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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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Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One

SoCal CTO

In Los Angeles, I have easy access to a bunch of potential strategic technical advisors through the LA CTO Forum. Another avenue is looking for CTOs/VP Engineering via LinkedIn. You are looking for part-time people in these rolls so you often are finding people who already are employed somewhere else.

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Remote First: Why Isn’t Every Company Boundaryless

ReadWriteStart

Today, especially in tech hubs like Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, New York, or Seattle, none of these facts hold. In other words, the most compelling reasons for NOT relying on remote engineering talent to build software no longer apply. We test for software engineering fundamentals, and we use technology-specific tests.

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

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve had this conversation with several communities such as in San Diego where I believe there are way more qualified and talented engineers than available local capital to support them. Ability To Attract a Pool of Engineers – We know that SF is Mecca for software engineers. Maker Studios. Savings.com.

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Troubled media sharing startup Color Labs said to be acquired by Apple

The Next Web

Or its software engineering team could be the target, if Apple was impressed by their work. Pham left the startup in June 2011 over unknown reasons and went to work at Los Angeles incubator Science. Color said that it had six patents pending at the time of its funding, including its ‘elastic’ social.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. I wanted several of the software engineers to join me at our next startup but their employment was tied to BuildOnline. It was also in a group of about 15 people in law offices in Los Angeles. Irony, hey?).

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Symptoms of a Weak Development Team

SoCal CTO

No questions being asked ( Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything ) Rest of team says - “I’m not sure where we stand.” “I’m And the #1 reason I get calls relates to an old software engineering adage: The first 90% of a project takes half the time. The last 10% takes the other half.

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