Comments on: Want to Start a Technology Company in LA? http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/03/17/want-to-start-a-technology-company-in-la/ Entrepreneur turned VC Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:59:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=6506 By: irishpoetry http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/03/17/want-to-start-a-technology-company-in-la/comment-page-4/#comment-16850 irishpoetry Sat, 28 Aug 2010 07:05:22 +0000 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=2146#comment-16850 Very informative article. I had been searching for something like this on the net. Thanks a lot. Very informative article. I had been searching for something like this on the net. Thanks a lot.

]]> By: bookluver321 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/03/17/want-to-start-a-technology-company-in-la/comment-page-4/#comment-5463 bookluver321 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:30:33 +0000 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=2146#comment-5463 I think it takes a great team, a lot of will to make it work, as well as the know how. There is a great book titled, "The Ultimate Boomer Business Launch Workbook" written by Jeff Williams that does a great job in helping people learn how to run a business. The book offers step-by-step directions... which is something that I think a lot of people could use. A lot of people get stuck and don't know what to do next when certain business decisions need to be made. This takes the guessing out of the mix. With this type of help why couldn't everyone be successful (no matter where they are located).<br><br><a href="http://www.ultimateboomerbizguides.com/volume.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ultimateboomerbizguides.com/volume.html</a> I think it takes a great team, a lot of will to make it work, as well as the know how. There is a great book titled, “The Ultimate Boomer Business Launch Workbook” written by Jeff Williams that does a great job in helping people learn how to run a business. The book offers step-by-step directions… which is something that I think a lot of people could use. A lot of people get stuck and don't know what to do next when certain business decisions need to be made. This takes the guessing out of the mix. With this type of help why couldn't everyone be successful (no matter where they are located).

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]]> By: bookluver321 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/03/17/want-to-start-a-technology-company-in-la/comment-page-4/#comment-12339 bookluver321 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:30:33 +0000 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=2146#comment-12339 I think it takes a great team, a lot of will to make it work, as well as the know how. There is a great book titled, "The Ultimate Boomer Business Launch Workbook" written by Jeff Williams that does a great job in helping people learn how to run a business. The book offers step-by-step directions... which is something that I think a lot of people could use. A lot of people get stuck and don't know what to do next when certain business decisions need to be made. This takes the guessing out of the mix. With this type of help why couldn't everyone be successful (no matter where they are located).<br><br><a href="http://www.ultimateboomerbizguides.com/volume.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ultimateboomerbizguides.com/volume.html</a> I think it takes a great team, a lot of will to make it work, as well as the know how. There is a great book titled, “The Ultimate Boomer Business Launch Workbook” written by Jeff Williams that does a great job in helping people learn how to run a business. The book offers step-by-step directions… which is something that I think a lot of people could use. A lot of people get stuck and don't know what to do next when certain business decisions need to be made. This takes the guessing out of the mix. With this type of help why couldn't everyone be successful (no matter where they are located).

http://www.ultimateboomerbizguides.com/volume.html

]]> By: bookluver321 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/03/17/want-to-start-a-technology-company-in-la/comment-page-4/#comment-5462 bookluver321 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:30:33 +0000 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=2146#comment-5462 I think it takes a great team, a lot of will to make it work, as well as the know how. There is a great book titled, "The Ultimate Boomer Business Launch Workbook" written by Jeff Williams that does a great job in helping people learn how to run a business. The book offers step-by-step directions... which is something that I think a lot of people could use. A lot of people get stuck and don't know what to do next when certain business decisions need to be made. This takes the guessing out of the mix. With this type of help why couldn't everyone be successful (no matter where they are located).<br><br><a href="http://www.ultimateboomerbizguides.com/volume.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ultimateboomerbizguides.com/volume.html</a> I think it takes a great team, a lot of will to make it work, as well as the know how. There is a great book titled, “The Ultimate Boomer Business Launch Workbook” written by Jeff Williams that does a great job in helping people learn how to run a business. The book offers step-by-step directions… which is something that I think a lot of people could use. A lot of people get stuck and don't know what to do next when certain business decisions need to be made. This takes the guessing out of the mix. With this type of help why couldn't everyone be successful (no matter where they are located).

