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Our video interview today is with Federico Pomi and Andreas Ballarini, Fabrica, a startup in the Techstars LA 2019 Class focused on real estate transactions. Fabrica was one of the companies that pitched at Techstars LA Demo Day on Tuesday at the El Rey. READ MORE>>. MORE
Relativity Space raises $140 million, will use it to advance 3D-printing technology MORE
170 Five years ago, the big tech incubator Y Combinator started to welcome life sciences companies into its sizable startup classes, which had previously nurtured entrepreneurs in information technology almost exclusively. That opening to biotech startups in 2014 was controversial at the time. MORE
Throughout my career in small companies and large, I’ve always been appalled by the number of people who have a negative attitude or complain all the time. MORE
EV Connect , the Los Angeles-based company that sells software to manage electric vehicle charging, has raised $12 million in a Series B round led by investors Mitsui & Co. and Ecosystem Integrity Fund. The company has raised $25 million to date. MORE
Dozens of impeccably dressed women outfitted in jumpsuits and Rothy’s gathered at the Greylock offices last week for a “structured networking” session hosted by All Raise , an 18-month-old nonprofit organization that seeks to amplify the voices of and support women in tech. MORE
Just weeks after Canoo took the wraps off of its electric vehicle , the Los Angeles-based startup and co-founder Stefan Krause has been accused of gender and marital discrimination, harassment, breach of contract, and wrongful termination in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. MORE
New entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, from day one. MORE
Daniel Faber is the CEO and founder of Orbit Fab (www.orbitfab.com), a startup developing technology to refuel spacecraft in space. Orbit Fab was part of the 2019 Techstars Space Los Angeles accelerator program. READ MORE>>. orbitfab daniel faber techstars space accelerator video startup interview MORE
Scientists, no matter how sexy the research they’re conducting, aren’t immune from the administrative minutiae of office life. Such tasks steal time away from researchers’ main objectives. However, that wasn’t the problem San Diego startup LabFellows was looking to solve when it launched in 2014. MORE
El Segundo-based data center management company ServerFarm purchased 5NINES Global Holdings Oct. MORE
I became a VC 12 years ago in 2007 when the pace of deals was much slower. I had just left Salesforce.com where I was VP, Products, after they had acquired my second startup. MORE
By most definitions of the term, an entrepreneur is someone who starts a new business, incorporating innovative changes to existing products, services, business models, and creating new markets. MORE
When Arianna Huffington stepped down from her role at the Huffington Post to start Thrive Global, she said the goal of her new business was to help a generation “avoid the burnout that all too often comes with success today.” MORE
SpaceX is one of 14 companies awarded grants from NASA to boost the agency's mission to return to the Moon and to eventually land on Mars MORE
Our video interview today is with Crystal Brown, the founder and CEO of Healthiest (healthiest.io), a browser extension that helps you find a healthier version of whatever you are shopping for. Interview at the TuesdayNights Impact conference in Santa Monica. READ MORE>>. MORE
Our video interview today is with Michael McCrary, CEO and founder of PureSpectrum , a Westlake Village-based startup in the survey and sampling industry. Michael tells us about how he founded the company, and gives some hints and tips on entrepreneurship. READ MORE>>. MORE
Sixteen years ago, Kim Witczak’s husband died by his own hand, turning her world upside down. He had just begun taking an antidepressant off-label for insomnia, and she believes an undisclosed side effect of the drug drove him to suicide. MORE
Monday, October 28, 2019 -- Music Tectonics Conference. Explore the seismic shifts shaking up the music industry as a result of technology and innovation. The first annual Music Tectonics Conference in Los Angeles October 28-29, 2019, is a destination event for innovators in music and technology. The conference speaker lineup brings together thinkers, doers and investors to explore the seismic shifts that are shaping the business of music. MORE
With $140 million in new financing, Relativity Space is now one step closer to fulfilling its founders’ vision of making the first rockets on Mars. MORE
Every entrepreneur and business leader believes that he or she has the full trust of their team and their customers, and in fact most do in the beginning. In my experience, most business professionals still believe in the old proverb, “ trust but verify.” MORE
Tuesday, October 29, 2019 -- Music Tectonics Conference. Explore the seismic shifts shaking up the music industry as a result of technology and innovation. The first annual Music Tectonics Conference in Los Angeles October 28-29, 2019, is a destination event for innovators in music and technology. The conference speaker lineup brings together thinkers, doers and investors to explore the seismic shifts that are shaping the business of music. MORE
