He was struggling to find high quality developers in Los Angeles. Just the kind of person I like to meet. :) But I was a bit surprised when he emphasized how hard it had been for them to find a web developer in Los Angeles. My flippant comment was, “If you do a Google search for Los Angeles web developer, you’ll find a LOT of people and firms.” His response was that he had done exactly that, but that the long list is not all that useful. Yesterday, I met with someone at the early stage of a startup. He has a great concept with some complexity

My time in New York was a good nine lives ago, but my adventures in both Los Angeles and San Francisco are fresh and ripe for dissecting. LA techies have to work harder to be taken seriously because Los Angeles is the entertainment mecca of the world, not the tech capital. However, while both crowds love to love the city of San Francisco, San Franciscans love to loathe Los Angeles, which is understandable in some regards. There is a saying about three different magnificent cities I have lived in twice. “If If you are smart, you move to San Francisco.

Los Angeles By: Laura Rich February 26, 2010 It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. But lets face it, when you think of Los Angeles, Internet startups are not the first things that spring to mind. Mark Suster, a partner at GRP Partners in Los Angeles, spoke with Fastcompany.com RSS ); Why You Should Start a Company in...

According to data pulled from Twitter Grader , HubSpot is reporting that Los Angeles is in fact the top twittering city, meaning we have the highest amount of users. Considering how many of you love to talk about and promote yourselves this shouldn’t be too surprising. It is however nice to know that we beat San Francisco in something, even it if it mindless chattering.

Fast Company has a great article on why you should start a company in Los Angeles . Since 1994, I have spent about half of my time in the Bay Area and the other half in Los Angeles. LA beats the Bay for a lot of reasons, but the biggest reason is that Los Angeles focuses on building viable businesses, whereas the Bay Area largely focuses solely on technology…for the sake of technology. Los Angeles has a lot more opportunities in a number of very large-scale verticals, which means a wider variety of work and types of work for tech workers than the Bay Area.

What is it: Living in Los Angeles you see these search lights a lot. Apple press events are to say the least, legendary. The ultimate culmination of black turtlenecks, geeks and gadget lust. The iPods, the iPhones, the classic line “One more thing”, it’s all so magical.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010 -- Los Angeles VMware User Group. Come to network and share ideas with an innovative group of VMware users as you learn how to get the most out of your VMware solutions. See [link] (mor

Sunday, March 14, 2010 -- The Los Angeles PHP Developers February Meetup. See [link] (mor

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 -- Greater Los Angeles Finance Networking Group. TechAmerica. See [link] (mor

Media Leaders – January 26 – Los Angeles Twiistup – January 28th – Los Angeles Today is probably the first day back to work for many of you. So let’s help ease the transition by getting your mind of the job and instead thinking about all the great tech events in January where you can meet attractive women. Crunchies