socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Who needs Shark Tank? A group of San Diego angel and venture capital investors have launched their very own television show--which is airing on local cable channels--focused on investments in Southern California--called VCs in a Van , which will air on local Cox, Time Warner, and Spectrum channels. According to the new show, it will start airing episodes on December 2nd, and feature such investors as Neil Senturia, Tom Tullie, Mark Bowles, and Taner Halicioglu, who tool around San Diego and othe

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Talespin is bringing virtual reality to the workplace.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

If we want to create jobs and economic opportunity here in the U.S., we’re going to need immigrants. Not only have they pioneered our country’s greatest achievements, bringing you everything from hot dogs to YouTube, but today they serve at the cutting edge of our foremost industries. Nowhere is this more true than in the field of artificial intelligence, where foreign-born innovators created many of the technologies now changing the way we live, work, and play.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

There is nothing quite as thrilling in business as igniting a startup and watching it blossom. Especially when starting a company with personal savings or money from relatives and friends, early signs of success are intoxicating. Each new customer, each mention in the press or online adds to the feeling of early accomplishment. And it is more satisfying because it is yours, from idea to execution.

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Office leases are one of companies’ largest expenses, and if your whole team is working from home with no clear end in sight, you may be wondering what to do about your lease.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

In an interesting marketing effort, Los Angeles-based subscription-based airline Surf Air is looking to attract more subscribers to its service, through a Black Friday sale. The company did not say what kinds of promotions it would offer--only putting up a signup page for its offers requesting an email and phone number --however, it appears to be a fairly unconventional approach to attracting the high-end subscribers who use its service.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Openpath Security Inc. wants to make sure you never get locked out of the office again.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

For decades, efforts to satisfy customers have been built around demographics – capitalizing on race, ethnicity, gender, income, and other attributes. Today, in this age of pervasive social media and two-way communication, the focus needs to get beyond demographics into personalities. Customer personalities define customer experience, and sets what they love, and what they hate.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Camarillo-based analog and mixed-signal semiconductor maker Semtech said this morning that has deployed its LoRa lower power, wireless networking devices as part of an Internet-of-Things (IoT) deployment on the island of Mallorca, in Spain. According to Semtech, IOTLABS, a developer of Internet-of-Things services, has launched an application on Mallorca which uses Semtech's LoRa technology to provide monitoring of water levels and air quality in real time on the island.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Roughly two months after it was first reported that Patrick Soon-Shiong’s El Segundo e-sports arena was to house the H1Z1 Pro League, the League announced it will cease operations due to payment issues.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Cybersecurity startup AttackIQ has appointed veteran tech executive Brett Galloway as its new CEO. AttackIQ said Galloway is taking over the role from Carl Wright, who has been named chief commercial officer. Wright was hired as chief revenue officer in August 2017. The company said he was named interim CEO in September of this year. However, the San Diego-based company, which emerged from stealth mode in 2016, was guided through its early years by president and CEO Stephan Chenette.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Thursday, November 29, 2018 -- AutoMobility LA. AutoMobility LA 2018 will take place November 26-29 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. AutoMobility LA is the industry's first trade show converging the technology and automotive industries to launch new products and technologies and to discuss the most pressing issues surrounding the future of transportation and mobility.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Glendale-based ServiceTitan , the developer of home service business management software, says this morning that it has named David Burt, former NetFlix Vice President of Content Planning & Analysis and Co-Head of Corporate Development as its new Chief Financial Officer--as the appears poised for an IPO. According to ServiceTitan, Burt had previously worked at J.P.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Santa Monica-based Inspire Energy Holdings has a unique pitch for an energy company: selling power to customers on a subscription basis with flat monthly payments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Successful entrepreneurs are usually hard-driving, and highly focused on some specific goals, like being the dominant player in a given domain, or the low-priced provider of their product. Yet other entrepreneurs will talk for hours about all their ideas, and how they intend to change the world, but I don’t hear any specific goals or milestones. Many people are very hesitant to set specific goals, due to lack of self-confidence or whatever.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Wednesday, November 28, 2018 -- AutoMobility LA. AutoMobility LA 2018 will take place November 26-29 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. AutoMobility LA is the industry's first trade show converging the technology and automotive industries to launch new products and technologies and to discuss the most pressing issues surrounding the future of transportation and mobility.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Los Angeles-based PlayVS has raised $30.5M in a Series B funding, to continue buildout of its high school, eSports network, the company said this week, led by the Los Angeles Dodgers ownership group. The funding also included New Enterprise Associates, Science Inc, Crosscut Ventures, Adidas, Samsung, P. Diddy, Rich Dennis, David Drummund of Alphabet, and Rahul Mehta.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Miso Robotics Inc. doesn’t believe robots should take every job – just some unpleasant ones.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

A manned mission to Mars is slated for as early as 2024, but there are serious health risks that must be mitigated in order for such a mission to be successful. The most pressing risk identified by NASA is radiation exposure. Instead of stunting our spirit of exploration, there is an urgent need to develop effective radioprotection strategies to send humans to Mars on the order of decades, and not centuries.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Tuesday, November 27, 2018 -- AutoMobility LA. AutoMobility LA 2018 will take place November 26-29 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. AutoMobility LA is the industry's first trade show converging the technology and automotive industries to launch new products and technologies and to discuss the most pressing issues surrounding the future of transportation and mobility.

