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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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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. Global internet bandwidth has exponentially increased while costs have become radically lower. But when you’re hiring from the global talent pool, you can’t rely on those shortcuts.

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Scaling Techstars Horizontally

Feld Thoughts

If you are a software engineer, you probably get this instinctively. Techstars Healthcare, in partnership with Cedars-Sinai (Los Angeles). There are two common ways to scale a system – horizontally or vertically. Techstars Berlin (Berlin). Techstars METRO (Berlin). Techstars IoT (NYC).

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29 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Steven Randall, Vonya Global ! #8-Provide Back in 2010, we were running a digital agency in Los Angeles for premium fashion brands when they came upon the idea for NuORDER. This customized approach allows us to maintain a steady presence, ready to support their business when needs arise. Photo Credit:Olivia Skuza.

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SXSW 2017: Connecting The Great Disconnect

Austin Startup

Every person is a friend, a citizen, a member of a global community. And as Baratunde Thurston coined, just because you are software engineers, that doesn’t mean you should be social engineers. And you think, finally, this is the connectedness that we all keep talking about. So what does that leave us with?