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

Jason Nazar

I recently hosted a panel at the Twiistup Conference about LA tech companies. 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 That’s typically not the case in Los Angeles.

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Making The Most out of Sitting on Panels

Both Sides of the Table

photo from left to right: me, QD3, Brian Solis, Chamillionaire, Ian Rogers and Brian Zisk – most of whom I got to know through Twiistup panels). Entertain – It is also your job to entertain! It spices things up and makes for great entertainment. I have written about the topic of sitting on panels before.

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Los Angeles Startup Weekend August 2011 | The Complete Breakdown

Tech Zulu Event

When tickets went on sale over a month ago, we expected the regular ticket sales cycle, however we were more than surprised when Startup Weekend LA sold out in 6 hours! Also we would like to thank our global sponsors: Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Ven Corps, Twilio, Vertical Response, oDesk, Elance and OpenTok.

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Interview with Jerome Chang, BlankSpaces

socalTECH

Jerome Chang: We have quite a variety of residents here, ranging from a lawyer, to real estate investors, to technology startups, to people in the entertainment industry, such as production firms, script writers, and filmmakers. We have Sometrics, which is kind of a search technology for Web 2.0, They came here, and it worked.

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