Berkonomics
MARCH 19, 2020
Great executives and managers seem to intuitively know what they don’t know. But it is not at all uncommon to not even know what questions to ask. Who would have thought about COVID 19 and public’s panic responses? Image credit: Alexas_Fotos / Pixabay. One week we all thought we had our responses dedicated to supply chain disruptions. By the next week it was protecting our associates and employees.
TechCrunch LA
MARCH 19, 2020
The social media giant TikTok said that it would donate $3 million to After – School All-Stars , a charity founded by actor and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, to feed families whose food security was affected by the close of public schools in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. TikTok said in a statement Thursday that families in 60 cities with After-School All-Stars chapters would receive food vouchers and gift cards that can be spent on food and other essentials through
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L.A. Business Journal
MARCH 16, 2020
Tetra Tech Inc. has landed a $125 million contract with the U.S. Postal Service to supply nationwide emergency preparedness and response support, and environmental services.
socalTECH
MARCH 20, 2020
Venice, California-based Robin Games , a startup that is developing mobile games aimed at women, has raised $7M in a seed funding round, the company said on Thursday. The funding was led by LVP, and also included 1Up Ventures, Alpha Edison, Everblue Management, firstminute Capital, Greycroft Tracker Fund, Hearst Ventures and Third Kind Venture Capital.
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Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 15, 2020
As a business advisor, I have too often seen technical entrepreneurs get a product or service off the ground with ease, but then struggle mightily when their business reaches a couple of million in annual sales, or the employee count grows beyond a handful. It’s at this stage that the job changes from creative and tactical to managerial and strategic.
TechCrunch LA
MARCH 19, 2020
A new initiative from a Los Angeles investor is taking stock of venture firms and their ability to commit capital in an effort to match firms that are still open for business and cutting checks to startups that are fundraising in the age of COVID-19. Laurent Grill, one of the investors at Luma Launch (which is the corporate investment arm of the film studio Luma Pictures), has been working in the Los Angeles venture community building and backing startups for about a decade.
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socalTECH
MARCH 16, 2020
Los Angeles-based Dentulu says it hopes that dentists will take advantage of its app and service, as concern grows over the COVID-19 virus outbreak. According to the company, its platform allows dentists to keep tabs on their patients by sending home a consumer intra-oral camera with patients, and also can help connect dental patients to locally licensed dentists.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 16, 2020
Based on my years of experience in both startups and large companies, trusted relationships are more the key to success than a great business model, how smart you are, or how much money you have. Aspiring entrepreneurs who struggle in a corporate environment often can’t wait to start their own company, only to find that relationships are even more critical and volatile there.
TechCrunch LA
MARCH 19, 2020
In light of growing concerns around COVID-19, Wheels has decided to pause its pedal-less e-bike operations until the end of March, the company announced today. “After weighing the pros and cons, we’ve decided that the best course of action is to temporarily stop deploying bikes until the end of March and to revisit this then,” the company said in an announcement today. “To be clear, we strongly believe that micromobility in general, and Wheels in particular, is in a unique posi
SoCal Tech Calendar
MARCH 17, 2020
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socalTECH
MARCH 20, 2020
Los Angeles-based banking app startup Dave says it is expanding an existing partnership with nonprofit Feeding America , and will donate $250,000 to the group's COVID-19 fund, which is aimed at helping to secure food and help distribute it to people in need across the country. According to Dave, it will launch an email and blog series which will include includes best practices for volunteering at and accessing food banks during this time.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 14, 2020
After many years of working with angel investors seriously trying to find new ventures worthy of their hard-earned money, I find their frustration often exceeds that of entrepreneurs sincerely looking for financial help. That’s a lose-lose situation, so I’ve given a good bit of thought to how every entrepreneur can improve their odds, and keep investors less frustrated at the same time.
Xconomy
MARCH 19, 2020
Three hundred Takeda employees from the Japanese pharma giant’s California research center have been working from home for 10 days straight. Neurocrine Biosciences, one of the few commercial-stage biotechs in town, is working to ensure the animals housed in its vivarium are appropriately minded. Ciara Kennedy, CEO of clinical-stage antifungal therapy developer Amplyx, is facing a slowdown in trial enrollment as hospitals focus on handling the influx of pandemic patients.
