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What Mattered in 2012: Kevin Winston, Digital LA

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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. Both Silicon Beach Fests featured LA Mayoral Candidate Eric Garcetti, and were covered in several Forbes articles, TechCrunch, PandoDaily, and national and local press.

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Reflections On 2017: Krisztina 'Z' Holly, MAKE IT IN LA

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This morning's contribution is from Krisztina 'Z' Holly host of the The Art of Manufacturing podcast and founder of MAKE IT IN LA (www.makeitinla.org), which supports connecting local manufacturers and high tech companies. We also started offering Factory Tour Workshops to entrepreneurs, with nearly 100 applying for the pilots.

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What I Learned in 2014: Kevin Winston

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Over the last couple of weeks, we''ve featured a number of reflections on the year from movers and shakers in the local high tech community. He was named in a recent Forbes article as one of "12 Entrepreneurs That Are Changing LA Forever." What was the most significant event for you or your company this year?

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Entrepreneurship Is A Compulsion, Not A Choice

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These entrepreneurs do not risk everything, work outrageous hours and put themselves under extreme pressure because they want to. If it were a decision to be an entrepreneur, then most right-minded individuals would decide to turn back when they encountered the first inevitable startup crises. Entrepreneurs want to matter.

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Early Customer Feedback Can Lead to a Death Spiral

Startup Professionals Musings

For most new high-tech products, the first customers are always “early adopters.” Early adopters have money, and if they like your product, they’re generally very vocal about it and provide invaluable word-of-mouth press. Simply recognize them as a specific and important small market segment, and treat them with respect.

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Putting Tom Perkins Comments into Context

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There is outraged public reaction to the Google buses carrying technology workers from the city to the peninsula high-tech companies which employ them. Kleiner has taken a lot of s**t in the press over the past few years and as someone who has known many of the partners and staff over the years I find almost all of it unwarranted.

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Don’t Let Early Adopters Distract Your Market Focus

Startup Professionals Musings

For most new high-tech products, the first customers are always “early adopters.” Early adopters have money, and if they like your product, they’re generally very vocal about it and provide invaluable word-of-mouth press. Simply recognize them as a specific and important small market segment, and treat them with respect.