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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

Both Sides of the Table

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate.

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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. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. But to answer the actual question “Is there something going on in LA?”

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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. We test for software engineering fundamentals, and we use technology-specific tests. The tools required for effective remote work were either rudimentary or didn’t exist. In terms of technical expertise.

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Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S

www.geekwire.com

Startup Resources. Posts Comments Startups. STARTUP SPOTLIGHT. You are here: Home / Startups / Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Meanwhile, SEC filings indicate that Frazier Healthcare and Voyager Capital — both of Seattle — are on the prowl for more money. About GeekWire.

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After Raising $6.7M For Startups And Winning SEC Approval, AngelList Opens Up Investment Platform To More Companies

techcrunch.com

For Startups And Winning SEC Approval, AngelList Opens Up Investment Platform To More Companies. In December, AngelList , a service that matches early-stage startups with investors, debuted the ability to allow accredited investors to actually invest in startups on the platform with as little as $1,000. Enterprise. Smartphones.

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Mentoring the mentors: Advice and inspiration for startup mentors

siliconflorist.com

Covering the blossoming startup industry in Portland, Oregon, and the Silicon Forest. Mentoring the mentors: Advice and inspiration for startup mentors. Inspired again, I thought I’d augment their mentor guidance a bit with some things that I’ve learned from observing PIE startups and mentors over the past year.

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What is Drupal? or, My retraining in Software Development

Scalable Startup

The So Cal engineering gap? This imbalance keeps L.A. from catching up with Silicon Valley and New York as a stronger startup region. In my career I’ve seen many times the positive effect of a rich software development discipline, full life cycle, QE vs. QA, test driven development, all the “other” parts of SW dev.