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Published on April 03, 2025

The best hiring advice LA tech recruiters offered in 2017

In 2017, a number of tech recruiters offered Built In LA readers advice on things like what to wear to an interview, what non-traditional tech skills impress them and what you should leave off your resume. Here was our favorite advice from 2017.

Kelly O'Halloran Kelly O'Halloran
Updated on April 03, 2025

Inside LA’s Tech Scene: 7 Companies Making Moves

Check out 7 LA tech companies we're watching in 2021.

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Updated on April 03, 2025

Why Earny invests in its engineering team to deliver lost value for online shoppers

Earny's digital tool for finding price differences at internet retailers has been successful in helping customers claim refunds for past purchases. Now, with a massive investment in their engineering team, Earny is building for the future.

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Gordon Gottsegen Gordon Gottsegen
Updated on April 03, 2025

Sidecar Health Reaches $1B Valuation After $125M Funding Raise

The company plans to expand into new markets in 2021.

Updated on April 03, 2025

Snoop Dogg's MERRY JANE MEDIA is defining cannabis culture

In late 2015, Snoop, along with media entrepreneur, Ted Chung, announced the creation of MERRY JANE, a cannabis-centric media company backed by strategist Guy Oseary and Casa Verde Capital. Under the banner of a marijuana leaf, the company hopes to serve a community they believe is all about inclusion.

Updated on April 03, 2025

This LA ad tech company avoided the niche and never looked back

How do you make yourself stand out in a constantly expanding industry? That was the question that SteelHouse faced in 2009 during an ad tech surge. While most companies scrambled to find their niche, SteelHouse took a more general approach, tailoring themselves to what they knew advertisers needed — efficiency.

Updated on April 03, 2025

7 female engineers on career, gender and the love of computing

We were lucky enough to sit down with seven extremely talented women of the LA computing community. Together we discussed work, gender, technology, the quest for perfection, and how all of these are woven into the fabric of the computer science profession. Here are their stories.   

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Avery Komlofske Avery Komlofske
Updated on April 03, 2025

Remote Work Is Turning the ‘Situation Room’ into the ‘Situation Rooms’

With thoughtful remote policies, employees can be just as effective from their own home offices.

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