TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Shopify , the provider of payment and logistics management software and services for retailers, has opened its first physical storefront in Los Angeles. The first brick and mortar location for the Toronto-based company, is nestled in a warren of downtown Los Angeles boutique shops in a complex known as the Row DTLA. For Shopify, Los Angeles is the ideal place to debut a physical storefront showing off the company’s new line of hardware products and the array of services it provides to busi

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 10, 2018

South Korean broadcast company OGN is constructing a 3,500-square-foot e-sports arena in Manhattan Beach, and selected game developer PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds Co. Ltd. (better known as PubG Co.) as its first league partner.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Have you ever noticed how slow time passes when you are in a troubled environment? Conversely, sometimes you look up at the end of a great day and wonder where the time went. It’s driven from the top. Over the years, I have discovered that the difference is not just applicable to the good times, but to the environment, created by the senior executives, that filters throughout the organization.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2018

This morning, Moonshots Capital (www.moonshotscapital.com), led by Kelly Perdew and Craig Cummings , announced its first formal fund, a $19M seed stage fund. We sat down with Kelly ahead of the announcement to chat about the new fund, why they think military veterans are particularly well suited as startup entrepreneurs, why the two went from organizing individual deals for funding to a formal fund, and more.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Shipwell , a startup pitching a marketplace for domestic ground shipping and fleet and cargo management services for freight trucking companies, has raised $10 million in a new round of funding. A booming American economy coupled with failing infrastructure and a low-margin business reluctant to adopt new technologies have put stress on domestic logistics companies in the $900 billion market for U.S. trucking services.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Bird poaches Uber executives; Activision Blizzard debuts new title and shares surge 8.7 percent; political podcasts coming to pay TV.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Shopify , which develops software for merchants to set up e-commerce, mobile, social media sites, online marketplaces, bricks-and-mortar stores, and more, is setting up a space for entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, the company said this morning. According to Shopify, it has set up a location at the ROW DTLA in downtown Los Angeles, where it will provide in-person help, support, and training for merchants on its software platform.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 10, 2018

On October 18 — just one week away — some of the most brilliant and innovative minds in reality creation will gather at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles to attend TC Sessions AR/VR 2018. Whether you’re an early startup founder, an investor, a developer or a student, if you’re focused on AR/VR, you don’t want to miss this day-long intensive event that goes deep into the current and future state of augmented and virtual realities.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 11, 2018

EagleTree Capital picked up a majority stake in visual effects company FuseFX; Northrop Grumman landed $792 million Air Force contract; Catalog raised $1.5 million in a seed round.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Thursday, October 18, 2018 -- TC Sessions: AR/VR is a single-day event designed to facilitate in-depth conversations, hands-on demos and networking opportunities with the industry leaders, content creators and game changers bringing innovation to the masses.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Monrovia, California-based Aerovironment , a major developer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and drones for the military, said it has inked a deal with General Dynamic Land Systems (GD), to integrate the company's unmanned aircraft and tactical missle systems with armored combat vehicles. Aerovironment said the deal is part of the upcoming U.S. Army Next Generation Combat Vehicle (NGCV) and U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Many experts will tell you that you can’t succeed as a part-time entrepreneur, as any good startup will require a 100 percent commitment of your time and energy. But not many of us have enough savings to live for a year or more without a salary, fund the startup, and still feed the family. Thus I often recommend that entrepreneurs keep their day job until the startup is producing revenue.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 10, 2018

The stock price for Snap Inc. hit a new low — falling 6.4 percent to $7 a share – after a report described the Santa Monica social media company as “quickly running out of money.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 -- eGames, eLeagues, and the Economics of Mass Spectator esports: This is Not Your Father's NFL. MIT Enterprise Central Coast. The esport industry growth had been a bottoms-up, viral phenomenon. But now, the emergence of finely-tuned league structures centered around specific games, has helped solidify a growing business ecosystem that has attracted significant investment.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Santa Monica-based videogame publisher Activision said this morning that the latest sequel in its Call of Duty series of games, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 , is now available worldwide. The company said the title is now avaliable both digitally and at global retailers worldwide. The new game includes multi-player options, "more Zombies available on day one than any other game", a new mode called "Blackout", among other features.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 11, 2018

The World Wide Web is at a crossroads. For all the benefits it has brought society over the past three decades—faster and easier communication, instant knowledge access, a seemingly inexhaustible marketplace of goods and services—the Web has also morphed into an “engine of inequity and division,” according to its inventor , Tim Berners-Lee (pictured above).

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Quibi to produce short-form video; Snap pushes for original content amid funding crisis; Insomniac launches new virtual reality game

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Thursday, October 11, 2018 -- TCVN Convertible Notes Workshop. Come learn about convertible notes and SAFEs, when, if and how to use them, the terms you may want to consider offering (or not offering!) to your investors, and how they will affect your startup going forward!

