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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

Both Sides of the Table

” So Ethan went to work as a product manager at Google Video. And I had been telling my partners for a couple of years that I thought Ethan was one of the more talented entrepreneurs I had come across in San Francisco. In industry this is known as “yield management” and of course it needs to exist.

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Tale of Two Valleys: LA and the Bay Area from an Investor’s Perspective

Mucker Lab

As an entrepreneur himself, founding and operating printed circuit board factories in Taiwan, my father was debating between two places to immigrate to and build his next new venture: Los Angeles (“The Valley” aka San Fernando Valley) and Santa Clara (“Silicon Valley”).

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Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple

SoCal CTO

However, the ubiquity of the iPod including use by many folks who certainly would fall in the Time Rich category (lots of time to play with music) suggests that their product and marketing appeals to both segments. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. in Computer Science.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers &# written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ). Because many great entrepreneurs work with lawyers in registering their companies they have their ear to the pavement on the earliest of company formations.

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Seven Questions Startups Should Ask To Get On Store Shelves

YoungUpstarts

By Abigail Steinberg, author of “ Recipe for Success: An Insider’s Guide to Bringing Your Natural Food to Market “ I have always been fascinated by start-ups, dreaming big, and being an entrepreneur. I joined immediately and became the Zevia go-to-girl for Southern California. The company was based in Seattle.

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Thanksgiving Day

Steve Blank

This year, with the kids grown, their choice was to fly up from Southern California and spend the holidays at our ranch. I hope we managed to teach our children compassion and charity for others. California, where even the rabbits are bigger than life! Your ranch has rattlesnakes and rabbits bigger than you?

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

Both Sides of the Table

We have many seasoned entrepreneurs who have built successful companies here and made a lot of money for investors and themselves. I like to repeat the mantra, “necessity is the mother of all invention,&# meaning that because investors have this expectation you find entrepreneurs that focus on nearer term monetization.