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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. But we have a great city for building technology companies. Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. You don’t.

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Interview with Michael Barton, Startup Exchange

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It's also through venture capital funds we talk with--there are no formal partnerships yet--but certainly referrals to their relationships. We work fairly closer with venture firms in New York, here in Southern California, and network in a number of different ways with companies. How have they reacted to this?

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

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It really wouldn’t take much to turn a great technology ecosystem into a truly electric one. I need to take some VC meetings. But it did take Brad as a public spokesman, consummate networker and successful VC to help create legitimacy to let David’s ideas flourish. Him: “I know, I know. Me: “Bullshit.