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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

Both Sides of the Table

We have many seasoned entrepreneurs who have built successful companies here and made a lot of money for investors and themselves. I like to repeat the mantra, “necessity is the mother of all invention,&# meaning that because investors have this expectation you find entrepreneurs that focus on nearer term monetization.

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Interview with Greg Brogger, SharesPost

socalTECH

I became general counsel, an investor, and an entrepreneur, and played a bunch of different roles at companies--so I know security laws intimately. We co-founded Zag together, and I was the COO of CarsDirect. We came to it, because we'd been around private equity, and it's always surprised me how inefficient the marketplace is.

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