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I work for Whisper. We just moved from Santa Monica to Venice. Our new office is right next door to Snapchat and not far from Google. But unfortunately, so far,

by ma2rten 12y ago

I work for Whisper. We just moved from Santa Monica to Venice. Our new office is right next door to Snapchat and not far from Google. But unfortunately, so far, I've had zero interaction with the tech scene in LA outside of my company. Part of that is because I just moved to the US and I am just getting settled. What kind of events do you go to. How do find them? Meetup.com?

reillyse 12y ago
Yea, LA definitely isn't SF where every person you meet is involved in a startup. I find it very inspiring to visit SF and get hyped up about my startup and startups in general, but I love living in LA even though I don't really meet random startup people outside of my group of friends. We don't really have an ecosystem down here.
staunch 12y ago
Check web sites for General Assembly, Co-loft, Launchpad LA, Meetup, Twitter "startup santa monica." It's unfortunate that Google moved. Their location in Santa Monica was great. I'm sure it was too small though. I think it will take a long time before the Venice and Santa Monica bubbles merge.
Moto7451 12y ago
You guys should come by Thursday Lunch some time. http://promenade.thursdaylunch.com http://promenade.thursdaylunch.com
shaunrussell 12y ago
I work/live in Venice (on Westminster)! I've met many people at js.la, laruby, and events at General Assembly and CoLoft.
silencio 12y ago
The huge spread out nature of Los Angeles makes it hard. I used to help run an iOS/Cocoa dev meetup on Tuesdays and half the argument was where to have it. Meetup is pretty good, and just trying to connect with people as much as possible is very helpful. I'd often find a group just by talking to others.
gcb0 12y ago
sorry to break it to you, but there is no spontaneous way to meet people in los angeles. its the most socially averse city ive ever lived in. while everywhere else you can get to know people by accident at coffee shops, supermarket lines, etc, that will never happen at LA. that said, i still get 150k job offer for venice every week. so i have no idea what those people saying you will starve if your startup bust are talking about.

by ma2rten 12y ago

reillyse 12y ago

Yea, LA definitely isn't SF where every person you meet is involved in a startup. I find it very inspiring to visit SF and get hyped up about my startup and startups in general, but I love living in LA even though I don't really meet random startup people outside of my group of friends. We don't really have an ecosystem down here.

staunch 12y ago

Check web sites for General Assembly, Co-loft, Launchpad LA, Meetup, Twitter "startup santa monica." It's unfortunate that Google moved. Their location in Santa Monica was great. I'm sure it was too small though. I think it will take a long time before the Venice and Santa Monica bubbles merge.

Moto7451 12y ago

You guys should come by Thursday Lunch some time. http://promenade.thursdaylunch.com http://promenade.thursdaylunch.com

shaunrussell 12y ago

I work/live in Venice (on Westminster)! I've met many people at js.la, laruby, and events at General Assembly and CoLoft.

silencio 12y ago

The huge spread out nature of Los Angeles makes it hard. I used to help run an iOS/Cocoa dev meetup on Tuesdays and half the argument was where to have it. Meetup is pretty good, and just trying to connect with people as much as possible is very helpful. I'd often find a group just by talking to others.

gcb0 12y ago

sorry to break it to you, but there is no spontaneous way to meet people in los angeles. its the most socially averse city ive ever lived in. while everywhere else you can get to know people by accident at coffee shops, supermarket lines, etc, that will never happen at LA. that said, i still get 150k job offer for venice every week. so i have no idea what those people saying you will starve if your startup bust are talking about.