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Press Los Angeles Mobile Technology 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

San Diego-based ResMed , which provides patient monitoring devices and healthcare software, said Tuesday that it has named Harjit Gill to its board of directors. Gill is currently an advisor to Delmedica Investments, a company focused on respiratory health, and also previously had been Executive Vice president and CEO of Philips ASEAN & Pacific, in addition to serving in many other roles in Philips Consumer Electronics businesses worldwide.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Downtown-based Second Spectrum Inc. is tracking all the National Basketball Association action down to the microsecond.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

I often wonder how many more startups would succeed if their founders could master the art and science of delegation. It seems inherent in the mind of most first-time entrepreneurs that it was their idea, and they must do all the work themselves to make it happen. In my role as mentor and advisor to many founders, I consistently fail in convincing them of the power in wise delegation.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Monday, November 26, 2018 -- AutoMobility LA. AutoMobility LA 2018 will take place November 26-29 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. AutoMobility LA is the industry's first trade show converging the technology and automotive industries to launch new products and technologies and to discuss the most pressing issues surrounding the future of transportation and mobility.

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Press Los Angeles Mobile Technology 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

NASA is getting set to launch a full safety review of Hawthorne-based rocket maker SpaceX , as a direct result of Elon Musk smoking marijuana on the Joe Rogan Experience in September. The safety review at SpaceX--which looks like will also be applied to Boeing, which also has a commercial space program competing against SpaceX--reportedly "rankled agency leaders" who felt the safety review is needed to ensure the American public that "when we put an astronaut on a rocket, they'll be safe", accor

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Alex Canter was frustrated. He was at his family’s famed Canter’s Deli restaurant in the Fairfax District, and the often-bustling restaurant had an additional source of chaos: 14 tablets fielding online orders from third-party food delivery apps.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Silvergate Bank has transformed itself in recent years from a typical business bank to one of the financial institutions of choice for digital currency companies. Now the cryptocurrency-friendly bank, which is headquartered in La Jolla, CA, is preparing to go public. On Tuesday it set a $50 million price target, according to documents filed with securities regulators.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

It pays big dividends to network with peers and others if you want to succeed in business. You need to get guidance before you start a new venture, connections to investors as you seek funding to scale the business, and expansion and exit insights as the business matures. Just as importantly, your business network can actually make a sometimes lonely role enjoyable.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Santa Monica-based Edmunds , the automotive information and shopping site, says it has launched a new set of pages specifically aimed at providing best car rankings. According to Edmunds.com, its new landing pages will the top 10 vehicles in descending order in each of more than 50 segments. Edmunds claims its rankings are based on its own vehicle testing process, plus evaluation at its test track, a 115-mile road test loop, and day-to-day driving situations.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

New president at Conde Nast Entertainment; SpaceX secures $250 million; LA Dodgers lead PlayVS Series B round.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

We’ll soon find out if Wall Street has the appetite for investing in alternative meat technology. Beyond Meat, a maker of plant-based meat products, has filed for an IPO. The El Segundo, CA-based company set a preliminary target of $100 million for the stock offering, a figure that will likely change as the company moves closer to its stock market debut.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

While the willingness and ability to change is recognized and espoused by every business owner or founder I am asked to advise, far too many of you seem to be stuck in a rut, or very slow to actually decide what changes are necessary to survive and thrive. You may not be blind to the changing market and technology, but being blind to internal traps that can be just as devastating.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

A report today says that Venice, California-based Snap is getting set to launch a another version of its Spectacles, its connected, video- and snapshot-capturing sunglasses, for the heady price of $350.00. According to the report, the new Spectacles will be capable of producing augmented reality effects in videos, including overlay of AR lenses and 3D photo effects based on footage from the glasses.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Snap retailing Spectacles for $350 each; Activision Blizzard accused of ignoring deaf gamers; Musk’s toking prompts another investigation

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Hundreds of red, “dockless” electronic bikes appeared on the streets of San Diego and Seattle on Monday, the latest cities in which Uber introduced its e-bike program, Jump. The expansion comes days after Uber began rolling out the bike-sharing service across Los Angeles. The San Francisco-based ride-hailing giant acquired Jump Bikes, a Brooklyn e-bike sharing service, in April.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

San Diego-based unmanned aerial vehicle maker General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) said on Monday that the company's unmanned aircraft systems have been selected by the country of Belgium. According to GA-ASI, the Government of Belgium is looking to acquire its MQ-9B SkyGuardian Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), and is currently in negotiations with the U.S.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Foothill Ranch-based olloclip , which makes clip-on camera lens for the iPhone, says it has launched three new products for Apple's newest iPhones. According to olloclip, it has added new clips which work for the Apple iPhone XR, XS, and XS Max, which lets users connects its Connect X lenses to those devices. The company says its clips "intuitively" align with both front and rear cameras, and are screen protector compatible. olloclip's lenses are popular with users--particularly the photography

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