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APRIL 23, 2019

Astound , a company selling automated employee help desk services, has raised a new round of $15.5 For co-founder and chief product officer Dan Turchin, the company is the culmination of decades of work spent developing tools for human resources and employee services.

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APRIL 24, 2013

Los Angeles-based Focus@will , the operator of the music streaming service aimed at helping users become more productive, said today that it has is launching its paid subscription service to consumer tomorrow. The company claims its service helps increase attention span up to 400 percent while working, studying, writing and reading.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

A new, Los Angeles startup, HotOutlines.com has debuted its service, which lets students and colleges and universities upload their class notes, outlines, and study guides, and sell them for a commission.

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MAY 26, 2023

Every one of you business owners I know periodically introduces new products and services to sustain growth, fight off competitors, or take advantage of new technologies. These fears need to be offset by early success stories, educational case studies, or advice on ways to reduce risk.

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MARCH 19, 2022

With the power of the Internet, and the impact of the recent pandemic , the world of business services, such as accounting and marketing, have gone more and more remote. Yet the value of real relationships, as with consumer customers, has become critical to your business services growth and success.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2020

The automaker Tuesday said its Maven car-sharing service, which launched in 2016, will shut down for good. Maven had paused service due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The company sent an email to customers Tuesday that after examining the business, the car-sharing industry and COVID-19, it decided to shutter the service permanently.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

In fact, a recent study released by Ernst & Young found that there were eight companies in Southern California, out of 22 total in California, who were lined up for an IPO in Q4. Gevo is just the latest in a surge of companies hitting the public markets which have Southern California links.

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MAY 11, 2011

Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based Anti-AgingGames (www.Anti-AgingGames.com), a new online game startup, announced a new service to help users improve their memory and concentration, as well as improve brain function. I studied cognitive science, the study of the brain, as an undergraduate.

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JUNE 30, 2021

Enterprises trying to manage their own network often face challenges related to unreliable service, a lack of in-house expertise, and time-consuming maintenance. Here are the top four benefits for working with a local services provider: . 2- Personalized Services . 1- Cost Savings. 3- Increased Security.

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

He studied the errors that other people had made and tried to improve on them. He used online services such as SHOUTcast , which was online radio that allowed him to play his own songs, interrupt a song, do a commercial break and connect with fans. [It I study it every day.&#. He made many of his own mistakes.

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APRIL 11, 2013

There are now a large number of online, peer-to-peer marketplaces which all aim at one thing; helping connecting people with others, so that they can offer their services or goods (a room for rent, a ride, a vacation timeshare, a dog sitter, etc.) Over time, that service provider gets a quality score.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Thus, it is no surprise that Harvard recently reported that 25% of its 2012 graduates accepted jobs as consultants, while 52% opted for careers in financial services. MBAs graduate with an analytical toolkit that can be readily applied to solve known problems in a deliberate manner, especially when reams of data are available.

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MARCH 21, 2012

El Segundo-based Vantage Media , the provider of performance-based marketing and advertising services, is expanding into the post-secondary school marketplace today, saying that it has launched a new offering called Vantage Media SchoolSelect.

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JUNE 4, 2014

That''s the idea behind a new project being run by San Diego-based Gimbal , the Qualcomm spinoff, in an effort with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) IDEA Lab. gimbal health study location ibeacon wwdc qualcomm sensor context beacon apple' Can knowing where you are during the day help you become healthier? READ MORE>>.

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JULY 18, 2015

It is not limited to the realm of the top executive or board of directors, who could bring in consultants for studies and analysis. It also highlights all aspects of required customer service, satisfaction, loyalty and referrals to peers. Be willing to work at all organization levels. Treat a startup as a customer, not a client.

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APRIL 30, 2012

In one study, 56% of the subjects were twice as likely to complete a survey sent by someone with a name similar to their own, versus 30% of the subjects in the control group. In one study of Canadian federal elections, researchers noted that attractive politicians received two and a half times as many votes as their less attractive opponents.

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

Santa Monica-based Invoca , which provides call tracking and analytics software, says a new study it ran shows that website experience and customer experience has become much more important in the era of COVID-19, particularly in big ticket purchases.

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

Ridesharing service Lyft said this morning that it has calculated that it has created $130M to the Los Angeles economy, as a result of its ride service. Lyft said the study also showed that passengers next year will save $88M in travel time value and over 7.5 Lyft's study examined 20 of its markets around the country.

