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

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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 billion dollars of regional GDP. But even this is changing. More on both trends later. billion.

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Interview with Robert Blatt, MomentFeed

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There are hundreds and thousands of representation of companies on Facebook, Google, Apple, and Yelp, in paid search and through social experiences. They want to advertise on Facebook and Instagram, and they want to see what they can do with Waze, Snapchat, and Yelp.

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