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Activision Blizzard Launches Training Program

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Santa Monica-based videogame publisher Activision Blizzard said late Monday that it has launched a new, 12-week long training program, which looks to train and development professionals for engineering roles. activision blizzard videogame training diversity employment jobs

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AR Combat Training Company Red 6 Moves To Miami

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Red Six Aerospace, which creates AR combat training for the military, has moved it headquarters to Miami

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Red 6 Raises $30 Million For AR Military Training

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Aerospace company Red 6 raises $30 million in a Series A round to fund its augmented reality military training technology

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Parallel Systems Picks Up $49.55M For Autonomous Trains

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Culver City-based Parallel Systems, a startup developing autonomous train and transportation technology, said today that it has raised $49.55M in a Series A funding round. According to the company, it is developing system which would create autonomous, battery-powered train cars, which would automatically link with other cars without need for traditional diesel locomotives. parallel systems autonomous trains train transportation venture capital machine learning

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Team Liquid, Alienware Launch Esports Training Program In Santa Monica

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Team Liquid, an e-sports team, and PC and accessories maker Alienware said this morning that the two have launched a new "Esports athlete training" program in Santa Monica, where it will provide professional esports training. The new esports training program is called The Pro Lab. team liquid alienware prolab esports athlete training

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Esri Offers Free GIS Training

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Redlands-based Esri , the developer of geographical information systems (GIS) software, says it will offer up free access to its popular ArcGIS platform, as well as training resources, to any professionals who have been furloughed from work during the COVID-19 outbreak. esri mapping software training jobs learning education

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Hone Gets $16M For Corporate Training

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The company says it offers up live online classes for employee and corporate training. hone corporate training software learning venture capital saasSan Diego-based Hone, a provider of a corporate learning platform, has raised $16M in a Series A funding round. The funding was F-Prime Capital and also included Cowboy Ventures, NextGen Venture Partners, Slack Fund, Gaingels, Swift Ventures, and SemperVirens.

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Micro–train; macro–manage

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Invest in training, and save on managing. Let’s assume you’re bringing on board people who already have expertise in their functional area (entry–level training is a whole different beast). Email readers, continue here…] In addition, take advantage of the trend in the training and development space toward self–directed learning. Provide access to your robust internal “university,” or to vendor–provided training.

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GigXR Gets Strategic Investment For AR/VR CPR Training

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Los Angeles-based GigXR, a developer of mixed reality simulation training for the healthcare industry, says it has received a strategic investment and partnership with a subsidiary of Northwest Permanente P.C. According to GigXR, the effort will focus on developing mixed reality teaching and training simulations for both healthcare professionals and introductory learners starting with Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ALS).

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Specular Theory Snags $4.5M For VR Training For Air Force

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Venice Beach-based Specular Theory, a developer of virtual reality training software for the U.S. According to the company, the funding will go towards expanding its immersive training products supporting U.S. Air Force B-52, C-17 and KC-135 aircrew training over the next three years. The company's VR software is used for training crews on performing air refueling operations. specular theory virtual reality training force usaf

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Entity Academy, an edtech startup that trains, mentors and places women in tech roles, secures $100M

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An edtech startup called Entity Academy — which provides women with training, in areas like data science and software development; mentoring; and ultimately job coaching — has raised $100 million on the heels of strong growth of its business, and an ambition to improve that ratio.

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Cornerstone Ties Into Virtual Reality Training

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Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand is dipping its toes into the world of virtual reality training, saying today that it is in a new collaboration with Facebook's Oculus , to enable VR training at work. According to Cornerstone, it will work with Oculus for Business to let shared clients build apps that can seamlessly track VR training completion data directly within the Cornerstone Learning Management System (LMS).

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9 Messages From Sales Training May Save Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

I recently found the classic sales training book “ Bootstrap Selling The Sandler Way ,” by Bill Morrison, who has 20 years in sales leadership roles, and I was amazed at how many of his sales lessons are great lessons for new entrepreneurs as well.

