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Startup Spotlight: How Long Beach Wedding Center is Disrupting an Age-Old Industry

The Startup Magazine

Companies like The Long Beach Wedding Center are disrupting the wedding industry with their appeal to budget-conscious couples. The best way for couples to set up an alternative wedding is to consult a company like The Long Beach Wedding Center. Couples can personalize every aspect of the ceremony.

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The Snap IPO Happened. What Next LA?

Both Sides of the Table

It’s hard to remember that in 2012 it was still hard for LA VCs to persuade investors into funds that LA was a viable market for great venture capital funds or convince many VCs that LA was a market worth investing dollars into startups. 43% of all goods arriving into American ports come through LA and Long Beach ports in Los Angeles.

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Service Exports - Driving U.S. Startups and Small Businesses

Growthink Blog

startups and small businesses. Contrary to the image of imports and exports being only “stuff” flowing in and out of places like the Port of Long Beach, the report notes that services accounted for 31%, or $525.8 startups and small businesses. Almost completely shrouded in the anemic U.S. billion of total U.S.