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LA Mayor Garcetti Launches Entrepreneur-in-Residence Program

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In a bid to boost the Los Angeles economy and create new jobs in the city, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Friday that he has created a new "Entrepreneur-in-Residence" program, which will help the city in developing initiatives and policies aimed at growing, assisting and sustaining entrepreneurs in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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

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” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. I think there is also no denying the role that Richard Rosenblatt has played in building the LA tech ecosystem and spawning great entrepreneurs who followed in his footsteps. “There’s something going on in LA.”

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USC Startup Weekend | Complete Breakdown

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USC hosted its first Startup Weekend from September 23rd to 25th and it rocked! We had MBAs, undergrads, engineers, designers, and visitors from all throughout the LA tech scene participate in the event. Then fellow Trojan Alex Banayan gave a talk about the three traits of success in an entrepreneur. 70+ students.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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Creative – we’re a place of writers, directors, producers, musicians, costume designers, make-up artists, graphic artists, 3D modelers. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. They designed the next gen UI for the film The Minority Report. Like they truly understood entrepreneurs. downtown LA].

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Entrepreneurship In The LA Mayor's Office, With EIR Krisztina Holly

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Last month, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti created a new program, aimed at growing, assisting and sustaining entrepreneurs in Los Angeles. The new "Entrepreneur-in-Residence" program has appointed its first, two, EIRs--Krisztina "Z" Holly and Amir Tehrani.--both That''s very much part of our DNA here in Los Angeles.

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Startup Equinox

SoCal Tech Calendar

On March 21, 2012, we will bring together entrepreneurs with diverse backgrounds at USC  marketing, design, engineering, negotiation, fund raising, etc. - The University of Southern California is becoming a hot bed of innovation and entrepreneurial energy, but ideas and energy often don't translate to startups.

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Incubating LA's Biotech Future, With Richard Koffler, Greenwings Biomedical

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The incubator-- Greenwings Biomedical (www.greenwingsbiomedical.com), is led by Richard Koffler , a serial entrepreneur and angel investor in Los Angeles. I then started another project, based on an invention out of the USC biomedical engineering department, a company developing an ultrasound device used for cardiac monitoring.

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