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Cornerstone Links With Sales Training Firm

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Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , which provides cloud-based learning and talent management tools, has linked up with a sales training company, Sandler Training, on a new sales training subscription, the two said today. cornerstone ondemand sales training cloud employee

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MicroPower Launches Training, Certification Program

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San Diego-based MicroPower Technologies , which develops wireless, video surveillance systems, said yesterday that it has launched a new certification and training program for its partners. MicroPower said its online certification and training is aimed at helping resellers gain the technical expertise on its products. micropower technologies training certification channel reseller

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Lakers Training Facility Goes Solar

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The training facility for the Los Angeles Lakers , the UCLA Health Training Center , has just gone solar, according to an anouncement from The Los Angeles Lakers, LG Electronics USA and Vaha Energy. The 171kW system powers the 120,000 square-foot LEED Platinum facility, used by both the Lakers' training facility and the home court of the South Bay Lakers. lakers basketball sports training facility solar power cleantech

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ACTIVE Network Debuts Half Marathon Training App

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According to ACTIVE Network, the 13.one Half Marathon app helps runners make it to their half marathon, by providing a 12 week training plan, tracking of training, and more. active network half marathon training mobile iphone exercise Looking to complete your first half marathon?

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Honey Gets Naming Rights On L.A. Clippers Training Center

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Clippers , which have renamed their training center the Honey Training Center: Home of the L.A. Honey's logo is now features on the training center and on the training jersey for the L.A. honey clippers training ecommerce discount code shopping sponsorship sports laclippers basketballLos Angeles-based startup Honey , which provides online discount codes and coupons to e-commerce shoppers, has entered into a naming deal with the L.A.

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Lynda.com Expands To IT Training

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Carpinteria-based Lynda.com is expanding its online training and learning site to cover IT training, the company said Tuesday, as it adds such new topic areas as hardware infrastructure, network administration, business intelligence, content management, help desks, and big data. According to Lynda.com, the new IT training information is available as part of a subscription to lynda.com. lynda training online learning education software

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Make It Work Training: Tweetdeck Overview, episode 1.1

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Make It Work Training: Tweetdeck Overview, episode 1.2

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Fitplan Finds $4.5M For Personal Training App

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Los Angeles-based Fitplan , which develops a mobile app focused on personal training, wellness, and fitness, has raised $4.5M fitplan personal trainer training smartphone venture capital rodriguezin a funding round, according to the company. The company said the funding was led by Corazon Capital, and also included pro baseball player Alex Rodriguez, plus Mark Mastrov, the founder of 24 Hour Fitness, and also included Lerer Hippeau, Bullpen Capital, Imaginary and Advancit Capital.

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LA Kings, Sense Arena Partner On VR Ice Hockey Training

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The LA Kings are in a partnership on virtual reality hockey training with VR training company Sense Arena, according to AEG and Sense Arena. According to the two, Sense Arena will provide its virtual reality hockey training platform to Kings' players at the team's official practice partnership. Sense Arena says it offers up its virtual reality ice hockey training, with more than 1200 installations in 30 countries.

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LAVA: First Time Entrepreneur Training Seminar

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Saturday, May 8, 2021 -- LAVA: First Time Entrepreneur Training Seminar. Speaker: Matthew Crowley, Crowley Corporate Legal Strategy. Matthew Crowley is a former president and board member of LAVA. He has written two books in the field and is also an adjunct professor at Loyola Law School, teaching venture law. His practice revolves around startups, securities and mergers and acquisitions. See [link] (more

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Los Angeles-based Talespin nabs $15 million for its extended reality-based workforce training tools

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Specifically, making talent management, training and hiring easier for employers in certain industries. “ Talespin ‘s immersive platform has transformed employee learning and proven to be an impactful addition to our training programs.

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Degreed Raises $75M to Expand in Growing Workforce Training Sector

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San Francisco-based Degreed is among the educational technology companies now classified as “learning experience platforms,’’ because they organize staff participation in skills development training and coordinate it with the goals of employers, who are their clients. Degreed , which helps businesses upgrade the skills of their staffers through an online gateway to learning resources, announced Thursday it has raised $75 million to grow the service and expand internationally.