http://www.ultimateboomerbizguides.com/volume.html

]]> By: Clark Benson http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/03/17/want-to-start-a-technology-company-in-la/comment-page-4/#comment-12288 Clark Benson Sun, 28 Mar 2010 09:19:22 +0000 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=2146#comment-12288 great news - I bet John Suh of LegalZoom had a large hand in that, he's been lobbying for that for years great news – I bet John Suh of LegalZoom had a large hand in that, he's been lobbying for that for years

]]> By: Clark Benson http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/03/17/want-to-start-a-technology-company-in-la/comment-page-4/#comment-5461 Clark Benson Sun, 28 Mar 2010 04:19:22 +0000 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=2146#comment-5461 great news - I bet John Suh of LegalZoom had a large hand in that, he's been lobbying for that for years great news – I bet John Suh of LegalZoom had a large hand in that, he's been lobbying for that for years

]]> By: Brian Q. Pham http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/03/17/want-to-start-a-technology-company-in-la/comment-page-3/#comment-12329 Brian Q. Pham Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:54:58 +0000 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=2146#comment-12329 Craig, as a recent grad from UCLA (and trying to work on a biotech startup) I can tell you that the entrepreneurial community is definitely lacking, but on the rise. Still there is a definite bias towards cleantech/biotech.<br><br>UCLA recently opened up an incubator for cleantech/biotech/lab research startups and they also hosted an entrepreneurship boot camp. They offer a year long tech entrepreneurship course for engineering students, but it needs SERIOUS improvement. <br><br>If anyone is willing, some of us local LA-ers should get together and set up university based programs to connect with all the talent there. Craig, as a recent grad from UCLA (and trying to work on a biotech startup) I can tell you that the entrepreneurial community is definitely lacking, but on the rise. Still there is a definite bias towards cleantech/biotech.

UCLA recently opened up an incubator for cleantech/biotech/lab research startups and they also hosted an entrepreneurship boot camp. They offer a year long tech entrepreneurship course for engineering students, but it needs SERIOUS improvement.

If anyone is willing, some of us local LA-ers should get together and set up university based programs to connect with all the talent there.

]]> By: Brian Q. Pham http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/03/17/want-to-start-a-technology-company-in-la/comment-page-3/#comment-5459 Brian Q. Pham Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:54:58 +0000 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=2146#comment-5459 Craig, as a recent grad from UCLA (and trying to work on a biotech startup) I can tell you that the entrepreneurial community is definitely lacking, but on the rise. Still there is a definite bias towards cleantech/biotech.<br><br>UCLA recently opened up an incubator for cleantech/biotech/lab research startups and they also hosted an entrepreneurship boot camp. They offer a year long tech entrepreneurship course for engineering students, but it needs SERIOUS improvement. <br><br>If anyone is willing, some of us local LA-ers should get together and set up university based programs to connect with all the talent there. Craig, as a recent grad from UCLA (and trying to work on a biotech startup) I can tell you that the entrepreneurial community is definitely lacking, but on the rise. Still there is a definite bias towards cleantech/biotech.

UCLA recently opened up an incubator for cleantech/biotech/lab research startups and they also hosted an entrepreneurship boot camp. They offer a year long tech entrepreneurship course for engineering students, but it needs SERIOUS improvement.

If anyone is willing, some of us local LA-ers should get together and set up university based programs to connect with all the talent there.

]]> By: jeffsolomon http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/03/17/want-to-start-a-technology-company-in-la/comment-page-3/#comment-12287 jeffsolomon Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:55:58 +0000 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=2146#comment-12287 As a follow-up to this, LA just agreed to lower the tax rate for internet companies, read about it here (<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-internet-tax23-2010mar23%2C0%2C4832504.story" rel="nofollow">http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-interne...</a>) - too little too late in my view, we're moving to El Segundo this year. As a follow-up to this, LA just agreed to lower the tax rate for internet companies, read about it here (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-interne...) – too little too late in my view, we're moving to El Segundo this year.

]]> By: jeffsolomon http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/03/17/want-to-start-a-technology-company-in-la/comment-page-3/#comment-5458 jeffsolomon Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:55:58 +0000 http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/?p=2146#comment-5458 As a follow-up to this, LA just agreed to lower the tax rate for internet companies, read about it here (<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-internet-tax23-2010mar23%2C0%2C4832504.story" rel="nofollow">http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-interne...</a>) - too little too late in my view, we're moving to El Segundo this year. As a follow-up to this, LA just agreed to lower the tax rate for internet companies, read about it here (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-interne...) – too little too late in my view, we're moving to El Segundo this year.

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