AllTopStartups
MARCH 16, 2020
If you imagine the internet as one big shopping mall, it’s easy to see why SEO is so important. Millions of competitors and millions of prospective customers all in one… The post Local SEO Tips For Small Startups appeared first on AllTopStartups.
socalTECH
MARCH 20, 2020
Los Angeles-based Maimovie , which operates an AI-driven search and recommendation service for movies, says it has launched a new "movie award" system, which uses its AI software to generate "people-powered awards" to movies based on feedback from its users. The company said the new service lets users view social rankings for their favorite movies, and offers up recommendations and analysis for over 540,000 movies.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 20, 2020
Every entrepreneur thinks he can relax a bit after his business model is proven, funding is in place, and revenues are scaling as projected up that hockey-stick curve. Unfortunately, the market is changing so fast these days that any upward climb can level off quickly, as the core business growth begins to stall. This S-Curve, with no correction, can quickly lead to disaster.
Xconomy
MARCH 20, 2020
The past week brought a sea change in many of our daily lives as the impact of the continued spread of the novel coronavirus altered how we work and play as communities around the world attempt to slow its spread. Xconomy, as always, is focused on the stories coming out of the life sciences community. Major developments on the COVID-19 front took place this week as research into and development of potential therapeutics and vaccines proceeded.
Startup San Diego
MARCH 14, 2020
Changes to Startup San Diego events due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The post ALERT: COVID-19 (Coronavirus) appeared first on Startup San Diego.
socalTECH
MARCH 19, 2020
Venice, California-based Snapchat is launching its new set of health and wellness tools, well ahead of schedule, due to the growing threat of the COVID-19 virus threat, and will surface educational information on the new virus and health measures, as well as mental health content. According to reports, the company's "Here For You" tool will tap information from the World Health Organization (WHO), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). the Crisis Text Line support network, the Ad Council and the
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 18, 2020
Is your strategy as a business leader to be a first-mover or a follower? Despite the fact that most of the CEOs I advise would claim to be in the first category, when I dig deeper I find that at best they are fast followers , due to the time consuming challenges of transforming any business in this digital age. Fast change today requires commitment and an adaptive learning culture at all levels.
Xconomy
MARCH 19, 2020
The following sponsored content was submitted by commercial real estate brokerage firm Hughes Marino : The story of the “canary in the coal mine” is an advanced warning of danger. The metaphor originates from when miners used to carry caged canaries while at work; if the air in the mine became toxic, the canary would die before levels of gas became hazardous to humans.
TechCrunch LA
MARCH 16, 2020
Uber Eats said Monday it will waive delivery fees for all orders from independently owned restaurants on the app as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread and causes cities to shutter all non-essential businesses. Restaurants throughout the U.S. are facing economic headwinds as city and state officials take steps to stop the spread of COVID-19 , a disease caused by novel coronavirus.
socalTECH
MARCH 19, 2020
Los Angeles-based e-bike sharing service Wheels said on Thursday that it is pausing its operations until the end of March, in light of the growing COVID-19 coronavirus threat. According to the company, it will "temporarily stop deploying bikes until the end of March". Wheels is not the only company to pause its micro-mobility services as a result of the growing virus outbreak; Lime, a provider of electric scooters, paused its operations on Wednesday citing similar issues.
socalTECH
MARCH 19, 2020
Santa Monica-based Milken Institute is putting its resources behind the effort to tackle the COVID-19 virus outbreak, saying this morning that it has launched a new website which monitors the development of therapies to treat and prevent the disease. The nonprofit said the site is developed and maintained by FasterCures, a center of the Milken Institute.
socalTECH
MARCH 19, 2020
Camarillo-based wireless broadband telecommunications provider GeoLinks says that it will not terminate service to any residential or small business customers in the next 60 days, because of inability to pay bills due to the disruptions from the coronavirus pandemic, and also will wave any late fees, in addition to opening up its Wi-Fi hotspots to anyone who needs them.