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VR Playhouse Launches Virtual Reality Training Program

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Glassell Park-based boutique studio VR Playhouse has launched an educational program meant to attract students, artists, developers and directors to the virtual reality industry, according to a company statement

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Training Wheels: Talespin Uses VR to Help Companies Train Employees

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Talespin is bringing virtual reality to the workplace

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Edufii Scores $1.4M For Athletic Training App

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in a Series A financing, to go towards its social and mobile platforms for athletic training. Edufii''s app lets coaches, teachers, and athletes capture and annotate training and coaching sessions. smartphone mobile social athlete coach training athletic funding capital venture edufii San Luis Obispo-based Edufii said this morning that it has raised $1.4M

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Cybersecurity Training Effort In El Segundo Aimed At Next Generation

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An all week, cybersecurity training effort being held this week in El Segundo--run by AT&T and the Air Force Association (AFA)--is educating teenagers on cybersecurity careers and skills, in hopes of building the next generation of cybersecurity efforts. cybersecurity jobs training teenagers elsegundo petya

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Make It Work Training: Tweetdeck Overview, episode 1.2

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Cornerstone OnDemand Enhances Free Nonprofit Training Effort

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CornerStone OnDemand''s program uses its software to help provide nonprofit training, including training on fundraising, leadership, accounting and finance, marketing, and more. cornerstone ondemand nonprofit training foundation saas Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , the developer of cloud-based talent management tools, is extending out its nonprofit efforts today through its foundation, the Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation.

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Wpromote Offers Up Free Digital Marketing Training To Nonprofits

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Los Angeles-based digital marketing agency Wpromote said on Wednesday that it will be offering up free training to nonprofits, as part of its second annual Wprobono: Digital Day In LA. wpromote digital marketing training nonprofitWpromote said the event, in El Segundo, runs from 8am to 5pm, and will help nonprofits learn about things like paid and earned social media, boosting a charity's visibility on Google, increasing open and click through rates on email campaigns, and more.

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Quantum Computing 101: Brilliant, Google, Microsoft Training Workers

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But tech companies are already writing the novel kinds of software these revolutionary computers will need in order to operate—and businesses are even helping to train the workforce for a future era of “quantum speed-up.’’ For that training task, Microsoft and X, the cutting-edge research arm of.

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ViaSat Powers Tiered Wi-Fi For North Carolina Train Service

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ViaSat had already been providing a basic Wi-Fi service to the NCDOT's trains. viasat north carolina train service ncdot wifiCarlsbad-based satellite Internet provider ViaSat is powering a new, onboard Wi-Fi service for North Carolina, on with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Rail Division.

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White House Targets Tech Training, Jobs In LA With TechHire

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The White House has named Los Angeles as one of 21 communities around the nation which are part of a new technology job and training effort called TechHire , the administration announced Monday. According to President Obama, the new initiative will help to provide a "pathway to the middle class" for workers, by helping to train them to meet the needs for well paying technology jobs.

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After Successful Pilot, Apprenti Expands Tech Training Program

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DreamHost Gets $288K For Employment Training

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Los Angeles-based hosting provider Dreamhost has tapped into an interesting source of funding to help provide training to its employees: a grant from the State of California. The hosting provider said it has received $288,200 from the state's Employment Training Panel (ETP) to help provide training to its nearly 200 employees. The grant will provide it with license training software and executive leadership training. dreamhost training employee hosting cloud

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Lynda.com Buys European Video Training Firm

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lynda.com , the online learning and video instruction site based in Carpinteria, is putting some of its new funding to work, saying this morning that it has acquired video2brain, GmbH , a European online video training company, to help expand its services worldwide. lynda training course video merger acquisition europe video2brain

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Mindflash.com Takes On Online Training

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Santa Barbara-based Mindflash.com , an online training platform site headed by former Mint.com Chief Marketing Officer Donna Wells, said this week that it has officially launched its online trianing platform. The firm says it is targeting small businesses, and offers a way to help those businesses provide employee training. Tags: mindflash online training small business saas software employee

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Bio Science Alliance Training

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Monday, November 7, 2011 -- Bio Science Alliance presents BSA Academy Training: Chapter One. Four days of 1/2 day and full day classes give by qualified instructors held at Pepperdine Westlake Campus focusing on Quality System and Regulatory Requirements through the Product Life Cycle, from Discovery to Commercialization - followed by 101 Corridor Life Science Celebration Event (11/10) at Westlake Hyatt. Email jamie@biosciencealliance.org.

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6 Lessons For Business Leaders From Military Training

Startup Professionals Musings

While thinking about it, I realized that it’s really not that different from the toughness required and trained into America’s elite military force of Navy SEALs, who are known to be cool under fire, able to sense danger before it’s too late, and never give up on achieving their objective. You have to be extra tough mentally to start a new business venture.