socalTECH

DECEMBER 9, 2019

The sale comes less than two years after SoftBank invested $300M in Wag , via the SoftBank Vision Fund. Los Angeles-based on-demand, dog walking service Wag has bought back its stake from Softbank, according to CNBC.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2008

Coats is a partner at Southgate Alternative Investments, and previously served on Autobytel's board of directors. in the fourth quarter for the layoffs, including severance for Riesenbach. The firm also reiterated its interest in a sale; the firm said it is still pursuing "strategic alternatives" with RBC Capital Markets.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

He eventually founded and sold consumer health firm ViSalus to a public company and is now back making investments, in technology companies, as a venture capitalist here at Los Angeles-based HashtagOne (www.hashtagone.com). What's the theme of your investments? That's why we have investments in Heal, Saucey, and FragMob.

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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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2013

Seasonal sales fluctuations eat cash. Fluctuating sales means more inventory is required to cover the ups and downs. If you try to vary the number of employees to match, that costs even more cash for hiring, firing, and layoffs. Sales volumes are still ramping up while marketing expenses are at max.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2016

Seasonal sales fluctuations eat cash. Fluctuating sales means more inventory is required to cover the ups and downs. If you try to vary the number of employees to match, that costs even more cash for hiring, firing, and layoffs. Sales volumes are still ramping up while marketing expenses are at max.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

San Diego-based wireless broadband technology firm NextWave Wireless said today that it has scored a new, $100M debt financing for the firm's business, and made cuts in its staff, along with hiring an investment banker. The company said the restructuring included a reduction in workforce by over 20 percent.

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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. Marketing that our tickets are on sale is a huge problem and in the live entertainment/sport industry, that’s just bad.

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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. This is a huge deal to a half a billion dollar industry market that our tickets are on sale. You as a consumer can get amazing savings.

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