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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. Idealab, led by Bill Gross, who founded Overture, CitySearch and MANY other business [Pasadena]. They designed the next gen UI for the film The Minority Report. When I chose a name for my blog, I spent days thinking through what I wanted to represent.

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Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles

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The city has, however, quietly been home to some of the most successful online companies to date, including CitySearch (sold to Ticketmaster for $260 million in 1998), Overture (acquired by Yahoo for $2 billion in 2003), eHarmony and LowerMyBills (bought by Experian for $330 million in 2005). before which is second-time entrepreneurs.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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I’ve blogged about this before and provide a lot more details in these posts: 1. It’s worth having a quick read of the first few paragraphs of their annual report. It really only needs a few community leaders to kick things off and land a community on a map. The Foundations of the Seattle startup community.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

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because every community needs its local tech press to report on companies and run conference. Fred Wilson wrote an eloquent piece on his blog about “ recycling capital ,&# which every regional community should read. We have all of the 2nd-time entrepreneurs from Overture, CitySearch, MySpace, etc. Marketing Muscle.