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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. But LA is not Silicon Valley and we don’t need to aspire to be so. We were also an investor in the early local listing company, CitySearch – an LA company. Come join us.

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Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map

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Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map. Tech startup accelerators dot the landscape, feeding investments into the waiting arms of the nation’s most intelligent and driven entrepreneurs. Miller was even honored as an Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” for 2011. Follow PandoDaily: Search.

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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

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And I had been telling my partners for a couple of years that I thought Ethan was one of the more talented entrepreneurs I had come across in San Francisco. We generally have a policy to only fund entrepreneurs once the first version of a product has shipped or it near to shipping. We like to be able to see the concept.

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Interview With Brian McCarthy, Dentistry.com

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I then moved to CitySearch, IAC, and then eveentually moved to The Search Agency with David Hughes. So, that's my story. That said, I'm a veteran technology guy here in SoCal. If you are an entrepreneur inside and organization, you have to understand that organization, and what makes it tick, and how it operates.

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Interview with Mark Suster, GRP Partners

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Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs, We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch. We'd like to be one of the most prominent investors in Southern California.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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Idealab, led by Bill Gross, who founded Overture, CitySearch and MANY other business [Pasadena]. Like they truly understood entrepreneurs. Alas, I sold my company so I never became company 8 but have been a fan ever since. I thought about some Southern California angle, because this is where > 50% of my investments are.

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Catalyzing Innovation In Pasadena, with Innovate Pasadena

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In the same way that the technology community is not the same when you''re talking San Francisco versus Palo Alto versus San Jose, Southern California''s technology communities have their own neighborhoods. We want to create businesses and engage with entrepreneurs. Andy Wilson: Great question. more) READ MORE>>.

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