Interesting post: comparing LA to Portland’s technology scene
June 11th, 2008 by Benjamin KuoI ran across this interesting post comparing the Los Angeles technology scene to Portland, Oregon - posted on the blog silicon florist by Heather Nordeen (formerly an employee at TagWorld):
LA is all about competition, competition, competition
I won’t go as far to say that the tech community in Los Angeles is as cut throat as their entertainment industry, but in some cases it’s a close second. With a new NDA being drawn up every minute, companies offering the world to a person to join them and leave their current position and enemy lines being drawn between social media companies, there is a definite switch in the overall feeling of community in LA.
It’s interesting because — as you’ve probably seen from my prior posts — I’ve often felt that the competition in Silicon Valley is much more intense, and cut-throat, than Los Angeles. So it’s interesting to get a perspective from someone dropping into our technology world here. I haven’t seen as much of the pressure cooker atmosphere of Silicon Valley here as Heather refers to in the post, but perhaps my perspective has been colored by having lived/worked also in Silicon Valley.
btw, for those who care, we have a socalTECH.com spinoff covering Pacific Northwest technology news, at Northwest Innovation (www.nwinnovation.com)