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JANUARY 24, 2011

Encino-based uSamp , the provider of technology and services for the online panel and surveying market, said that it has teamed with GutCheck , a provider of online qualitative research. uSamp said it will provide automated deliver of screened and qualified participants to GutCheck's online qualitative market research studies.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2014

He wants to compete to be the lead drummer in the competitive ensemble and study under Terence, an obsessive instructor who is hell bent on winning competitions for the school. The protagonist in the film, Andrew, is a drummer and the story is his experiences in his freshman year of one of the most elite music conservatories in the country.

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MARCH 27, 2012

A startup, Sparefoot , headed by two former UCLA students who founded the company out of their experiences at the school, said today that it is offering up a $5,000 scholarship to students who use its service. Sparefoot is venture backed by Silverton Partners, FLOODGATE, and Capital Factory, and is located in Austin, Texas. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2021

In that context, I came across an old study of 27 startups featured in Inc’s annual “Anatomies of a Start-up,” done for “The Journal of Business Venturing,” and published by George Gendron in Inc Magazine. As it turned out, 17 of the 27 companies were still in business seven years later, which is at least double that of other studies.

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AUGUST 29, 2012

A report issued this week by Experian Marketing Services has identified two, San Diego niche social networking sites as being among the fastest growing sites between July of 2011 and July of 2012.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 3, 2018

Using the service, customers can access demographic, interest and behavioral data of over 320 million people; can use retargeting to provide direct mail campaigns and integrates with existing customer relationship management tools. “A

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 19, 2021

Earlier this month, Los Angeles became the latest city to task its various departments with prepping a feasibility study for deploying new software and monitoring technologies to better account for its carbon footprint. Los Angeles has tried to address its carbon footprint in the past, but the efforts weren’t very successful.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

A major part of that appears to be avoidance of fuel costs, with the added advantage of taking dollars that otherwise would have gone to out-of-state oil companies and instead allowing those to be spend on in-state goods and services. READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 11, 2010

Prior to RightScale, he served as CEO at several Internet Software-as-a-Service (SAAS) companies and as executive vice president at eFax.com. from Stanford University and completed graduate studies at Harvard University. Crandell received his B.A.

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DECEMBER 16, 2021

Los Angeles-based, shared scooter and bicycle rental service Bird has put out some numbers this morning, saying that use of its service has contributed an estimated $100M in incremental spending at local businesses in 2021, and saved an estimated 1.1 million gallons of gasoline.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

It’s coming from Leif , itself a startup that provides financing services to edtech platforms so that they can offer their students income share agreements (otherwise known as ISAs, arrangements where students are not required to pay back tuition loans until they find jobs).

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FEBRUARY 12, 2015

truePrep , a new service from Santa Monica-based ArborBridge , said today that it has launched a new service which matches students with online SAT tutors, who can help students prepare for the SAT through online, video conferencing. trueprep tutoring marketplace online test testing study' READ MORE>>.

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MAY 19, 2013

from Columbia, Rhodes Scholar at Oxford and studied at London School of Economics. Thousands of jobs. We can continue to innovate in LA or watch our jobs and our engineers move up North. He is a smart, dedicated public servant who gets tech. Smart : He was graduated from arguably our top-rated high school (Harvard Westlake), B.A.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Google said Thursday that it is exploring extending its ultra-fast, gigabit Internet service to both Irvine and San Diego--two of three cities Google says it is now working with on the service. Looking for some super fast Internet?

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NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Although Search and Social both matter, Experian Marketing Services recently pointed out that 2013 saw a significant drop in the number of users who accessed social sites from search. Greathouse : DataPop & Kenshoo recently released a study that highlights the potential opportunities on sites like Pinterest and Polyvore.

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MAY 6, 2019

An study shows that Bird had nearly 7,000 scooters active in Los Angeles County in January, but only 1,500 of them survived until April. Santa Monica-based last-mile transportation startup Bird is facing big issues with keeping its scooters up and operating, according to a story from the LA Times published on Sunday.

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DECEMBER 30, 2017

According to a study from network security firm PhishMe , ransomware is delivered by 97% of phishing emails. Forensic tools, supporting services and integrations with an organisation’s existing threat prevention products have a role to play in this effort.”. Ransomware is a prime example of this phenomenon.

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JULY 4, 2016

These people are like the friend in college who always tempted you by telling you about the latest party when you were at the library studying. It’s hard enough building a valuable product or service in competitive global markets without spending time on unproductive tasks.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2013

We caught up with Will to learn more about the company and how it hopes its service and music can help people improve their concentration. Will Henshall: Focus@will is the first, ever music service which helps with focus and distraction, while writing, reading, and studying. Where is the service now - can people use it?

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