L.A. Business Journal

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

JibJab launches sticker and animation apps, Defy Media raises $70 million, and SpaceX plans to launch again in November.

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L.A. Business Journal

MARCH 6, 2018

SpaceX successfully launches Hispasat 30W-6; FreedomPop to partner with Prudential; and Triton Digital renews relationship with Beasley Media Group.

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L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 11, 2017

SpaceX explains plans to land three boosters at once, inside LA 2024’s social media strategy for winning the Olympics, and Global Eagle fully rents out a satellite.

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socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2011

Southern California has had its own share of IPOs over the last year, including Demand Media, Active Network, and Boingo Wireless. SpaceX [ profile ]. Why: Interest in electric cars at a high; successful IPO at Tesla (see SpaceX) might have been driving these rumors. Those firms are: 1. eHarmony [ profile ]. READ MORE>>.

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L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Fandom site Movie Pilot acquired by France’s Webedia Digital Media Group, LAPD warns drivers navigation apps may steer towards fires and Boeing CEO Says ‘We will beat SpaceX to Mars.’

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Elon Musk , the CEO and founder of Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX , hopes to put human beings on Mars in six years, and an uncrewed landing on Mars in about two years, he said yesterday in Germany. SpaceX is currently working on Starship, the company's spacecraft designed for traveling to Mars.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 25, 2021

“There’s a long history and a lot of relationships here,” said King, one of Hollywood’s premier power players and the founder of the global media company, Macro. Mayor Adrian Fenty To Be Its Newest Special Advisor. “Adrian and I go back to 93 [when] we were in law school. “We look at all verticals.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

And I constantly have to remind people that the largest tech startup employer in LA is actually SpaceX and that, yes, Elon Musk does live in LA. https://medium.com/media/3c33723f326245292958d4b055dfb424/href Today we learned that another great fund was announced — Fika Ventures.

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L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

WhatsApp updates with Snapchat-like vanishing content, SpaceX lands its latest Falcon 9 rocket booster, media buying on Snapchat confuses advertisers, and more.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Beyond Southern California’s coastal appeal is a vibrant technology ecosystem that encompasses enterprise software, financial services, healthcare, aerospace and defense, robotics, ecommerce and social media. base of operations and SpaceX’s significant presence has born a number of talented hardware and engineering startups.

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L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 18, 2018

SpaceX plans Air Force satellite launch; Maple Media publishes “Skate Jam;” $8 million raised by TicketGuardian

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Internap , PricewaterhouseCoopers , Demand Media , Stubbs, Alderton & Markiles LLP , Oracle , Cresa Partners , UK Trade & Investment , PIXT , and many others. You can register for the event at Digital Family Reunion.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Proofpoint to acquire secure browser developer Weblife for $66 million, SpaceX will fly cargo to the Space Station on a used Falcon 9 Rocket and Evan Spiegel explains why Snapchat is separating social from media in redesign.

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L.A. Business Journal

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Snap is trying to lure Instagram advertisers by offering them free ads on Snapchat; Elon Musk explains why SpaceX prefers clusters of small engines for the Falcon Heavy; and digital media drives entertainment employment growth in Los Angeles

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

and who, as Sky Dayton aptly states --know that the one trait that all entrepreneurs must have: perseverance.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 13, 2020

Every radical turn in technology history has its great entrepreneur, and for space that person is SpaceX founder Elon Musk. Air Force and, of course, SpaceX. .

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Tagging along for the ride are a motley assortment of millionaires and billionaires, movie stars and media moguls that are providing the money the rocket launch services provider and manufacturer of large-scale, 3-D printers needs to achieve its goals. “We’re really really truly focused on the rockets for now,” says Ellis.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2021

When you see startups like SpaceX and Pinterest grow from a low valuation to a billion dollars in just a few years, it’s easy to assume that if you just keep doing what you are doing, you can get there as well. Working with the media is required, both social as well as the press, through public relations and internal channels.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

He built & IPOd Demand Media. We don’t seem to get credit as a community for SpaceX or recognition as one of the fastest growing communities for commerce: Honest Company & JustFab. He built & sold iMall in Internet 1.0 for $565 million to Excite. He led and sold MySpace to Fox for $650 million.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

I told her that I believed America’s best asset – driven initially from software innovation mindset in the San Francisco Bay Area and media innovation driven from Los Angeles – was our willingness to accept failure. And that is what we’ll do.” Now they are partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Today every small business can look big, via a modern website, visibility on social media, and taking an active role in popular causes. Elon Musk , for example, not only runs Tesla and SpaceX, but has several seemingly unrelated other initiatives, including OpenAI, Neuralink, and The Boring Company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2022

Elon Musk , for example, has been able to achieve SpaceX success largely by tying efforts to the future of mankind in their travels to other planets. You see this today on the Internet with people who dominate social media as “influencers,” leading customers to new trends and brands. Accept a challenge to share a unique gift and skill.

