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California Ranks Tops for Entrepreneurs, Startups

California is the most fertile ground to start and grow a company. Business.org’s ranking of the Best Cities for Entrepreneurs and Start-ups in 2018 reveals six California cities made the list.

California’s booming tech industry and young, educated population fueled the Golden State’s success. San Francisco claimed the top spot in the national rankings, followed by Austin and Minneapolis.

Analysts studied more than 300 North American cities and ranked each according to their start-up friendliness, as well as financial environments and demographic cultures. From there, data was compared for the 40 largest MSA’s, including data from the Kauffman Index’s 2017 Growth Entrepreneurship report.

The other California cities included:
No. 4: San Jose
No. 19: San Diego
No. 29: Los Angeles
No. 36: Sacramento
No. 40: Riverside


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Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Content and Public Relations for Connect Commercial Real Estate. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 30 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect’s client content operations and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from content strategy, message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. In his most recent corporate communications roles, he led a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, played a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and was responsible for directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest, the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. In addition to his vast commercial real estate experience, Dennis has worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of residential projects such as Disney’s Celebration in Florida, Ritter Ranch in Palmdale California (7,200 homes, 22,000 acres), WaterColor in Florida and PremierGarage in Phoenix. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, BoyScouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and Thunderbirds Charities.

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