Venture capitalist Mark Suster makes an interesting case for why Los Angeles would have the greatest chance at being #2 behind Silicon Valley. This comment is not meant to dampen anyone's thunder in playing up San Diego. Instead, the intention is for others to listen to how Mark sells Los Angeles. Take notes on how he describes the successes of LA that can lead to greater things. Plagiarize his persuasive narrative style as a template for selling San Diego's business potential. (E.g. mentally do search&replace of LA companies to SD companies). That way, people hear more than just SD's great weather and more affordable housing.

The entire 2hr20min interview has amazing insights across a wide range of topics but here are some deep links specifically about the LA scene:

- Los Angeles tech successes: 1:01:11 - 1:15:07 -- deep link: https://youtu.be/u0s-vqF-2K0?t=1h1m11s

- How University of California's commercialization philosophy (2% royalties) is different from Stanford University (equity) (fyi the "Anderson" he's referring to is UCLA's Anderson School of Management) 1:43:50 - 1:47:26 -- deep link: https://youtu.be/u0s-vqF-2K0?t=1h43m50s

- Snapchat's potential ripple effects in Los Angeles' ecosystem 2:10:50 - 2:12:24 -- deep link: https://youtu.be/u0s-vqF-2K0?t=2h10m50s

(If anyone likes those excerpts, put the Youtube player on 3x playback acceleration and watch the entire 2hr20mn talk. It's extremely educational.)