Some Questions to Help You Rate Los Angeles

So how does Los Angeles rate? Here is a sampling of questions Cognetics asks to measure the entrepreneurial climate. You can let us know what you think by e-mail at yourcompany@latimes.com or fax at (213) 237-7837.

* Are entrepreneurs invited to join the best athletic, social and country clubs? Have they joined?

* Are innovative companies able to recruit nearly all of their professional work force from the local area?

* Is there a sizable, visible venture capital community?

* Does the local university encourage its faculty and students to participate in entrepreneurial spinoffs, and do they?

* Does the city’s economic development agency spend more time helping entrepreneurs than courting out-of-state corporations?