t fully grasp the benefits of PR because they are less measurable than product milestones or customer acquisition analyses (like CAC/LTV). I wrote about how to build relationships with journalists in this post.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Today, we share the thoughts of Michele Ruiz , the Co-Founder and CEO of BiasSync (www.biassync.com), a startup which develops products that helps help organizations more effectively assess and manage unconscious bias in the work environment. What was the biggest news for you/your company this year?

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JULY 23, 2016

I was in France and the UK for business last week so I was a bit out of the tech news cycle and more focused on the world events that were happening nearby. But one tech news story stood out for me — the fact that LA-based Dollar Shave Club (DSC) was sold to Unilever for $1 billion. This is a big win, for sure.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

This is a big news day at Upfront Ventures. In other news we announced the closing of $61 million in funding at Maker Studios , which I’ll talk publicly about soon. He reached out to younger founders and offered to help via his network at AT&T, Google, media agencies … you name it. I stayed close.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

A man who helped shed light—fluorescent light—on biology died far too early, at the age of 64. He helped turn a jellyfish protein into an invaluable lab tool that every researcher knows as “GFP”—green fluorescent protein, which is used to illuminate the inner workings of cells.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2022

In my experience, the good news is that everyone is becoming more and more comfortable with relationships via the new media and technology. The bad news is that I still find a lot of you who don’t use these tools effectively, or haven’t learned the rules for nurturing remote relationships.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 14, 2016

That means in three months, Bristol has lost a third of its value, equivalent to about $40 billion in market capitalization. One failed clinical trial has left rival Merck in the lead position to have what could be part of the new standard of care for lung cancer. . AND IN OTHER NEWS…. Today, shares are worth just over $50.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Let’s talk about surprises. And whether to warn your superiors or your boards about these unraveling events early. By now, most managers at any level have created a set of key performance indicators and even a dashboard to help follow trends and warn of excursions. You have a dashboard or KPI’s, don’t you?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 21, 2020

What was the biggest news for you/your company this year? We had a soft launch to test our new identity protection & identity management features to complement our core people search service in 2020. Weve started with dark web monitoring, and we are adding credit monitoring to help our users better control their digital identity.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Today's interview is with Jo Webber , the CEO and founder of Pod.io , a startup which has developed an app to help people connect with others over shared interests. Jo Webber: Why we created Pod, was we've look at sites like Facebook, which has really taken off with friends and family, and helped them communicate online.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 30, 2021

Google is announcing a handful of major updates to Google Maps today that range from bringing its Live View AR directions indoors to adding weather data to its maps, but the most tantalizing news — which in typical Google fashion doesn’t have an ETA just yet — is that Google plans to bring a vastly improved 3D layer to Google maps.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 21, 2012

and News Corp., for about $200M to help fund program purchases, according to a report this morning from the Wall Street Journal. Online video streaming site Hulu is asking its owners, Walt Disney Co., Comcast Corp.,

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