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Key info (http://www.keyinfo.com) infrastructure ~ connectivity ~ co-location ~ cloud Singer Lewak (http://www.singerlewak.com) Accounting and Consulting for Growing and Innovative Businesses ------------------------------ *Headlines * - Richard Wolpert Talks About The Soul Of A Deal, And How To Get That Deal Done <#m_-8348453926028072851_0076842> - CoreLogic Buys HomeVisit <#m_-8348453926028072851_0076844> - Rocket Lab Delivers 13 Satellites To Space For NASA <#m_-8348453926028072851_0076845> - Faraday Future CEO's U.S. Assets Frozen By Judge <#m_-8348453926028072851_0076841> - Disney Invests $15M In Kahoot, Maker Of Learning Games <#m_-8348453926028072851_0076840> - Ring's Latest Patent Application Raises Alarms Among Privacy Advocates <#m_-8348453926028072851_0076839> - Tech Coast Angels-San Diego Sees Big Growth In Angels <#m_-8348453926028072851_0076834> - Cylance Launches Virtual Chief Information Security Officer Service <#m_-8348453926028072851_0076833> - The Grinch Comes To Jam City's Panda Pop <#m_-8348453926028072851_0076829> - Scopely Launches New Game, Looney Tunes World Of Mayhem <#m_-8348453926028072851_0076832> *Marketplace* - BDO - Southern California Technology Industry Team <#m_-8348453926028072851_ad737> - Simplify Cloud Management - Multi-Cloud Command & Control from Key Info <#m_-8348453926028072851_ad729> - SoCal IP Law Group LLP - Serving the IP Needs of Technology Innovators <#m_-8348453926028072851_ad611> - Pixelgate.net - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services <#m_-8348453926028072851_ad188> *Monday, December 17, 2018* *Peak - Facilitated Annual Leadership Team Planning for Emerging Companies by Collective Genius <https://collective-genius.com/getting-to-peak/>* If you wanted to reach the peak of Mount Everest, you wouldn’t just gather a few friends, buy some supplies, and start hiking. Similar to building a growth company, you wouldn’t just hire a few people, build some products, and win a market. Peak is a facilitated annual leadership team planning session for emerging growth companies. It's a one day leadership team session to create company focus and clarity around a three year vision, one year plan, and quarterly priorities. With the vision and plan set, Peak provides leadership tools and systems to keep the team on track. To learn more contact us to schedule a 45 minute walk through at [email protected] or 1.424.259.3036. Collective Genius - Leadership Planning and Recruiting for Emerging Growth Companies. http://www.collective-genius.com. *Richard Wolpert Talks About The Soul Of A Deal, And How To Get That Deal Done* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0076842.html> Richard Wolpert is a well known investor in the Los Angeles technology community, through his own fund, Chance Technologies; as a Venture Partner at Amplify.LA and Venture Advisor at Accel Partners; and has a long history in the tech community, having been Chief Strategy Officer at RealNetworks and President of Disney Online. Richard recently published a new book, The Soul Of A Deal, talking about his experience with deal making and interviewing such others as J.J. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0076842.html>) *CoreLogic Buys HomeVisit* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0076844.html> Irvine-based CoreLogic has acquired HomeVisit, a mid-Atlantic provider of property listing photography, videography, 3D modeling, drone imagery, and related services, the company said this morning. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. HomeVisit had been owned by Breakaway Holdings LLC. According to CoreLogic, it plans to grow and expand HomeVisit's product suite on a national scale, and also will use the acquisition to augment its digital data capture capabilities. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0076844.html>) *Rocket Lab Delivers 13 Satellites To Space For NASA* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0076845.html> Huntington Beach-based Rocket Lab, one of Southern California's crop of space related startups, delivered another payload to space on Sunday, sending a number of small "Cubesats" to space for NASA. According to Rocket Lab, the launch is its third orbital launch for 2018, and brings its total number of satellites launched into space to 24 during the year. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0076845.html>) *Faraday Future CEO's U.S. Assets Frozen By Judge* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0076841.html> Los Angeles-based Faraday Future CEO Jia Yueting's stake in the compan has been frozen by a court ruling, along with a number of mansions he owns in California, as a result of a courtroom battle with a lender. The lawsuit, filed by Shanghai Lan Cai Asset Management Co, Ltd. , is over a $7M loan given to another of Jia Yueting's companies, LeTV, back in 2016. Faraday Future has been swirling the drain for months, as its biggest investor, Evergrande pulled its support for the company. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0076841.html>) *Disney Invests $15M In Kahoot, Maker Of Learning Games* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0076840.html> Burbank-based *Disney <http://www.disney.com>* has made a $15M investment in Norwegian educational and learning games developer *Kahoot <http://kahoot.com>*, Kahoot said Friday, in a deal which grows Disney's stake in the company. Kahoot--which was part of the Disney Accelerator in Burbank back in 2017--revolves around user-created quizzes, which people set up and share with other users.(More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0076840.html>) *Ring's Latest Patent Application Raises Alarms Among Privacy Advocates* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0076839.html> Santa Monica-based Ring has just received a patent on adding facial recognition to its cameras--allowing some future version of the camera to automtically call police on a "suspicious" subject--in a move that has raised alarms among privacy and social advocates. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0076839.html>) *Tech Coast Angels-San Diego Sees Big Growth In Angels* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0076834.html> The Tech Coast Angels San Diego (TCA-SD) angel investment network, the San Diego arm of the Tech Coast Angels, has seen a big growth in the number of angel investors who are members of the group this year, the group said this week. According to TCA-SD, it has grown to a record of 170 members in 2018, which is a 40 percent increase over its previous base. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0076834.html>) *Cylance Launches Virtual Chief Information Security Officer Service* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0076833.html> Irvine-based cybersecurity software developer Cylance has launched a new service, intended to help companies patch the inability to fill the holes they have in the cybersecurity area, which will provide a "virtual Chief Information Security Officer" (CISO). (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0076833.html>) *The Grinch Comes To Jam City's Panda Pop* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0076829.html> Los Angeles-based mobile app developer Jam City says the classic Dr. Seuss character, The Grinch, is crashing its popular Panda Pop again this year, as a special holiday collaboration with Dr. Seuss Enterprises and White Space Entertainment. According to Jam City, The Grinch will be featured in special artwork, events, and prizes through December in its bubble shooter game, as well as events and activities for its players. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0076829.html>) *Scopely Launches New Game, Looney Tunes World Of Mayhem* <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0076832.html> Los Angeles-based mobile game publisher Scopely announced a new mobile game title this week, Looney Tunes World of Mayhem, a new game based on characters licensed from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. According to Scopely, the new game bring in an entire world of Looney Tunes characters, who go into battle with "anvils, instant boulders and other ACME devices of destruction." The new game is available as a free download on iOS and Android. (More... <http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0076832.html>) *BDO - Southern California Technology Industry Team <http://www.bdo.com>* BDO USA, LLP is a professional services firm providing assurance, tax, and advisory services to publicly traded and privately held companies through more than 60 offices domestically and 160 countries globally. Our Southern California technology industry team professionals have deep experience helping online, software, hardware, and cleantech businesses in the local ecosystem to navigate the many issues affecting their businesses and to help them meet their larger strategic goals. 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