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TrueCar's Scott Painter On Entrepreneurship And IPOs

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One of Southern California''s big success stories -- from startup, to venture funding, and a recent IPO--is Los Angeles-based TrueCar , which had its IPO in May. First of all, the process is unbelievably antiquated, and designed to put all sorts of checks and balances into the system to protect investors. READ MORE>>.

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

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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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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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