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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

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Mayer on her first 100 days at Yahoo: ‘This job was tailor-made for me’ 1 day ago. Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. 5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California. There are a lot of misconceptions about SoCal and it’s time we set them straight. Whats Hot Menu. Skip to primary content.

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Insights and Opinions: Angel and Venture Capital Shareholder Liquidity

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For today's Insights and Opinions section, where we feature insights and analysis from the local technology community, we have an article from Jeff Cohn , an entrepreneur and veteran of the angel and VC investment community here in Southern California. However (More.).

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Launchpad LA – 10 Startup Companies to Watch

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We had software executives from Google, Yahoo!, Lee Essner is formerly a senior exec from WeddingChannel and has much experience in running a successful web property. Walk into any Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Southern California and you can’t miss their digital screens.

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Interview Dan Dato and Bruce Brown, Upstart.LA

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Those programs--epitomized by YCombinator in the Bay Area, and TechStars in Boulder, Colorado--attract newly minted entrepreneurs with a mixture of cash and mentoring, and a program which rapidly takes ideas and turns them into viable, executing businesses. Typically, venture backed companies, always entrepreneur led.

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Tilofy: Making Sense Of The World Around You Using Location Data

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Prior to Tilofy, I had technical positions at Yahoo, Microsoft, and Samsung, ranging from development, to program management, to senior technology person on Samsung''s smart TV platform. Over the last year or so we''ve created Watsup, the easiest way to figure out what is happening around you, at any time. We''re in four major U.S.

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Social Networking Addiction Bears Fruit FAST

Eric Greenspan

I have vanity urls setup at just about every site on the web. It’s been an amazing experience so far, but the best part are the relationships I’ve built since getting started. As a board member of the Technology Council of Southern California, I first reached out to my fellow board members.

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Social Networking Addiction Bears Fruit

Eric Greenspan

I have vanity urls setup at just about every site on the web. It’s been an amazing experience so far, but the best part are the relationships I’ve built since getting started. We created Superfriends, a group of local entrepreneurs that will gather to share ideas and help each other grow personally and professionally.