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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

Both Sides of the Table

And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. But we have a great city for building technology companies. You can find very talented technology executives. But we do have great technology developers. You don’t.

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Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Startup Marketing Ideas - Eric David Greenspan

SoCal CTO

I’ve recently had a chance to reconnect with Eric David Greenspan ( LinkedIn , Twitter ) He’s the CEO of Make It Work a high quality, personal, high touch technology service provider for homes and small businesses. I’ll be curious to hear more about your experience with affiliate marketing. Great posts. What motivates you to do that?

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

Both Sides of the Table

I’m just not sure you can build a great technology firm outside of Bay Area.&#. In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds who have a history of giving $20 million to early-stage technology companies hoping to swing for the fences and become the next Google, Facebook or Twitter. LA investors are more pragmatic.

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What We Must Learn from Asia

Both Sides of the Table

I run a monthly meeting called the VCA that represents the majority of Southern California venture capital firms. Sales of avatars in social games nearly 50% of total revenue eclipsing revenue from affiliate transaction, ads or paid games (slide 97). Mobile game content revenue > PC game revenue (slide 98).

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Get Inside the Mind of an Angel Investor

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When I meet with Tom offline it’s obvious that he immediately is thinking about product issues, technology trends, funding rounds, etc. For funding, you’ll see a loose affiliation of early stage investors, something will start slow, and then gain momentum to eventually close the deal.

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Trump Would Hurt Innovation (& I’m With Her)

Hunter Walker

We are inventors, entrepreneurs, engineers, investors, researchers, and business leaders working in the technology sector. Donald Trump proposes “shutting down” parts of the Internet as a security strategy ― demonstrating both poor judgment and ignorance about how technology works. Minnie Ingersoll, COO, Shift Technologies.

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Trump Would Hurt Innovation (& I’m With Her)

Hunter Walker

We are inventors, entrepreneurs, engineers, investors, researchers, and business leaders working in the technology sector. Donald Trump proposes “shutting down” parts of the Internet as a security strategy ― demonstrating both poor judgment and ignorance about how technology works. Minnie Ingersoll, COO, Shift Technologies.