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

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If you want the full SlideShare deck with many slides not in either post it’s in this link –> The LA Tech Market. ” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3 Yes, Google won.

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An Enchanting Conversation With Guy Kawasaki

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As Guy notes in the accompanying video interview, his primary goal with Enchantment is to reach a broader audience, beyond the high-tech, startup world. I began our discussion by asking Guy, “Why should entrepreneurs read your latest book, Enchantment?”. I think Google+ is a great, great mechanism for enchanting people.”.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

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I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. But it turns out I met a bunch of really interesting entrepreneurs. But TWTFelipe is an entrepreneur.

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For a Startup, Two Heads are Always Better Than One

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If you are a first-time entrepreneur, I recommend that you team with a co-founder with experiences, connections, and a skill set that complements, but doesn’t duplicate yours. Even experienced entrepreneurs need a partner to back up each other and improve fundability. Get this in writing as a standard pre-nuptial. Hire a lawyer.

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Productivity Hacks: Voicemail, Folders & To-Do’s

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They taught us to write down questions when they came up and batch them together in point sheets. OK, before you all tell me about Google Voice, let me say the following. If you care about a free product then you should obviously use Google Voice. I was a Google Desktop user for years. Unfortunately I was wrong.

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Interview Dan Dato and Bruce Brown, Upstart.LA

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Although Los Angeles has become a hub for the high tech startup world, Surprisingly, one of the things which hasn't happened in the Los Angeles area is any huge, successful venture acceleration programs. Typically, venture backed companies, always entrepreneur led. Photo: Bruce Brown on the left, Dan Dato on the right).

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Entrepreneurship Is A Compulsion, Not A Choice

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These entrepreneurs do not risk everything, work outrageous hours and put themselves under extreme pressure because they want to. If it were a decision to be an entrepreneur, then most right-minded individuals would decide to turn back when they encountered the first inevitable startup crises. Entrepreneurs want to matter.

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