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Tech.Co

JULY 13, 2023

Initially pinned as a generative AI startup for Twitter when it first hit the headlines back in April, the xAI website seems to suggest that the new startup will remain separate from the social media platform, as well as Musk's collection of other technology companies. The post What Is xAI?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Elon Musk, in his drive to put people on Mars through SpaceX , has already created new reusable spaceship technologies and many other new products. Resist the hype, rumor, and gossip that our media-saturated world provides on competitors and reluctant customers. Gather more knowledge and consistently apply it.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

My interests are eclectic and range from SpaceX and innovations in aerospace, transportation, robotics, autonomous vehicles, to esports, the future of work, and the future of entertainment. Prior to CrossCut, Clinton served as the COO at Square Enix, a $3 billion video game and media publisher.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2020

These days, with the pervasive presence of social media, blogs, and online access to information, it’s easy to get your message out there, and engage a following. He used his expertise on rocket ships to sell the future potential in interviews, blogs, and public speaking opportunities, long before he started SpaceX as a company.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

RunwayML Runway is an applied AI tool artists can use to create AI-generated media, like video, audio and text. The startup was listed in TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2023 too, alongside industry heavyweights like Nvidia and SpaceX.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2020

Even the best solutions these days need to be marketed on multiple platforms, including online, social media, and the proper industry and customer channels for customer geographies. Elon Musk has a deep technical background that has helped him lead multiple businesses, including SpaceX and Tesla.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

The more people that see your brand as the innovator the more “earned media” the company gets and the product becomes synonymous with the category. When you think about the category of scooters you think about Bird and that becomes a brand your friends want to try. You don’t “Bing” information or “Hulu and chill.” Brand matters.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2018

For example, Facebook added WhatsApp as a cross-platform messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) service to enhance the self-sustaining growth their social media platform before any downturn. Too many businesses only think of new products when in crisis mode. WhatsApp alone now has a user base of over one and a half billion users.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2022

As an example, Elon Musk , while best known for his success with Tesla electric vehicles, continues to make forays into other transportation alternatives, with SpaceX, Hyperloop, and others. You need to make it about more than money, focus on future possibilities, solve for the whole, and kill as much as you create.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 26, 2017

This has caused much confusion both in the public and the media. Former SpaceX rocket designer Brogan BamBrogan was one of the initial cofounders of Hyperloop One. The SpaceX competition succeeded in opening up the Hyperloop market to new and innovative companies. Hyperloop Transportation Technologies. Hardt Global Mobility.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2015

In today’s world of information overload, everyone relies on marketing and social media to find solutions to match their needs. Very few people have both, but there are some notable exceptions, including Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Elon Musk , founder of Tesla Motors, SpaceX and others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Every business owner and entrepreneur I meet in my consulting rounds dreams of finding that “ disruptive ” innovation that will supercharge their business and move it into the ranks of business unicorns (billion-dollar valuations), such as SpaceX and Apple. Don’t forget the new social media platforms and industry forums.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2019

Use social media channels, as well as conferences, to develop and maintain relationships. Elon Musk does this masterfully when he talks about SpaceX going to Mars to assure the future of mankind, and learn about the origins of life. Remember that in business, sometimes who you know is more important than what you know.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 12, 2014

Left to Right: Joichi Ito, Director, MIT Media Lab; Mitch Kapor, Partner, Kapor Capital; Trabian Shorters, Founder and CEO, BMe Community; Van Jones, Co-Founder and President, Rebuild the Dream; Former Special Advisor to The White House; Chris Tucker, Actor and Comedian; Founder, Chris Tucker Foundation; Laura Weidman Powers, ?Co-Founder

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2017

Mark Zuckerberg started Facemash as a dating site for Harvard elite, but found success only after morphing it to Facebook social media for all. Elon Musk found initial success with PayPal, but has since pursued dozens of initiatives, including SpaceX, Tesla Motors, Solar City, and Hyperloop; not all thriving yet.

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