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Startup Mentors

SoCal CTO

Do you have any suggestions for how to find a good mentor? Great question and I believe that just like finding a Technical Advisor for your startup is critical, finding a good mentor is critical. These are not mutually exclusive and good mentors and advisors get into both. For me, I'd use LinkedIn. Most of us are not Google.

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Insights and Opinions: LA's Startups Accelerators As NCAA Football Conferences

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For today's Insights and Opinions section, we have a contribution from Ryan Born , the CEO and founder of Los Angeles-based AudioMicro. Ryan compares the many emerging startup incubators, accelerators, and mentorship programs to NCAA Football Conferences. LAunchpaLA (the SEC). READ MORE>>.

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Los Angeles Startup Weekend August 2011 | The Complete Breakdown

Tech Zulu Event

Participating in this event also included world recognized security expert and Co-founder of Fonality , Samy Kamkar , Danny Schreiber (Managing Editor of Silicon Prairie News) and Rob Jadon (serial-entrepreneur and angel investor). Guests, visitors and teams mingled away enjoying appetizers and snacks along with this LASW’s 3rd keg.

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Interview Behzad Kianmahd, TAU Ventures

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Behzad Kianmahd is the co-founder of Los Angeles coworking space Cross Campus , which is one of the major centers of startup activity in Silicon Beachand also involved as co-founder and lead investor in a brand new, venture capital fund, TAU Ventures (www.ideasimmersion.com/tau-ventures/). What is TAU Ventures?

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Los Angeles’s Secret to Startup Success

Tech.Co

When Los Angeles, CA was listed as the fastest-growing tech startup region in 2014, many guesses were raised about the root cause of its success. No, to see the strength of Los Angeles’ startup scene, you must look at the whole story. Money: In 2014, Los Angeles startups received more than $3 billion in funding.

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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. Many people don’t realize that the majority of the monetization of the Internet originated in Los Angeles but was perfected in Silicon Valley. LA By The Numbers.

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Spooky thought: Where would we be without our supporters?

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Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. The 7th International System-on-Chip (SoC) Conference, Exhibit & Workshops. The 7th International System-on-Chip (SoC) Conference, Exhibit & Workshops. Most Informative Chip Technology Conference of the Year! Technology. Advertisers.