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  • proper noun Any of several coastal towns or cities that host hi-tech industries; examples include Los Angeles and Brighton

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Examples

  • Then it was called Silicon Beach, before the Greater Phuket Digital Paradise (or PhD) was settled on in 2000.

    Is Silicon Asia Sprouting? 2007

  • The region's creative renaissance is due to several factors, executives say, including the Los Angeles beach culture, the sunshine and the explosion of Internet companies on the Westside in an area dubbed Silicon Beach.

    News - latimes.com By Me 2012

  • "Even though L.A. is a big city, Silicon Beach makes it feel like a small town," explains ShareSquare founder and L.A. StartupDigest curator Matthias Galica.

    Forbes.com: News Daily Muse 2011

  • Silicon Beach, like most of its competitors, caters almost exclusively for businesses and their courses do not stretch to 'turning the computer on' and are limited to "teaching people the rules and etiquette online".

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • Colin Welch, training manager at social media training firm Silicon Beach, said: "If your competitors have spent the last few years building up a following and a relationship with their customers and you haven't, you are a long way behind."

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • Silicon Beach drinks on Friday night to meet other local entrepreneurs and advisors.

    Site Home ceibner 2011

  • I rarely venture north through Broward or even less frequently Palm Beach county (no one ever invites me up there, plus I thought all they did was play polo and talk about their gulfstream jets), so I can't really comment on what's going on up there, but I can expound upon how I see these groups interacting and playing their part in Silicon Beach.

    BrianBreslin.com 2009

  • I rarely venture north through Broward or even less frequently Palm Beach county (no one ever invites me up there, plus I thought all they did was play polo and talk about their gulfstream jets), so I can't really comment on what's going on up there, but I can expound upon how I see these groups interacting and playing their part in Silicon Beach.

    BrianBreslin.com 2009

  • They had been talking about the idea of getting together a group to create start-ups over a weekend, and then at one of the Silicon Beach drinks in Sydney said OK let's do it next weekend, and did.

    Trends in the Living Networks 2009

  • You may update your L.A. Rising As Tech Center; Silicon Beach?

    unknown title 2011

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