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The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA

Jason Nazar

Here it seems that entrepreneurs are coming out of business school, transitioning from corporate life, or hail from the entertainment industry. Whereas in Silicon Valley, you can have a V.1 When he had the idea for his company, he didn’t write a long business plan or try to raise money to hire an agency to build a website for him.

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How to Save MySpace

Jason Nazar

It should be the next generation content/ entertainment portal that leverages millions of user profiles to more accurately provide data to advertisers on what is appealing to specific demographics. This could also be done by leveraging a partnership (or buyout) of a site like Mahalo. MySpace = Yahoo2.0: