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Qualcomm: No Changes After Strategic Review

socalTECH

San Diego-based Qualcomm says that its board of directors has decided to stay the course, and will make no change to the company's corporate and financial structure, after a strategic review by a special committee of its board. READ MORE>>.

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Manufacturing startup Divergent 3D reduces staff by one-third

TechCrunch LA

However, he did confirm to TechCrunch that he had to reduce staff due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Divergent 3D made Blade — which was on the auto show circuit in 2016 — to demonstrate the technology platform. Divergent 3D and Czinger Vehicles are wholly owned subsidiaries under Divergent Technologies. A core team remains, he said.

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10 Strategies For Success Long-Term As Well As Today

Startup Professionals Musings

In a larger public company, it’s all about making your quarterly numbers, versus investing in strategic growth alternatives that may not pay off until several quarters later. In my experience, even in startups, longer-term strategy often gets pushed off the agenda due to current challenges. Don’t make growth a big-bang event.

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Ryan Blair, HashtagOne: From Gang Member, To Entrepreneur, To Anti-VC

socalTECH

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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Entrepreneurship Is A Compulsion, Not A Choice

InfoChachkie

In your own startup, you might experience lean times, but you never will be crushed in a stampede, like a middle-manager in a corporate layoff. When high-tech businesses, founded by appropriately educated entrepreneurs who received money from sophisticated investors are considered, the survival rates are even more encouraging.

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How to Make Sense of the PPP Loan Program for VC-Backed Startups

Both Sides of the Table

This money is administered by the SBA (small business administration) and is obtained through an approved bank who reviews your application. If you do massive layoffs (RIFs) you can assume that you will need to repay your loan since the intent of the loan is to protect jobs. The goal of the program is in the name?—?payroll don’t apply.

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How will you ride the next wave?

Berkonomics

We use gestures or our voice to control our engagement with our technology. It won’t be long before another round of layoffs comes, and these new tools will create new jobs to fill the gap. An estimated $180 billion will be invested in data analytics by 2024. 62% look at online peer reviews. We take courses on-line.

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