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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. When you begin to peel back the onion some surprising data presents itself.

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Scott Dorsey’s Attributes of Great SaaS Leaders

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If you don’t know Scott, he was the co-founder and CEO of ExactTarget (2000) – one of the original SaaS companies. Indianapolis’ startup community, like Atlanta’s, is thriving. I put him in the awesome category. ExactTarget went public in 2012 and was acquired by Salesforce.com in 2013 for $2.5

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CoatChex – Changing The Bailment Industry With QR Codes

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That’s essentially how Indianapolis-based startup, CoatChex , started. Its Digital CoatChex System is a mobile coat check-in system complete with racks that uses QR code technology – each coat is matched with a hanger using a QR code, collecting information such as phone numbers and names into its system.

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Guide to Finding a Technical Co-Founder | Vinicius Vacanti

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Home About Contact Me How To Make It as a First-Time Entrepreneur Vinicius Vacanti Guide to Finding a Technical Co-Founder September 7, 2010 | View Comments Steve Job's Technical Co-Founder “I’ve got this HUGE idea. I just need to find a technical co-founder.&# I was in this situation and we barely escaped.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018)

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William Hurley, the co-founder of Honest Dollar, an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits. Austin has become quite a hotspot.

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3 Tips To Overcome Go-To-Market Obstacles

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by Steve Hershberger, co-founder and CEO of SteadyServ Technologies. You can save a lot of time by identifying and perfecting an underlying technology or process. Before we could provide data to our retailers using an app and cloud-based technology, we needed to make sure the sensor could communicate in the cloud.

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Be A Master Of One: Laser Focus In Business

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by Gerry Hays, DinnerCall Founder and CEO. But when technology started creeping into the workplace, the company divided its focus to incorporate consumer electronics. Gerry Hays is the founder and CEO of DinnerCall , a public benefit corporation founded in 2015 out of Indianapolis.