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2018

A newly launched company, Mission --created from the merger of Los Angeles-based Reliam , Los Angeles-based Stratalux ,and Boston-based G2 Tech Group -- has launched under a new, consolidated brand, Mission said this week. The company--led by longtime cloud and hosting services veteran Simon Anderson--offers up managed services and consulting for cloud platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2018

In my experience mentoring new entrepreneurs and aspiring business leaders, I see far too many who seem to be driven by all the wrong reasons. Everyone seems to espouse extrinsic motivations, such as getting rich, having power, and fulfilling parent dreams, when in fact a focus on satisfying internal interests and desires will likely lead to more success, as well as satisfaction.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Recent real estate deals by Netflix highlight hot market, constrained outlook on studio space.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 7, 2018

Saturday, October 13, 2018 -- Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum - Longevity. Approaches to enhancing healthspan range from drug discovery efforts to big-data methods and direct-to-consumer (DTC) strategies. Challenges of commercialization include reliance on and#64257;ndings from short-lived model organisms, poor biological understanding of aging, and hurdles in performing clinical trials for aging.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Los Angeles-based Moonshots Capital , the venture capital investment firm led by Kelly Perdew and Craig Cummings, has raised its first official fund, a $19M seed stage venture fund. The firm--which has been making investments even before raising the official fund, announced today--has already made four investments out of the new fund. According to Moonshots Capital, the first investments are in companies in the corporate security, business travel, social-threat identification technology, and dig

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” I always answer that there isn’t any magic, and contrary to the popular myth, nobody is waiting in the wings to throw money at you, just because you have a new and exciting business idea. On the other hand, there are many additional creative options available for starting a business that you might not find for buying a car, home, or other major consumer item.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 9, 2018

PWC links with Cred; Bonfire Ventures invests in drone maker; BlackLine enters Japanese market

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 7, 2018

Saturday, October 13, 2018 -- Pitch Genius Workshop. The purpose of this workshop is to educate idea-to-early stage startups about investors, fundraising, and how to make a successful pitch.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Camarillo-based analog and mixed-signal semiconducto developer Semtech and South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom have announced this morning that the two have launched an Internet-of-Things (IoT) network--based on Semtech's LoRa technology--for monitoring the health of cattle in South Korea. According to the two, they have rolled out a new product called LiveCare, which uses LoRa-equipped "bio-capsules" implanted in a cow's gastrointestinal tract, to monitor cattle health.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Entrepreneurs who experience success with their first startup are often amazed to realize that the risks and fears of doing it right the second time go up, rather than down. Encores are tough, especially in the high-risk world of startups, yet every entrepreneur I know can’t wait to start over and do it again. Sometimes their haste or ego causes them to ignore basics, and they fall hard.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 8, 2018

First rocket touchdown for SpaceX; Faraday and Evergrande dispute; “Twin Peaks” comes to virtual reality

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Wednesday, October 10, 2018 -- Disruptive Trends In Aerospance and Defense. ACG LA.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2018

A new report, from Los Angeles startup investor Amplify LA , says that Los Angeles seed investment deals in Q3 were for the most part steady, with a total of $59.4M raised across 27 Los Angeles startups. The group says its tracking found that the average seed round size was $2.2M for the quarter. Amplify LA said it found that software-as-a-service (SaaS) was the most funded sector, with a decline in investments in such areas as e-commerce and mobile technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2018

As a long-time advisor to entrepreneurs and business owners, I rarely find someone who doesn’t proclaim that the business world is changing rapidly, with new technology, new customer expectations, and new cultures. Yet, I’m still frustrated by the number of business owners that haven’t updated their business-as-usual practices. In my mind, these are killing their businesses.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Big jump in revenue for Venice-based Seriously.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Once considered a passing phase, the concentration of capital into fewer, larger venture capital deals appears to be the new normal. Fueled by so-called mega-funds, investment in U.S.-based venture-backed companies as of the end of the third quarter hit a decade high, and is on pace to pass the $100 billion mark by year’s end. In the third quarter VC investments totaled nearly $28 billion, bringing the year’s total as of Sept. 30 to more than $84 billion, according to the latest quarterly Ventur

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Los Angeles-based XPRIZE , a nonprofit which runs a series of prizes to encourage the development of technology to solve difficult world problems, says that it has selected a field testing location for its $7M Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE. According to the nonprofit, the deep sea off Kalamat, Greece, has been selected as the location for finalists teams to map, as part of the "Grand Prize" of the competition.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 7, 2018

Saturday, October 13, 2018 --.

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