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

Both Sides of the Table

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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29 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. I came up with my business name Aging Youthful when the network marketing company I am involved with came out with a product for youthful aging.

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Why Are Venture Capitalists Ignoring The Future? The Emerging Domestic Economy

David Teten

We have seen this first-hand, with some of our best investments being located outside of the hub geographies, e.g., Cornerstone On Demand in Los Angeles. 645 Ventures is a seed and early-stage venture fund that focuses on Internet and software companies.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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The “Infrastructure Phase” of the Internet … Before we had an Internet startup explosion we needed infrastructure which spawned the original tech startup community in Silicon Valley. The “Three C’s” of the Internet … The infrastructure and web services phases of the Internet are built.

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My Commencement Speech?—?Life at Your Crossroads

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The right company and colleagues are better than the perfect title, role or brand name. 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. Find your tribes.

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What Can A Falafel Truck Teach Us About How To Do Business?

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

My name is Bryan Clark and I am a professional writer and blog editor in the tech, entrepreneurship, finance and digital lifestyle fields. Busy urban meccas such as New York and Los Angeles have long known the value of food trucks and street vendors, but others are catching on quickly. Oh, the humanity. But I digress.

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

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We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.