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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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DemandMedia has already scaled a tech team to a considerable size in Santa Monica. My commute, for example, from Santa Monica to Century City is less than 15 minutes each way and I never have to take the freeway. But ultimately we’re on the Internet to communicate, buy stuff, become informed and be entertained.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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A market leader in content, music, entertainment, textiles, engineering, aerospace and trade. ZestCash, founded by Douglas Merrill, former CIO of Google [Hollywood]. I guess Santa Monica is officially “Silicon Beach” in the local people’s minds. An innovator in technology, especially monetization.

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Taming The Enterprise Texting Tiger, With TigerText's Brad Brooks

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To solve that issue, Santa Monica-based TigerText (www.tigertext.com) has been developing smartphone applications which replace SMS, and provide companies with the ability to control, delete, encrypt, and otherwise gain control of the messaging between their employees. What''s the biggest lesson you''ve learned, as an entrepreneur?

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