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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Many people don’t realize that the majority of the monetization of the Internet originated in Los Angeles but was perfected in Silicon Valley.

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Why Your Next Startup Should Be In Insurance

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Celina Kirchner is a full-stack attorney at Michelman & Robinson, LLP (M&R), a national law firm with offices in Los Angeles, Orange County (California), San Francisco, Chicago and New York. She’s based in L.A.,

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10 Companies Want To Show You The Money

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5 Companies That Could Become The Next Apple

YoungUpstarts

The Skyworks Solutions growth is largely due to its key involvement in IoT, payments on mobile devices, and Internet connectivity. Free same-day delivery started out as a pilot program in Los Angeles, where local Amazon couriers delivered products to consumers within the same day of submitting their orders over $35.

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The 20 Coolest CoWorking Spaces In The U.S.

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With free coffee and Internet, workspaces, and built-in community, coworking spaces provide a great place to get things done without feeling the isolation of working at home, or trying to overcome the frenetic nature of working in a coffee shop. Thinkspace.

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How We Grew Our Fashion Accessories Business To Over A Million Dollars In Sales

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My immediate goal was to have a showroom in every market in the US – Atlanta, Dallas, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. After Atlanta, we added our Dallas showroom and then Los Angeles. Our Los Angeles showroom opened up the specialty realtor Nordstrom account for us.

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My Commencement Speech?—?Life at Your Crossroads

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I found out he had a trip scheduled to Chicago. I sent him a message telling him I’d be in Chicago on such-and-such dates. I technically WOULD be in Chicago. It was 1999 and I had valuable Internet skills. After just 4 years I become managing partner of what is now the largest venture capital fund in Los Angeles.

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