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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

How might our next phase of the journey seem brighter, even with more uncertain days for startups and capital markets? There were startups and a software industry but barely. I would see Marc Benioff in the line for Starbucks at One Market in San Francisco and probably few could pick him out of a line up then. What happened?

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How Nix Hydra's Egg Baby Cracked The Code For Female Gamers

socalTECH

However, Egg Baby--the title from newly funded Nix Hydra (www.nixhydra.com)--seems to have cracked the code for how to get new, young, female consumers to become game players. We''re based in Los Angeles, and make a game called Egg Baby, which so far has had more than nine million downloads, with zero marketing spend.

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GrubMarket raises $60M as food delivery stays center stage

TechCrunch LA

Companies that have leveraged technology to make the procurement and delivery of food more accessible to more people have been seeing a big surge of business this year, as millions of consumers are encouraged (or outright mandated, due to Covid-19) to socially distance or want to avoid the crowds of physical shopping and eating excursions.

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CES 2015 | The Fun (and Strange) Side of the Show

Tech Zulu Event

Here are some of the fun and the weird highlights found at CES 2015. Bitcoin’s booth wasn’t a surprise to see at CES due to the huge noise it made in 2014 only seems fitting we find them here. Then again, it is a great marketing tactic for them as well…. CES Events 2015 America Express bitcoin BMW Samsung'

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KPCB has already blown through much of the $600 million it raised last year

TechCrunch LA

Kleiner Perkins , one of the most storied franchises in venture capital, has already invested much of the $600 million it raised last year and is now going back out to the market to raise its 19th fund, according to multiple sources. We went out to market to LPs. — Dan Primack (@danprimack) January 29, 2020. ”

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Interview with Mike Whitmire, CEO and Co-founder, FloQast

socalTECH

For today's interview, we sat down and talked with Mike Whitmire , the CEO and Co-founder of Los Angeles-based FloQast (www.floqast.com), a developer of financial close management software for enterprise accounting. Mike tells us about the company, who uses its software, as well as how he was initially turned away from the Amplify.LA

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Interview with Andrew Schydlowsky, TrackStreet: Brand Protection Using AI

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Andrew spoke to us about TrackStreet's brand protection software and artificial intelligence efforts. We then allow them to understand the true potential velocity of markets online. I saw an incredible opportunity with technology, which we could apply to solve their problems and close the gap between them and their market.