Impressions of LA startup scene
Coming to LA from Sydney to work on Play Entourage has been quite an adventure. I’ll talk about this adventure in another post as I want to focus on my experience with the LA startup scene so far.
First thing EVERYONE here asks me is “Why LA? Why not San Francisco?”. My initial answer was that I had a feeling this was a startup community that’s on the cusp of breaking into the big leagues and because it wasn’t as noisy as SF. Both of these still hold true, but I’m adding one more thing, LA startup scene is FUCKING AWESOME!
Contrary to what I though before coming here, LA entrepreneurs are not stuck up movie types. They are the opposite of Ari Gold. They welcomed us with open arms and made us feel a part of the community from day one. I feel honored to be a part of this community and I’m extremely grateful to all the amazing entrepreneurs who call LA home.
If you thought there wasn’t much going on here, just check out the LA startup calendar I cooked up in the last couple of weeks. If anything, there’s too much going on.
Also, check out these incubators starting early next year if you want a great excuse to move here: Muckerlab, upStart.LA, start engine and Launchpad LA.
P.S. Living in Venice Beach kicks ass!
