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California Startup Gold – bring it here to scale it

Scalable Startup

Great PR and finance firms, but not many startups. Southern California, The “Silicon Basin” - - With the convergence of social media, the Internet, and digital entertainment, Southern California is now humming as a great startup region. If you plop your company here, great things could happen.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

These include building products, recruiting, managing your finances, marketing, selling, getting feedback from customers and … fund raising. We’re the largest fund in Southern California. So make sure you have a solid PR strategy. Understanding PR & Crisis Management. How to Work with PR Firms.

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Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy? Think Again.

techcrunch.com

Tweet View Comments Sarah Lacy Feb 19, 2010 Pepperdine has a new study out that attempts to shed some light on the clubby, shadowy world of private finance. Similarly, the bulk of the companies getting funding are still California-based. Paglia, Pepperdiine’s Denney Academic Chair and Associate Professor of Finance. Think Again.