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Reflections on 2018: Andy Wilson, Alliance for SoCal Innovation

socalTECH

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Our first is with Andy Wilson of the Alliance for SoCal Innovation. You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here.

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How Businesses Can Find Scalable Ethernet Services in Southern California

Southern California Edison Blog

California boasts one of the most impressive economies in the United States. Southern California alone has a gross domestic product larger than countries including Mexico and Turkey. And, since 2012, just six counties in SoCal have seen their gross domestic product increase from $992 billion to $1.26 trillion. ยน.

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About this Blog

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 About this Blog Ive been thinking about doing a blog with my thoughts on technology and whats happening in the Los Angeles area technology scene for a while, but it was Ben Kuos recent start of a blog that inspired me to actually go ahead and do it.

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Insights and Opinions: Top 10 Attributes of Successful VC Investments

socalTECH

Contrary to the common belief that Southern California "should be an easy place to raise money" with all of its' entertainment and real estate wealth, it is a very difficult place to raise Venture Capital for technology start-ups. So how does an entrepreneur based in SoCal get the attention of VC funds today?

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

SoCal Delicious

5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California. For anyone from California, you know there are vast differences between the northern and southern parts of the state โ€“ so vast in fact that, to us, they could just as easily stand alone as two separate states. Social networking. Social games.

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What Mistakes Do VCs Make When Fundraising?

Both Sides of the Table

In fact, I wrote a previous blog post on โ€œ Why Successful People Focus on the Bottom End of the Funnel.โ€ So I encourage first-time fundraisers to qualify, qualify, qualify. OK, so youโ€™ve found your target LPs who invest in funds at your stage. We invest 40% of our dollars in Southern California firms?โ€”?and

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Walmart: Turning San Diego Into A Key Technology Center

socalTECH

The started looking at the Carlsbad group of engineers, who were working at Yahoo, in order to jump start something in Southern California. We've also really been investing in the tech community. What was it you told your higher ups at Walmart which convinced them to give Southern California a chance?

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