Why L.A. Will Outpace Silicon Valley As Tech Startup Capital

In a recent article on Forbes.com, writer Tara Tiger Brown highlights the benefits of developing a tech startup in ‘Silicon Beach,’ (Los Angeles) vs. Silicon Valley. Brown wrote “Fantastic weather, lots of space, entertainment and media experts, and lots of tech talent means that Los Angeles is fast becoming the city of choice to run a tech startup.”

The L.A. tech scene is thriving, and that is the primary reason Outcast stationed its headquarters in Santa Monica, just steps from the beach. The community is filled with creative and tech talents that have become the backbone of Outcast. Los Angeles is the epicenter of entertainment, and as the largest fuel television network, we have been able to develop unique and exciting partnerships with media giants such as Fox News Channel, ABC, CBS and Warner Bros. Entertainment. We reach active consumers with engaging content that originates in one of the most creative cities in the world. Forget about couch potatoes, Outcast delivers news and entertainment to the savvy sophisticated viewer who can’t be reached with traditional TV advertising, and being born in Los Angeles has helped us to cultivate our knowledge of the on-the-go consumer.

In the article Brown relayed “Once I moved my pod of stuff to the beach in Los Angeles, my world opened up like a fairytale pop-up book. My view on what was technically possible through the eyes of graffiti artists, photographers, entertainers, musicians, talented technologists and even surfers while having a 10 mile radius of personal space looked a lot more interesting.” We couldn’t agree more.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/tarabrown/2012/03/06/why-los-angeles-will-outpace-silicon-valley-as-the-tech-startup-capital/