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

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Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. ” Put simply, if you care about building a successful tech community outside Silicon Valley you should read this book.

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Remote First: Why Isn’t Every Company Boundaryless

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It wasn’t long ago that it made sense for companies, and especially Silicon Valley companies, to hire locally and have everyone working from one central location. Today, especially in tech hubs like Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, New York, or Seattle, none of these facts hold. Real estate was relatively cheap.

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The Boundaryless Era: the Time for Distributed Teams

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Standout startups like Stripe, InVision, and Github exploit a competitive edge every startup should leverage. Many more companies have realized they need to become software companies; otherwise, they risk becoming the Nokia or Blackberry of yesteryear. In the race to build a great software product, engineering talent is oxygen.

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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. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. But to answer the actual question “Is there something going on in LA?”

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What is Drupal? or, My retraining in Software Development

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The So Cal engineering gap? This imbalance keeps L.A. from catching up with Silicon Valley and New York as a stronger startup region. Then last year I decided to re-educate myself in software development, but this time as a regular ol’ coder. Drupal is prevalent in the Silicon Valley ecosystem?

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Mentoring the mentors: Advice and inspiration for startup mentors

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Silicon Florist. Covering the blossoming startup industry in Portland, Oregon, and the Silicon Forest. Mentoring the mentors: Advice and inspiration for startup mentors. 10 tips for mentoring startups. 10 tips for mentoring startups. Subscribe via RSS population: Blog. Search for: July 3rd, 2012. 3 Comments.