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Re:Does anyone in Los Angeles have a startup mentality? Ahhh... by iamyoohoo on Monday September 10, 2007 @06:33PM (#52990)
I've attended the last Twistup, I've also attended the last couple of geek dinners. And - yes, I live in Venice. There are very few people that are genuinely interested and most want to do it part time to see where it goes (they don't have the courage to give up the cube).

I even started the startup weekend organization in LA (startup.eventbrite.com). There are 32 signups - however only 3 developers of which 2 I know.

I did connect with a couple of people, but they seem so busy with their personal lives and don't seem to have that burst needed to go all the way. We started a small project on labor day weekend and the next day one of them replied with "it's too hot so I can't concentrate". And this is on our second day !!!

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Re:Does anyone in Los Angeles have a startup mentality? Ahhh... by zach on Monday September 10, 2007 @08:23PM (#53047)
That's cool. I've been to one of the geek dinners before I acquired a commitment on Tuesdays and it seems like over the course of this year things have really improved. I saw recently that an OpenCoffee Club started up over the summer and I'm looking forward to going to that too.

Zach - LA Life http://www.lalife.com/

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