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Tech Startup Out To Teach Old Dogs A Few New Tricks

San Diego-based startup CleverPet LLC, which is developing a Wi-Fi-enableld device to help entertain, train and feed your pet when you’re not home, launched a 33-day crowdfunding campaign to raise $100,000 on Kickstarter. The startup says our pets spend more than 10 billion hours home alone, and the company’s two co-founders hope to bite off a piece of the $58.5 billion market for pet products in the U.S. … Here’s the skinny on how to achieve six-pack abs. The Kearny Mesa-based American Council on Exercise asked experts at the University of Wisconsin’s La Crosse campus to evaluate whether alternatives to the traditional crunch really work. The researchers determined that devices such as the Ab Wheel and Ab Circle Pro and alternative tortures such as the side plank and front plank — as well as yoga’s boat pose — didn’t work as well as the age-old crunch. The Council on Exercise is the largest provider of certifications to personal trainers and other fitness professionals in the U.S. … East San Diego-based wetsuit maker Xterra teamed with Father Joe’s Villages to sponsor a donation campaign to support residents of St. Vincent de Paul Village. Xterra will donate 10 percent of wetsuit sales and $50 from each paddleboard sold before the San Diego Triathlon on June 29. Participants can sign up for the triathlon at a discounted price during the campaign. … The Kearny Mesa-based call center operator formerly known as Desert Call Connection changed its name to Intelicare Direct. Since CEO Gabriel Bristol has been at the helm the past 15 months, he’s grown the business to $11.5 million in annual sales, and it is projected to grow 30 percent this calendar year. He also manages the company’s operations in Las Vegas. … Investing veteran Dave Titus, president of the San Diego Venture Group, will share his nine rules for raising angel financing at the organization’s next breakfast meeting May 22. Titus is a VC and has many close connections in the venture capital realm. He’ll tell attendees how to find, pitch and manage investors. For details and to sign up, visit sdvg.org. … The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery recognized Pomerado Hospital’s 107-bed acute care facility in Poway as a center of excellence. Here’s a surprising stat: The center has performed more than 4,000 bariatric procedures, which are done to help morbidly obese patients lose weight, a hospital spokesperson said. … Finally: Richard Thomas, probably most famous for his role in the long-running TV series “The Waltons,” will appear one night only — June 9 — in The Old Globe theater’s production of “A Distant Country Called Youth.” Details are at oldglobe.org. Till next week.

Contributing Editor Tom York writes the SDBJ Insider. Reach him at tom.york@gmail.com or tyork@sdbj.com. Tweet him @tom2cents.

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