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

Both Sides of the Table

When my friend and the father of LA’s tech startup community Bill Gross first demonstrated his company GoTo.com (renamed Overture) on stage at a TED conference he was actually booed (True story. You can hear many other amazing stories in this 1:1 interview ). Deflationary Economics now favors us.

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Guide to Finding a Technical Co-Founder | Vinicius Vacanti

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It’s actually pretty hard to find a good start-up job if you have no real engineering or user acquisition / product management skills. Become a Key Member of the Tech Community The Hope: You’ll form friendships with potential technical co-founders and work on small projects together. What do you guys think?

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Transcript of How to Take Your Business from Distinct to Iconic

Duct Tape Marketing

There’s a restaurant in Indianapolis, St. It’s not just the restaurant you’d like to be if you were in that business in Indianapolis. So they’ve got to go out, and they’ve got to do these huge acquisition programs to keep people in the funnel because they’re losing so many out the back door.