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Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles – Cliff Allen

SoCal CTO

My first career was spent building radio and television stations, then running the programming side of those businesses. Lots of online marketing before that, but we had some great results when we were picked up by a national radio program. Are you leveraging social media at all? Cliff, remind me about your background?

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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. LA By The Numbers.

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What's Next for "The Startup Way"

Startup Lessons Learned

A few thing as we move into Week 2 of my book tour: I'm now in Los Angeles and San Francisco to promote The Startup Way. You can see the full program agenda here and register for the package that suits your needs here. You can see the full program agenda here and register for the package that suits your needs here.

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

Both Sides of the Table

.” And if aspiring investment teams are looking to get together the SBIC has come back with a new VC focused program to help non-Silicon Valley communities fund companies beyond their initial angel money. It’s a very smartly designed debenture program. Every city should have a “BuildIn” program.

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Your Company Can Either Lead Sustainability Efforts Or Get Out Of The Way

YoungUpstarts

When Netflix began streaming media directly to customers in 2007, it changed the face of home entertainment. Through a public-private partnership, or PPP, Ameren coordinates an accelerator program focused on sustainable and smart technology. Similarly, Los Angeles just announced a PPP to address sustainable transportation issues.

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5 Companies That Could Become The Next Apple

YoungUpstarts

It aims to one day expand into a media company; this objective appears more probable as GoPro’s sales continue to increase at a steady rate. 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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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

SoCal CTO

In junior high and high school, I did a bunch of programming, mostly self-taught. For me, FI was great for networking with Adeo and the other mentors, who are all world class successful entrepreneurs themselves, as well as the other founders in the program. Tell me a bit about your background. How did you do that?