Los Angeles – Cleantech Economic Powerhouse

Those who haven’t visited downtown Los Angeles since the 1990s will be pleasantly surprised at the incredible resurgence of areas just east of the skyscrapers that were, back then, blighted beyond belief.  Though there are still bad areas, there is a huge portion of this area of the city that is thriving with hip young people with their trendy bars, and more important, a technology corridor where start-ups in social media and cleantech are veritable beehives of innovation. 

It will be my pleasure to be down there next Monday and Tuesday for CleanTechLA, where I’ll meet tons of entrepreneurs, investors, and international businesspeople.  Also out in force will be local government officials, all anxious to take credit for LA’s (thus far) successful strategy to transform itself into a global cleantech economic powerhouse.

Anyone who happens to be in town and wants to meet for coffee, please let me know.