Ever wonder why one of your employees, shareholders, managers, suppliers, or board members sometimes behaves in a way you might consider irrational? Putting yourself in their shoes. If you want to best describe the motivation behind the action, think “What’s in it for me”? MORE
Some people are not cut out to be entrepreneurs. This is a good thing, or the business world would be chaos, with everyone trying to do their own thing. So what about you? MORE
Here’s one for the ages. How many times have you projected income and profits only to fall short, and make excuses to those depending upon you to perform? We know the answer of course. Lots of people do or will depend upon your leadership in driving growth, stability, and profitability. MORE
Financial management app developer Dave Inc. raised $50 million from Palo Alto-based growth equity investors Norwest Venture Partners MORE
Let’s get personal. Do you think you’re much better than a marginal leader? Well, here are a few tests for you to help come to an answer. And a few tips for you if you fall a bit short. Why do people follow their leader? Dictators are not great leaders in the long run. MORE
For our video interview today, we talked with Ana Pompa Alarcon Rawls , founder and CEO of findSisterhood (www.findsisterhood.com) one of the companies out of the Techstars Los Angeles 2019 class, which is creating a new social network for women. READ MORE>>. MORE
Shuttle startup Via and the city of Cupertino are launching an on-demand public transportation network, the latest example of municipalities trying out alternatives to traditional buses. MORE
TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 16, 2019
When Arianna Huffington stepped down from her role at the Huffington Post to start Thrive Global, she said the goal of her new business was to help a generation “avoid the burnout that all too often comes with success today.”
L.A. Business Journal
OCTOBER 2, 2019
SpaceX is one of 14 companies awarded grants from NASA to boost the agency's mission to return to the Moon and to eventually land on Mars
Berkonomics
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Ever wonder why one of your employees, shareholders, managers, suppliers, or board members sometimes behaves in a way you might consider irrational? Putting yourself in their shoes. If you want to best describe the motivation behind the action, think “What’s in it for me”?
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 17, 2019
I became a VC 12 years ago in 2007 when the pace of deals was much slower. I had just left Salesforce.com where I was VP, Products, after they had acquired my second startup.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Our video interview today is with Federico Pomi and Andreas Ballarini, Fabrica, a startup in the Techstars LA 2019 Class focused on real estate transactions. Fabrica was one of the companies that pitched at Techstars LA Demo Day on Tuesday at the El Rey. READ MORE>>.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 5, 2019
Some people are not cut out to be entrepreneurs. This is a good thing, or the business world would be chaos, with everyone trying to do their own thing. So what about you?
Southern California Tech Central brings together the best content for technical professionals in Southern California from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
L.A. Business Journal
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Electric vehicle startup Canoo and Chief Executive Stefan Krause were sued for wrongful termination by former communications lead Christina Krause
Berkonomics
OCTOBER 10, 2019
Let’s get personal. Do you think you’re much better than a marginal leader? Well, here are a few tests for you to help come to an answer. And a few tips for you if you fall a bit short. Why do people follow their leader? Dictators are not great leaders in the long run.
SoCal Tech Calendar
OCTOBER 23, 2019
Tuesday, October 29, 2019 -- Music Tectonics Conference. Explore the seismic shifts shaking up the music industry as a result of technology and innovation. The first annual Music Tectonics Conference in Los Angeles October 28-29, 2019, is a destination event for innovators in music and technology. The conference speaker lineup brings together thinkers, doers and investors to explore the seismic shifts that are shaping the business of music.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 22, 2019
Daniel Faber is the CEO and founder of Orbit Fab (www.orbitfab.com), a startup developing technology to refuel spacecraft in space. Orbit Fab was part of the 2019 Techstars Space Los Angeles accelerator program. READ MORE>>. orbitfab daniel faber techstars space accelerator video startup interview
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 11, 2019
Every entrepreneur and business leader believes that he or she has the full trust of their team and their customers, and in fact most do in the beginning. In my experience, most business professionals still believe in the old proverb, “ trust but verify.”
TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Dozens of impeccably dressed women outfitted in jumpsuits and Rothy’s gathered at the Greylock offices last week for a “structured networking” session hosted by All Raise , an 18-month-old nonprofit organization that seeks to amplify the voices of and support women in tech.
L.A. Business Journal
OCTOBER 4, 2019
Relativity Space raises $140 million, will use it to advance 3D-printing technology
Berkonomics
OCTOBER 3, 2019
Here’s one for the ages. How many times have you projected income and profits only to fall short, and make excuses to those depending upon you to perform? We know the answer of course. Lots of people do or will depend upon your leadership in driving growth, stability, and profitability.
Xconomy
OCTOBER 8, 2019
Scientists, no matter how sexy the research they’re conducting, aren’t immune from the administrative minutiae of office life. Such tasks steal time away from researchers’ main objectives. However, that wasn’t the problem San Diego startup LabFellows was looking to solve when it launched in 2014.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 15, 2019
Our video interview today is with Crystal Brown, the founder and CEO of Healthiest (healthiest.io), a browser extension that helps you find a healthier version of whatever you are shopping for. Interview at the TuesdayNights Impact conference in Santa Monica. READ MORE>>.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Throughout my career in small companies and large, I’ve always been appalled by the number of people who have a negative attitude or complain all the time.
TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 1, 2019
With $140 million in new financing, Relativity Space is now one step closer to fulfilling its founders’ vision of making the first rockets on Mars.
L.A. Business Journal
OCTOBER 11, 2019
El Segundo-based data center management company ServerFarm purchased 5NINES Global Holdings Oct.
SoCal Tech Calendar
OCTOBER 22, 2019
Monday, October 28, 2019 -- Music Tectonics Conference. Explore the seismic shifts shaking up the music industry as a result of technology and innovation. The first annual Music Tectonics Conference in Los Angeles October 28-29, 2019, is a destination event for innovators in music and technology. The conference speaker lineup brings together thinkers, doers and investors to explore the seismic shifts that are shaping the business of music.
Xconomy
OCTOBER 9, 2019
Five years ago, the big tech incubator Y Combinator started to welcome life sciences companies into its sizable startup classes, which had previously nurtured entrepreneurs in information technology almost exclusively. That opening to biotech startups in 2014 was controversial at the time.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 21, 2019
For our video interview today, we talked with Ana Pompa Alarcon Rawls , founder and CEO of findSisterhood (www.findsisterhood.com) one of the companies out of the Techstars Los Angeles 2019 class, which is creating a new social network for women. READ MORE>>.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 4, 2019
By most definitions of the term, an entrepreneur is someone who starts a new business, incorporating innovative changes to existing products, services, business models, and creating new markets.
TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 7, 2019
Shuttle startup Via and the city of Cupertino are launching an on-demand public transportation network, the latest example of municipalities trying out alternatives to traditional buses.
L.A. Business Journal
OCTOBER 1, 2019
Financial management app developer Dave Inc. raised $50 million from Palo Alto-based growth equity investors Norwest Venture Partners
SoCal Tech Calendar
OCTOBER 22, 2019
Monday, October 28, 2019 --.
Xconomy
OCTOBER 10, 2019
Sixteen years ago, Kim Witczak’s husband died by his own hand, turning her world upside down. He had just begun taking an antidepressant off-label for insomnia, and she believes an undisclosed side effect of the drug drove him to suicide.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 7, 2019
Our video interview today is with Michael McCrary, CEO and founder of PureSpectrum , a Westlake Village-based startup in the survey and sampling industry. Michael tells us about how he founded the company, and gives some hints and tips on entrepreneurship. READ MORE>>.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 13, 2019
New entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, from day one.
TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 22, 2019
EV Connect , the Los Angeles-based company that sells software to manage electric vehicle charging, has raised $12 million in a Series B round led by investors Mitsui & Co. and Ecosystem Integrity Fund. The company has raised $25 million to date.
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