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ChargerHelp raises $2.75M to keep EV chargers working

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One customer assumed that poor usage rates at a particular station was due to a lack of EVs in the area, Terry recalled in a recent interview. Terry often took matters in her own hands if issues arose with stations located in Los Angeles, where she is based. Terry, who co-founded ChargerHelp! , That wasn’t the problem.

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Ten Of The Top Tech Companies For Employees In LA

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Who are the top tech companies to work for in Los Angeles? popped up consistently in an informal (and highly non-scientific poll) of a number of readers, executive recruiters, and others in the Los Angeles area, who cited growth, brand, profitability, and other factors in their suggestions to us of the top companies.

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Reflections on 2019: Kelly Perdew, Moonshots Capital

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Our 2019 investment in Backtracks, a developer of podcast analytics software, has shown fantastic traction and continues to provide value to podcast creators helping them to better understand their listeners and monetize their content. Think Google Ad Words for podcasting. At the same time, more capital continues to be raised in LA.

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Startups have about $1 trillion worth of reasons to love the Biden infrastructure plan

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The vast majority of those are nowhere up to modern codes. “From the invention of the semiconductor to the creation of the Internet, new engines of economic growth have emerged due to public investments that support research, commercialization, and strong supply chains,” the White House wrote. Sick of your ISP?

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Flywheel: Arming LA's Taxicab Drivers In The Ridesharing Fight

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There''s been a war brewing in Los Angeles, between a trio of ride services-- Lyft , Uber , Sidecar -- and the city''s taxi drivers--over a new generation of Internet-enabled and smartphone-friendly, connected rideshare services, versus what has been an old, opaque, and phone-driven taxi establishment.

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Fuel50: Helping Employees Figure Out Their Career Path, With Anne Fulton

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Los Angeles-based Fuel50 (www.fuel50.com) com) � backed by local investors Rincon Venture Partners and Bonfire Ventures�is helping to solve that problem, with its career pathing software designed for helping employees at large enterprises figure out what's next. How did you start the company?

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Interview with David Sobie, Happy Returns

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They were interested in the foot traffic that represented, and we provided the technology and training. We trained their store associates, and provide them with equipment, including an iPad and a Happy Returns app, which allows them to accept and process returns. We did a pilot in two cities, Los Angeles and Chicago.

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