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Layoffs Hot Keyword for Second Half of January 2009

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Last month we Launched Los Angeles Tech and in the announcement we provide the Hot List for the first half of January 2009. This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc. Top for January 16, 2009 - January 31, 2009 Posts Are You Selling Online Yet?

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

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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. I reached out after the event to learn more.

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FundingPost's SoCal Angel and Venture Conference

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Thursday, July 23, 2009 -- FundingPost's SoCal Angel and Venture Conference. At our next event, the panel of investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing:How to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check!

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Innovation and Geography

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skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? Evening events in Orange County require about 2 hours of round trip drive time. It has to be a pretty good event for it to be worth attending.

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Taking My Hat Off to @Shervin and His Hyperloop Ambitions

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I’m going to write a pure admiration piece. Yes, I still used a Blackberry in 2009. He was the guy you always saw at a conference or networking event and would give you a great big hug and smile. Not this one. A “hats off” (see what I did there?) story about big bets and equally grand huevos. A teddy bear.

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Always Go Home with the Lady Who Brought you to the Dance

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I got a call from a VC friend of mine who said, “we’re looking at this deal but can’t write the full check. But I had just seen the company present at a recent tech event and thought highly of what they were building. I decided to write a $2+ million check along with my co-investor who offered $750k.

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Why I Invested in Gogii (textPlus) – My First Ever Later Stage Deal

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This is a post I’ve been dying to write for 18 months. OK, that sounds like an interesting business, but nothing to write a freakin’ blog post about? Gogii came in my office in 2009 with three of the most talented founders I had seen. Mostly, I love writing. But the product is called textPlus, not textFree.

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