[Philip Lelyveld comment: This article articulates a small part of a vibrant, growing movement in LA. The author, Roy Taylor, currently serves as Executive Vice President and General Manager of MasterImage 3D and his vision is to bring glassless 3D to our hands in the forms of tablets and smartphones.]
[Bright Side of News]
… Many Silicon Valley tech companies are now having trouble hiring. It’s bad enough that would be employees are increasingly using Glassdoor to check out prospective employers and not liking what they find. This is why it’s a surprise to me that not more tech firms are moving down south. LA is large, office rents are cheap but most of all there is a lot here for young and not-so-young engineers to enjoy. This is not just about being able to party either. It’s a 100 miles from Hollywood to Big Bear to ski, from down town LA to Santa Monica is 40 minutes (OK its 2 hours during traffic but hey it’s fine during weekends) for the beach.
LA has glamour, it has mountains, it has the beach, it has the restaurants, bars, better shopping and even easy access to airports (Burbank has valet parking!) For the cultured it has the LACMA. There is a move going on right now to rebrand Santa Monica as Silicon Beach but I think they might be missing an opportunity to sell it better. Instead of making it attractive on the basis of tax breaks and office rentals, etc. they should market tech in LA on the basis of how much more exciting it is than Palo Alto, Silicon Valley is wonderful, it’s just in the wrong place!
The image above is taken from Alex Caps, CEO of Hyphos without his permission, I hope he will allow me to use it on the basis of promotion for his excellent website.
Read the full story here: http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2012/5/4/silicon-valley—its-in-the-wrong-place!.aspx