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Today is Bloom Fest in the Arts District, which is a day to remember Joel Bloom; a pioneering urbanist, artist, playwright, and actor who had a vision. Joel lived in the Arts District for 20 years and gave birth to the community’s soul. He sadly died in 2007 after battling cancer for 7 years. The community still keeps his spirit alive by remembering him with an all day festival today at Angel City Brewery, Art Share LA and The Container Yard. I have only lived/worked here since July, but I already feel part of this tight-knit community.

I moved Brainitch to the Arts District in Downtown Los Angeles in July after posting up in Mid-Wilshire at Be Great Partners. Here in the AD, the community is young, vibrant, and developing fast. We have The Hub, which is an amazing co-working space and community for social innovation, and the LA Cleantech incubator is under development across the street from us.

We love it here in our new community. Our neighbors are what make it special and we are grateful to be surrounded by so many like-minded creatives and entrepreneurs. They all have their own unique itch and work non-stop to find the solution.

This month marks the 1 year anniversary of when I founded Brainitch. This year has been a fast paced learning experience and I am super privileged to be working with some amazing young geniuses. Building Brainitch has been fun, exciting, and challenging for everyone on the team this year and I plan on keeping it that way.

I love the line from The Usual Suspects when Verbal tells the story of who Keyser Soze was: “They realized that to be in power, you didn't need guns or money or even numbers. You just needed the will to do what the other guy wouldn't.”

If you want to build a disruptive company and be “innovative,” do what your competitors are scared to do! Like in a game of chess, you need to be thinking at least 5 steps ahead in order to be successful among other experienced professionals. Anticipate what your competitors would do if they knew you were coming.

And on that note…

Come out to IMFCON/IFFS in Austin, Texas this December 7-9th where we are the Official Bluetooth Solutions Provider.

More details to come...

AEP X BloomfestLA 2012

this post was meant to be posted way way WAY back but slipped through the cracks.

Here's pictures from NO (www.nolosangeles.com), one of the coolest up and coming bands performing last year at BloomfestLA 2012. They just wrapped up their European Tour and are back in town in Echo Park doing gigs in the LA Area.