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Southern California needs to find its hub for it to develop its own tech ecosystem

TechCrunch LA

As BCG writes in its report: The good news for SoCal and any region with tech ambitions is that the Bay Area has in some ways been too successful. Caltech generates more patents than any other university while UCLA boasts more startups founded by its graduate than any other school in the nation.

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

Both Sides of the Table

The patents Overture held became known in small circles as Google’s ’361 problem as outlined here. And of course we have great public companies that have spanned content & communications like J2 Global whose market cap as of this writing is a cool $2.5 acquired Overture for $1.63 Stuff you may not know about LA?