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SPONSOR POST: Southern California Technology Firms Are Hiring

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Slow job market? Not in Southern California's technology market! Southern California technology companies are hiring aggressively, and the high tech job outlook is better than it has ever been, with hundreds of open positions and many companies eagerly seeking high tech talent. Sr Product Manager , West LA, Shopzilla.

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IPO Slowdown? Not For This Market: Santa Barbara

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The city and surrounding region, which has been a long time technology hub, had a huge IPO and exit year, according to an analysis conducted by socaltech. in Malibu for $350M, as well as an IPO of Match Group , the parent firm of Tinder. There were five exits north of $100.0M along the Central Coast, including three IPOs.

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Down bad

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Things have already plunged so quickly at the signal of a recession that insiders fear a lengthy bear market could hit crypto far more brutally than expected — tearing tokens to lows far below the highs of the 2017 bull run. Crypto markets were down pretty bad last week (though admittedly, it’s only been downhill since then).

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EventUp Hits Eight Locations, Plans Further Expansion

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EventUp , the online marketplace which helps people find and book unique venues for their events, has now expanded into eight markets, after recently adding Washington, D.C., to its list of cities. Headed by Tony Adam and backed by Science, Inc., EventUp launched almost a year ago. the startup studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones.

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JAKKS Pacific, NantWorks In Toy Joint Venture

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Los Angeles-based NantWorks , the technology incubation and investment firm run by billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, and Malibu-based toy firm JAKKS Pacific announced this morning that the two are in a join venture to create anew company, DreamPlay Toys.

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NantWorks, JAKKS Pacific Tie On Interactive Toy Venture

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Los Angeles-based technology thinktank NantWorks , which is owned by Los Angeles billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, and Malibu toy manufacturer JAKKS Pacific have signed a letter of intent to create a new joint venture around next generation, interactive toys, the two said this morning.

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Reflections on 2018: Michael Jones, Science Inc.

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Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2018? www.science-inc.com).