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The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA

Jason Nazar

Here it seems that entrepreneurs are coming out of business school, transitioning from corporate life, or hail from the entertainment industry. Whereas in Silicon Valley, you can have a V.1 There’s Santa Monica, Westside, Hollywood, Downtown LA, the Valley, and Pasadena. In fact Paige Craig has coined it Silicon Beach.

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Startup Weekend LA | Recap February 2012

Tech Zulu Event

This past SWLA (February 24-26) was like non other and the 5th event to take place at Coloft here in Santa Monica. Following a quick ice-breaker game of “Half-baked” where anyone in the room throws out a word to then generate an entertaining pitch, the real pitches began. By 6:30 the house was packed and SWLA was underway.

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