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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

Both Sides of the Table

First, I’d like to quote (paraphrase) Brad Feld speaking at Twiistup in LA in 2009, “I keep hearing people in LA talking with a chip on their shoulders about building a tech business here relative to Silicon Valley. But LA is not Silicon Valley and we don’t need to aspire to be so. Come join us.

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Silicon Beach emerges as a tech hotbed

www.usatoday.com

But Viddy isnt based in the technology hotbeds of Silicon Valley and San Francisco. "It Instead, Silicon Beach, a roughly 3-mile stretch of sand from Venice to Santa Monica , is home to Viddy and a host of other young tech companies with an entertainment, celebrity or mobile edge. Want 300 days of sun a year?" Google says.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

In the era of social networks, LinkedIn, Facebook messaging, Quora and email addresses that are easily guessable, it’s easy to think that maybe you should just approach a VC directly. Conventional wisdom says that you can only build big businesses in Silicon Valley so as a VC you need to be there.

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Why I love living in the Silicon Valley area

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

I want to say first that I went to school down in southern California and I still love it down there however for my industry, technology, I love it up here. Alright, so let’s get down to why I really love living in the Silicon Valley area. Tags: Social Networking Technology. SF is up to an hour away.

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Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy? Think Again.

techcrunch.com

Similarly, the bulk of the companies getting funding are still California-based. After Northern California and Southern California the biggest area of investment geographically was in international companies. I see online video, mobile location, specialized social networking, and other craps.