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Southern California needs to find its hub for it to develop its own tech ecosystem

TechCrunch LA

As BCG writes in its report: The good news for SoCal and any region with tech ambitions is that the Bay Area has in some ways been too successful. In fact, as is well-reported, the luster of Silicon Valley is fading.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

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He writes with a great perspective and is well worth reading. I then worked in a computer store called Software Centre in high school and college (UCSD). Do you really think Porter’s Five Forces is going to help you figure out what feature set to launch or how to price your product? I had to laugh a bit reading it.

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

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This method was perfected by Gil Elbaz and his team at Applied Semantics in LA and in what some have called “ the most important acquisition ever made by Google ” they acquired the company for $102 million before Google had even IPO’d. Many of the early winners sold for north of a half a billion dollars.