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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

Both Sides of the Table

We will stay in LA and then Southern California before branching out into our 2nd & 3rd markets. So the team set out to solve the “chicken or the egg” problem by onboarding > 1,000 high-quality merchants across 50 service categories while going deep in two micro-areas within LA as our test market.

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For Many New Ventures, Location Is The Key To Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Since 2006, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York, has grown by more than 65 percent. Entrepreneurs cite family roots, a sense of neighborhood responsibility, existing professional networks, and more. So don’t let location hold you back, but you need to go in with your eyes open.

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Rustic Canyon Speaks out on GaiKai Exit, Changing Nature of VC, LA Tech & More

Both Sides of the Table

We sat down for an hour to talk about why what GaiKai built was able to overcome its much better funded rival and to dispel the myth that great engineering teams don’t exist in Southern California. 30:30 Mike Jones is one of the five most prolific angel investors in southern California.

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Rusty Tweed Explores How Sustainability is Impacting the Construction Industry

The Startup Magazine

In California, regulators have forwarded a measure to have buildings achieve zero net energy consumption. He has written many articles on this topic and initiated a number of projects, including a solar energy venture to promote the use of renewable energy in California.

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73.6% of all Statistics are Made Up

Both Sides of the Table

. &# Mobile penetration set to double next year reaching all time highs,&# “venture capital market set to implode next year – more than 70% of firms may disappear&# or “drug use in California growing at an alarming rate.&# We buy headlines.

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Why Governments Don’t Get Startups

Steve Blank

On the California coast where I live, we see lifestyle entrepreneurs like surfers and divers who own small surf or dive shop or teach surfing and diving lessons to pay the bills so they can surf and dive some more. Lifestyle Startups: Work to Live their Passion.

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Startup Location Is Still A Critical Success Factor

Startup Professionals Musings

From 2006 to 2011, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York, according to Wessel, has grown by almost 65%. Entrepreneurs cite family roots, a sense of neighborhood responsibility, existing professional networks, and more. It takes more than a dream and passion to build a business.