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How This Entrepreneur Raised $28,000 Using Airbnb to Fund Her Startup

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Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. So Tracy began keeping a blog about … (what else?) Instead of doing guest posts on TechCrunch or speaking at startup conferences, Tracy became a regular contributor on wedding and women’s lifestyle blogs.

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Intro to the LA Startup Scene

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A class we produce here at General Assembly called “Intro to the LA Startup Community” , has turned into a series, each time presented by a different prominent person in the startup ecosystem providing a unique perspective on the tech scene in LA. Sam taught a second rendition of the class in February and over 700 people signed up.

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Why Most of Your Assumptions About Phone Calls are Wrong

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Some quick data that I pulled from EmailisNotDead.com (mid 2012). Only naive people believe that but for inexperienced entrepreneurs you can be fooled into the narrative by the press who sometimes write stories without the actual data. I suppose I could have skipped the whole rest of the blog post and just posted that.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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In his blog he says, “I responded that I thought it was stupid. I recommend that you start by writing down the attributes you would want people to think about when they think about your brand. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. My views are pretty well known. I hate Silicon Whatever. LA should be LA.”

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Spend 2012 on the Right Side of the Haimish Line

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Occasionally on this blog I break away from industry commentary and write more broadly. The first day of 2012 seems the perfect day to do so. You can fly first class and not talk to fellow passengers. It’s why I still randomly meet up with people I’ve met on Twitter or this blog. Speaking at events.

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Silicon Beach Fest Celebrates Tech Startups and Hollywood in LA | Pics, Highlights and What’s Next!

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The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

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Levi Felix Creator of The Digital Detox Retreat | Unplug and Rewind

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The Digital Detox Retreat September 13-16, 2012. Morning classes, taught by our partners – ZazenSF.com - are geared towards beginners and advanced students alike, and since we keep retreats small in size, we are able to truly encourage each student to listen to his/her own unique body. How do you choose your locations?

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