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Catalyzing Innovation In Pasadena, with Innovate Pasadena

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It started around a year ago, as I was driving back from Santa Monica from an event. I thought, it''s great what is going on in Santa Monica, but it''s very hard to be part of the same community, given how far apart the cities are. So, I thought I''d see if there was an interest here to active a community in town.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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Web Services, led by Amazon’s AWS, which reduced the costs a further 90%. A move to more urban environments (SF over SV, Cambridge over Waltham, London over Thames Valley, Santa Monica / Venice, Flatiron and so forth) as basically young people want to live where young people want to live. Frankly, I wish LA had one.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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Idealab, led by Bill Gross, who founded Overture, CitySearch and MANY other business [Pasadena]. I guess Santa Monica is officially “Silicon Beach” in the local people’s minds. Still, I kind like the name, well, um, … Santa Monica. North of the 101]. Also East of the 405?

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

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I live in the city of Santa Monica. That sets us up nicely for the next phase of the web. So can you really build a great tech firm outside of Silicon Valley? Sure, but it will be different than the Bay Area ones. Let me use LA as an example. Los Angeles. And of course you have Hollywood.

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

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Citysearch is an online guide that offers information and recommendations regarding local businesses including restaurants, shops, bars, hotels, and others. Named as one of the 20 most innovative startups in the country, based in Santa Monica. Why should a startup thinking about moving to a new place choose LA? Want to sponsor?

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