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Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

The city has, however, quietly been home to some of the most successful online companies to date, including CitySearch (sold to Ticketmaster for $260 million in 1998), Overture (acquired by Yahoo for $2 billion in 2003), eHarmony and LowerMyBills (bought by Experian for $330 million in 2005). startup scene so hot. What makes L.A.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

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. But across Santa Monica & Venice we increasingly have smaller but important versions like Cross Campus, Amplify, Mucker Labs, Science and so forth.

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