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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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Cincinnati has had the accelerator The Brandery for several years, which caters to the great strengths of design and brand management that are dominant in this city. I don’t need to tell you what else is LA … SnapChat, Whisper, Tinder. All great communication companies. KickStarter? Gilt Groupe, AdoreMe, Thrillist, Birchbox?

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

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Is it any surprise to see Zulily in Seattle, Wayfair in Boston, ExactTarget in Indianapolis, TrueCar in Los Angeles, GroupOn in Chicago or BuzzFeed in NYC? But our best Internet software engineers have historically been exported on a net basis to the Bay Area. Deflationary Economics now favors us. ”).