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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3 What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies. They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3 Yes, Google won.

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Eight Repeat Entrepreneurs To Watch In SoCal

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socalTECH.com has mined its proprietary database of high tech companies and entrepreneurs and identified just a few of the repeat entrepreneurs to watch in the region. Elbaz sold Applied Semantics to Google in 2003, for pre-IPO stock, reaping first round investors more than a 100x return on their investment.

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Surveying SoCal's M&A Landscape, with David Siemer

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One of the most frequent questions from high tech startups is: where''s my exit? That''s true of many Southern California ad-tech companies. Google and Yahoo aren''t going to buy them, AOL has already made its bet, and your only real path to an exit is an IPO for any kind of liquidity. E-commerce is a great example.

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Digiday Mobile: The Future Of Mobile Media Live

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After recent announcements by Google and Apple, the mobile advertising ecosystem is abuzz with optimism and flush with venture capital. Should brands offer e-commerce through apps? Meanwhile, are the augmented reality apps too high-tech to make it into the mainstream? Jones, Founder, Chairman and CEO, ChaCha Search, Inc.

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