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4.6 • 770 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

From art fairs to meditation apps, BoF West's panel of entrepreneurs discuss the value of interdisciplinary approaches and why Los Angeles is an ideal place to facilitate this.

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0:00.0	LA is this place where everything is coming together.
0:06.0	Traditionally, this industry that was based around film is now becoming film and fashion and music and arts.
0:12.0	LA is about the trade of images and the production of images.
0:17.0	And since the emergence of social media culture, we're all in the image trade how do you think
0:21.8	we can see more of this kind of cross-pollination the vCs can look at san francisco and say we're not
0:27.4	going to do that but we're going to actually invest in companies that are really going to try and
0:30.7	fulfill a social mission as well as a business i think it would be game changing
0:34.3	hi this is imron amad founder and CEO of the Business of Fashion and welcome
0:39.7	to the Bof Podcast. Today we share another conversation from BOF West, which we recently held in Los Angeles,
0:46.0	which has been a source of some of the most innovative companies on the planet. Think Disney and
0:50.4	Snapchat. But more recently, entrepreneurs from abroad have been choosing to move their
0:54.7	businesses to L.A., creating a really interesting convergence of technologies, ideas, and
0:59.7	creativity. So to explore why different industries are colliding in L.A., we spoke to three really
1:05.2	talented entrepreneurs who've chosen to move themselves and their businesses there. There is
1:09.6	Rich Pearson, the co-founder and CEO of Headspace, Damian Bradfield, president of
1:14.7	WeTransfer, and Bettina Korak, the executive director of Freeze, L.A.
1:18.5	They were in conversation with Rohan Silva, co-founder of Second Home, who is also setting up
1:23.6	his first U.S. outpost in Los Angeles.
1:26.4	So here's Rohan, Bettina, Damien and Rich at
1:29.2	Bof West. I've got to admit, I'm slightly obsessed with this topic of convergence. You know,
1:37.3	what happens when different ideas and industries collide and come together? And I could
1:42.3	definitely blather on on this stage for the next five hours on this topic.
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