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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. They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3 And it wasn’t just Google Ad Words that originated in Los Angeles. LA By The Numbers.

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Four Companies Where Hollywood Is Intersecting With Technology

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Despite a perpetual belief that the presence of both high tech companies and Hollywood should be spawning out hundreds of entertainment and technology related startups, it actually happens much less than one might think. RealD - Los Angeles- Michael Lewis, CEO [ profile ]. Seen a 3D movie lately?

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Green Building

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With the carrot in place and the stick coming, the industry is set to explode and it is huge: green building runs the gamut from high tech to innovative uses of low tech in order to reduce environmental impact, energy use and GHG, the ultimate goal being zero net energy use and no GHG emissions. Speakers include: Lance A.

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Eight Repeat Entrepreneurs To Watch In SoCal

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socalTECH.com has mined its proprietary database of high tech companies and entrepreneurs and identified just a few of the repeat entrepreneurs to watch in the region. Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

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TWTFelipe and everybody like him who want to start high-tech, green tech or other scientific companies in the US should be encouraged to do so. Friedman again in this weekend’s (Apr 3, 2010) NYTimes: “Between 1980 and 2005, virtually all net new jobs created in the U.S. But it wasn’t meant to be.

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How to Profit: “Thank You Metrics” – Community First, Money Second

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To prove that point, tonight I had the privilege of hearing him speak at Lean LA , a Los Angeles group that helps high tech start-ups build great companies on a budget. Home furnishings retailer Bed Bath & Beyond has reported net sales for the second quarter ended August 27, 2011 increased by 8.3%.” – Retail Week.

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