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22 Los Angeles Startups You Need to Watch Out For

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While the Bay Area hold the title of most prolific startup ecosystem , there’s no denying that California is a veritable gold mine of entrepreneurial talent. Los Angeles, for one, is not only brimming with innovative ideas, it’s also home to a wide range of unique startups that are solving the problems of the world.

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How to Out Amazon, Amazon

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Of course branding is many things and this post doesn’t attempt a master class. It starts with a category being done poorly, reimagining the experience, creating distinctive products and then constantly messaging this to the market. What started as sheets now has dozens of SKU’s. Here are some ideas of what I believe matters.

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Meet the 2017 Startups from the Disney Accelerator

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Other Disney startups such as Atom Ticket , a new movie ticketing app, partnered with the next Star Wars movie and will continue to work with Walt Disney Studios on major film releases. This corporate partnership has proven well for these startups in helping them launch their products and services into another galaxy. Epic Games.

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LA Techstar Class Includes Local Startups

L.A. Business Journal

Several local startups are among the 2021 class for Techstars' Los Angeles Accelerator.

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Disney Opens Apps For Second Startup Accelerator Class

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The Walt Disney Company said Tuesday that it is running another, startup accelerator class, as part of the Disney Accelerator program in Burbank, and is now accepting applications for a class of another, ten startups for the program. Disney said that so far, of its prior 2014 class, one company--SnowShoe--raised $2.2M

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Here is How to Make Sense of Conflicting Startup Advice

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Many startups now go through accelerators and have mentors passing through each day with advice – usually it’s conflicting. There are bootcamps, startup classes, video interviews – the sources are now endless. Because I’ve asked more than 100 VCs similar questions I start to notice patterns in thinking.

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Whom Should You Hire at a Startup? (Attitude Over Aptitude)

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Your ability to keep up is dependent on having a great team of differing skills. We know that if you start with ho-hum founders you’re less likely to assemble a world-class team. Find people to “punch above their weight class”. So what do it mean to “punch above one’s weight class?” Is this philosophy exaggerated?

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