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

Both Sides of the Table

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles but was perfected in Silicon Valley. LA By The Numbers.

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Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One

SoCal CTO

In Los Angeles, I have easy access to a bunch of potential strategic technical advisors through the LA CTO Forum. As I mention in Symptoms of a Weak Development Team , the number one reason I get calls relates to an old software engineering adage: The first 90% of a project takes 90% of the time.

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

Both Sides of the Table

In Los Angeles the wins of Overture, Applied Semantics, MySpace, LowerMyBills, PriceGrabber, LegalZoom and the like have produced a large number of angels who are helping the next generation of LA entrepreneurs get started and succeed. Maker Studios. Savings.com. That IPOs and then continues rising. That has a B on the front.

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Lead Developer to CTO at a Startup

SoCal CTO

In How to Level Up in Your Career as a Startup Software Engineer , Pete Soderling points out something that's a bit of a dirty secret in the world of startups: Many startup software engineers don’t take proactive steps to manage their careers. But that's most often not the case. The brain power of this group is amazing.

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Remote First: Why Isn’t Every Company Boundaryless

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Today, especially in tech hubs like Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, New York, or Seattle, none of these facts hold. We test for software engineering fundamentals, and we use technology-specific tests. The tools required for effective remote work were either rudimentary or didn’t exist. In terms of technical expertise.

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Troubled media sharing startup Color Labs said to be acquired by Apple

The Next Web

Or its software engineering team could be the target, if Apple was impressed by their work. Pham left the startup in June 2011 over unknown reasons and went to work at Los Angeles incubator Science. Color said that it had six patents pending at the time of its funding, including its ‘elastic’ social.

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Symptoms of a Weak Development Team

SoCal CTO

No questions being asked ( Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything ) Rest of team says - “I’m not sure where we stand.” “I’m And the #1 reason I get calls relates to an old software engineering adage: The first 90% of a project takes half the time. The last 10% takes the other half.

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