Tag: Column
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Column: Introducing Our 2022 Map of Startups in LA
Too often Los Angeles can operate as a collection of silos disconnected geographically, industrially, culturally and beyond. Santa Monica with its breezy bungalows and Glendale with its blocks of office high rises can feel worlds apart, and the commun…
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Column: LA’s Vision for Micromobility Is Failing. Here’s How to Fix It
In 2019, the city of Los Angeles held a one-year micromobility pilot program that prescribed how the city’s micromobility companies could operate. The goal was to learn about the dockless transportation model and its impact on urban mobility. L.A. sai…
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Office Hours: How to Fundraise Your Seed Round
I’ve been on both sides of the startup fundraising journey. On the one hand, I run a firm called 75 & Sunny that has invested in more than 75 startups, mostly early stage. Founders have pitched me on their young companies hundreds of times.On the othe…
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Column: COVID Showed Me Why LA Needs a More Diverse Tech Workforce. These Students Showed Us How to Change It.
This week is national Digital Inclusion Week, but to be honest, I —like a lot of people— didn’t understand the significance of this issue until COVID-19 hit. To me, the pandemic felt like a narrowly escaped disaster that I was only spared from becau…
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Introducing dot.LA’s Interchange.LA Jobs Platform
We live in a golden age for Los Angeles tech companies and startups.Transformative organizations are emerging and blossoming here. And there’s a world-class talent pool in their backyard. From ecommerce to biotech to social media to aerospace and beyo…
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Column: The Post-Label Music Industry Is Here. Here’s How Artists, Businesses and Investors Can Prosper
For decades, artists have had to rely on a music industry plagued with nepotism to reach their audiences.Since it has not always been necessary to possess real talent in order to become a well-known artist, the industry is fundamentally unequal. Gifte…
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Column: When to Accept Startup Equity — and Why
You’ve been eyeing a new startup for a while now. It seems like they’re doing well一they just received a new funding round and are growing like crazy. So you take a chance and apply to one of their positions. Before you know it, you’re in the final rou…
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Column: How to Start a Corporate Social Responsibility Program at Your Startup — and Why
Not long ago, corporate social responsibility (CSR), was thought to be the province of massive companies that had the luxury to invest in goodwill programs, or had the need to soften their image as heartless monoliths. No more. The tenets behind CSR h…