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ServiceTitan is LA’s least likely contender to be the next billion-dollar startup

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seems like an unlikely place to grow one of the next billion-dollar startups in the booming Los Angeles tech ecosystem. But it’s here in the (other) Valley’s southernmost edge that investors have found a startup they consider to be the next potential billion-dollar “unicorn” that will come out of Los Angeles.

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So, do you have that entrepreneurial DNA?

Berkonomics

Mom wrote books and articles from her college days until she could no longer see the keyboard. We tell the story that dad was offered the general store franchise in the brand-new park in Anaheim soon to be built by – you guessed it – Walt Disney. My immediate family members were entrepreneurs from as far back as I can trace.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies.

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Playing the Long Game in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

sold to Disney for $670 million and since our first investment was at < $10 million valuation we did quite well. All four companies were in Los Angeles (or adjacent … Santa Barbara) and our community has now matured and regularly produces billion dollar+ outcomes. Maker Studios?—?sold Guess you missed Coinbase.

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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

Both Sides of the Table

If you want to understand my thesis behind Maker you can read this article that outlines the trend , but in summary: People watch 5.3 billion deal to Disney. If you want to read some other articles I have written on the topic of online video and what I believe will shape the future, there are linked below. hours of TV / day.

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Do you have that entrepreneurial DNA?

Berkonomics

Mom wrote books and articles from her college days until she could no longer see the keyboard. We tell the story that dad was offered the general store franchise in the brand new park in Anaheim soon to be built by Walt Disney. Dad turned it down, stating that there was no chance of success for a park so far from downtown Los Angeles.

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Inside the Realms of Ruin

TechCrunch LA

By 2008, FanLib was sold to Disney , which shut the site down soon after. Today, Archive of Our Own prohibits its users from linking to sites like Patreon or Ko-Fi to solicit tips to keep writers protected from copyright complaints that could arise from monetization efforts.

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