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Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: LosAngeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Many people don’t realize that the majority of the monetization of the Internet originated in LosAngeles but was perfected in Silicon Valley. LA By The Numbers.
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