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A Comprehensive View of Social Marketing, Social Media, and Social Networks

SoCal Tech Calendar

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 -- The MIT Enterprise Forum of the Central Coast Presents: A Comprehensive View of Social Marketing, Social Media, and Social Networks. As an entrepreneur, knowing how to use these popular platforms gives you a competitive edge. that generate buzz and drive purchasing decisions.

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2011 May be the Year of the IPO for Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

In 1999, there were 486 IPOs nationwide; just 10 years later, in 2009, there were only 63. At any rate, it seems only appropriate that social media sites, which have dominated the Internet over the past few years, will likely lead startups back into the IPO game. The market is moving back up, but slowly.

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Common Mistakes Before Starting a New Business

SoCal Tech Calendar

Thursday, January 15, 2009 -- Common Mistakes Before Starting a New Business. A Town Hall hosted by Jason Nazar, CEO of DocStoc, aimed at contributing to the Los Angeles Technology Scene by bringing together various entrepreneurs, angel investors, venture capitalists, social media experts, and professionals in the technology field.

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Here Are the Details About Upfront Ventures’ Newest EIR – @Chamillionaire

Both Sides of the Table

I saw him on stage at the event talking about how he used social media to engage audiences. This was 2009 and his understanding of audience engagement was far beyond anything I was hearing from most people at that time. Five-and-a-half years ago I first met Chamillionaire at a tech conference in LA.

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Interview with Rob Reed, MomentFeed

socalTECH

Rob Reed: I was doing social media strategy consulting from 2007 until 2009, what I would really characterize as Social Media 1.0. Now, what we've entered is actually Social Media 2.0, Now, what we've entered is actually Social Media 2.0, That's really what Social Media 2.0

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8th Annual Digital Media Summit

SoCal Tech Calendar

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 -- 8th Digital Media Summit. Past presenters have received millions in funding from our program; and several have sold their company for huge earnings. See [link] (more).

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Entreprenuer Network

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 1, 2007 Entreprenuer Network Great post by Ben Kuo - The Importance of the “Network&# to Entrepreneurs - the informal connections between people in the technology industry here who have a vested interest in helping entrepreneurs take their companies to the next level.