I'll be in Southern Cal (L.A. and San Diego) next week and was wondering what the startup scene (both tech and non-tech) is like there.
Ask: What's The Startup Scene Like In Southern California?
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#2Not an expert on any scenes or sure what you mean exactly, but I have been to a few meetup events for the San Diego JavaScript Meetup.com group, and they are definitely mentioning this "startup scene" thing as though they are part of it. There is some overlap with the SD Ruby meetup.com group people. They have a meeting on Tuesday http://www.meetup.com/sandiegojs/events/41414182/ Meets at 3rd Space http://3rdspace.co/.
Besides 3rd Space there are also places like Co-Merge http://co-merge.com/ and the Hive http://www.hivehaus.net/ where some startupy types are sometimes. There is also an HTML5 meetup.com group.
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#3Not an expert on any scenes or sure what you mean exactly, but I have been to a few meetup events for the San Diego JavaScript Meetup.com group, and they are definitely mentioning this "startup scene" thing as though they are part of it. There is some overlap with the SD Ruby meetup.com group people. They have a meeting on Tuesday http://www.meetup.com/sandiegojs/events/41414182/ Meets at 3rd Space http://3rdspace.co…
Cool, thanks.
I was mainly wondering if there are notable startups that are based there and/or if there is a strong community of people working the startup life.
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#4How does it compare to seattle or boston?
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#5My startup is kind of detatched from either of those hubs, we're rooted in Palm Desert. (Palm Springs) Thriving, though!
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#6Check out the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica, CoLoft (14th Street in Santa Monica), Hulu (Olympic and Bundy?, Santa Monica), and Indie Desk (Downtown Los Angeles). If you have the time to fight traffic (or if you take the Gold Line metro from Downtown), check out Pasadena, which has numerous technology (not software) startups.
Due south of Santa Monia, in Playa Del Rey and Marina Del Rey, you'll find gaming giants (like EA and Activision) and gaming indies.
On your way down to SD, you can stop by Irvine, which is pretty famous for its biotech scene.
Throughout SoCal, you'll come across food trucks. They did not actually originate in SoCal, but they did take off here. Sites like Foodtrux and Truxmaps can help you track down nearby trucks.
Consider using Meetup to see if there are any tech-related meetups happening during your trip. There's usually at least one or two each week. Also, the Miliken Institute has a startup-related panel every month.
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#7Not an expert on any scenes or sure what you mean exactly, but I have been to a few meetup events for the San Diego JavaScript Meetup.com group, and they are definitely mentioning this "startup scene" thing as though they are part of it. There is some overlap with the SD Ruby meetup.com group people. They have a meeting on Tuesday http://www.meetup.com/sandiegojs/events/41414182/ Meets at 3rd Space http://3rdspace.co…
Cool, thanks. I was mainly wondering if there are notable startups that are based there and/or if there is a strong community of people working the startup life.
Grubwithus.com is based in Venice beach
Re: Ask: What's The Startup Scene Like In Southern California?
#8Not an expert on any scenes or sure what you mean exactly, but I have been to a few meetup events for the San Diego JavaScript Meetup.com group, and they are definitely mentioning this "startup scene" thing as though they are part of it. There is some overlap with the SD Ruby meetup.com group people. They have a meeting on Tuesday http://www.meetup.com/sandiegojs/events/41414182/ Meets at 3rd Space http://3rdspace.co…
Cool, thanks. I was mainly wondering if there are notable startups that are based there and/or if there is a strong community of people working the startup life.
Re: Ask: What's The Startup Scene Like In Southern California?
#9Not an expert on any scenes or sure what you mean exactly, but I have been to a few meetup events for the San Diego JavaScript Meetup.com group, and they are definitely mentioning this "startup scene" thing as though they are part of it. There is some overlap with the SD Ruby meetup.com group people. They have a meeting on Tuesday http://www.meetup.com/sandiegojs/events/41414182/ Meets at 3rd Space http://3rdspace.co…
Cool, thanks. I was mainly wondering if there are notable startups that are based there and/or if there is a strong community of people working the startup life.
We're not at all "notable" amongst the startup scenesters, but Ties.com/Scarves.com is located in north Orange County.
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#10Hey Stevenj! Sorry for the late response. I'm a part of a startup based in the OC, called drumbi. We were at disrupt and demo day, and we've successfully built a grassroots community via meetup.com called the OCtechstartup (http://www.meetup.com/OC-Tech-Startup/). As far as LA goes, I know the LeanLA group is doing some cool things (http://www.meetup.com/Los-Angeles-Lean-Startup-Circle/). They also work closely with Coloft (mentioned above). Feel free to stop by Irvine if you get a chance!