socalTECH
MARCH 19, 2020
Redland-based mapping and GIS software developer Esri says it will offer up its software for free to public and private sector organizations fighting the COVID-19 disease pandemic. According to Esri, it has created a template for public health agencies and other organizations, which it is offering up for no cost for six months. The company said its ArcGIS Hub Coronavirus Resposne template includes examples, materials, and configurations to help rapidly deploy its products for public health agenc
socalTECH
MARCH 19, 2020
Ventura-based advertising exchange The Trade Desk and mobile video app developer TikTok are in a new, advertising partnership covering Asia Pacific markets, the two said this morning. According to the two, the partnership will allow advertisers to directly access premium TikTok inventory across Asia-Pacific via The Trade Desk platform. Financial details of the deal were not announced.
socalTECH
MARCH 18, 2020
Uber is planning to file a federal lawsuit against Los Angeles, claiming that LA's requirement that on-demand scooter and last-mile transportation companies provider real-time location data on where its customers are raises privacy concerns. According to CNET, Uber claims the Los Angeles request is "surveillance", and that Los Angeles does not need the kind of data it is requiring providers to provide to the city.
socalTECH
MARCH 18, 2020
The home Internet connections and speeds in Los Angeles are holding up fairly well even as the city--like many others around the country--shift towards remote work, although San Diego 's network performance has degraded, as more and more people are working from their home offices. According to Broadbandnow, although millions of users are shifting to residential Internet service, the speed of those Internet connections is "holding steady".
socalTECH
MARCH 18, 2020
Pasadena-based Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals said on Tuesday afternoon that it is taking a number of precautionary measures to help protect the health and safety of its employees, partners, and the healthcare workers and patients involved in ongoing clinical studies. The company--like every other company in the nation, and much of the world--says it is recommending employees work from home, as much as feasible and appropriate; is restricting all but the "most essential" business-related travel; easi
socalTECH
MARCH 18, 2020
Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX sent another set of its Starlink satellites into space this morning, successfully launching its sixth Starlink mission into space at 8:16 a.m. EDT from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Starlink said the Falcon 9 first stage used in the launch was previously used four times--in the Iridium-7 NEXT mission in July of 2018, the SAOCOM 1A mission in October 2018, the Nusantara Satu mission in February 2019, and the second launch of Starlink in November 2019.
socalTECH
MARCH 18, 2020
San Diego-based Quidel , which develops rapid diagnostic testing products, says it has received an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its real-time RT-PCR test intnded to detect COVID-19, the virus that casuees SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal swab specimens. The company said the testing authorization is limited to laboratories certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA).
socalTECH
MARCH 17, 2020
On-demand electric scooter and bicycle transportation company Lime said on Tuesday that it is suspending all of its services in California, along with Washington State, Italy, France, and Spain. Calling the COVID-19 virus an "unprecedented challenge", the firm said it's "pausing" its services to help people stay put and stay safe. Santa Monica-based Bird , which competes directly against Lime, has yet to suspend any service, saying last week that it had increased the daily frequency at which it
socalTECH
MARCH 17, 2020
San Diego-based Maravai LifeScienecs , a provider of life sciences reagents and services to the biotech industry, said this morning that it has acquired MockV Solutions , a provider of products used in the development of biopharmaceutical manufacturing processes. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. MockV's products are used as part of bioprocess impurity testing, a key step in development and manufacturing of biotherapeutics.
socalTECH
MARCH 17, 2020
El Segundo-based Phase Four , a developer of radio frequency (RF) plasma engines for in-space propulsion, announced this morning that it has received a SBIR Phase I contract by Air Force tech accelerator AFWERX, in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory and the National Security Innovation Network. Size of the contract was not annoucned.
socalTECH
MARCH 16, 2020
Santa Monica-based Headspace , which develops mindfulness and meditation apps and software, says it has opened up new, free content--both to U.S. healthcare professionals, as well as consumers--to help combat rising stress from the ongoing COVID-19 virus outbreak. According to Headspace, it will offer up free Headspace Plus subscriptions to healthcare professionals working in public health settings in the US through 2020 to address rising levels of stress and burnout.
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