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What Mattered in 2012: Aber Whitcomb, io/LA

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We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. Aber Whitcomb is a partner at startup co-working and incubation community io/LA , CTO of SGN , and former co-founder and CTO of MySpace.

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

Both Sides of the Table

” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. 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. “There’s something going on in LA.” LA By The Numbers.

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7 Strategies To Prepare For Global Market Challenges

Startup Professionals Musings

New entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, from day one. McKinsey estimates, for example, that the upper middle class in China will grow from 14 percent in 2012 to 54 percent by 2022. Anticipate greater growth outside of North America.

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Why Coachella Valley Is a Hub for Renewable Energy Startups

Tech.Co

What’s your role in the Coachella Valley area startup ecosystem? Joe: I came to the Coachella Valley in January of 2012 to serve as the Founder and Managing Director of the Palm Springs iHub. What makes the Coachella Valley an ideal place to start a company? They do offer nursing and are about to start a hospitality program.

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Why Coachella Valley Is a Hub for Renewable Energy Startups

Tech.Co

What’s your role in the Coachella Valley area startup ecosystem? Joe: I came to the Coachella Valley in January of 2012 to serve as the Founder and Managing Director of the Palm Springs iHub. What makes the Coachella Valley an ideal place to start a company? They do offer nursing and are about to start a hospitality program.

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10 Top Reasons For First-time Entrepreneur Failure

Startup Professionals Musings

Based on my experience as a mentor and an entrepreneur, if you fail on your first startup, you are about average. Every young entrepreneur knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. Statistics show that the failure rate for new startups within the first 5 years is as high as 50 percent.

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AirPush's Asher Delug: Bootstrapping Your Way To $100M

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To hear how he bootstrapped the company to that size, we caught up with Asher earlier this week for a quick interview. Asher Delug: We have had amazing growth coming from our smart wall product, our inter-app interstitial ad product, which patent pending. That all came from parlaying the returns from my previous startup.

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