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What Mattered in 2012: Erik Rannala of MuckerLab

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We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. So much so that if you read Ken Auletta’s wonderful book “ Googled ” you’ll see that Larry and Sergey had for years stated they would never do paid search results. “There’s something going on in LA.”

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Ryan Blair, HashtagOne: From Gang Member, To Entrepreneur, To Anti-VC

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Ryan Blair: As you know, I sold ViSalus back in 2012, but ended up buying it back in 2014, and then we sold the company to a public company. I want to invest in entrepreneurs that have the capacity to be number one at whatever they are doing, and do it within our skill base, which is direct-to-consumer. I love entrepreneurs.

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How To Create The Next Facebook

SoCal Tech Calendar

Monday, August 27, 2012 -- How To Create The Next Facebook. Join Barbara and Forbes writer and entrepreneur Tom Taulli as we discuss what he learned as he researched and wrote his upcoming book, "How to Create the Next Facebook." Tech Coast Angels. Hosted by Barbara Seymour Giordano. See [link].

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An Evening with Brad Feld

SoCal Tech Calendar

Thursday, December 13, 2012 -- An Evening with Brad Feld. An evening with venture capitalist Brad Feld to discuss his new book Startup Communities. Join us at Cross Campus for a discussion with Brad as he takes us through his new book, Startup Communities. See [link] (more)

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Understanding the Politics of Tech Startups

Both Sides of the Table

First, I recently read the must-read book Hatching Twitter by Nick Bilton. I’m friends with several people in the book and I’m sure they didn’t love being written about – nobody ever does in this sort of book. But the book is a must read for entrepreneurs. I love politics.

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10 Top Reasons For First-time Entrepreneur Failure

Startup Professionals Musings

Based on my experience as a mentor and an entrepreneur, if you fail on your first startup, you are about average. Every young entrepreneur knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. Of course, a real entrepreneur always takes a failure as a milestone on the road to success. How can you improve your odds?