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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. Top for January 16, 2009 - January 31, 2009 Posts Are You Selling Online Yet? This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc.

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Calacanis Drops TechCrunch50 Lawsuit

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The news comes on the same day it was reported that Mahalo made a 10 percent cut to its staff, due to Google's recent search ranking changes. Photo: Calacanis and Arrington in happier times, courtesy Techcrunch50-2009 ). READ MORE>>.

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Managing Online Communities

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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 -- Managing Online Communities. Jason Calacanis, CEO of Mahalo, will broadcast "This Week in Start-Ups" live from the event and his guests will be community experts Peter Hirshberg, chairman of The Conversation Group and Michael Jones, COO of MySpace. Digital Family Summit.

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Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs

SoCal Tech Calendar

Thursday, October 29, 2009 -- Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs. We are joined this month by Jason Calacanis the CEO of Mahalo, co-founder of Weblogs Inc and publisher of Sillcon Alley Reporter. Startups Uncensored. This month's Startups Uncensored will be on the "Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs".

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Los Angeles Tech Launched - Hot List

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Together these social signals indicate content that is likely of higher quality (or at least of higher interest). This technology allows us to see what is hot. This is based on occurrences during this time period as compared to other time periods.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010.

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Story Crawler

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For example: Brightkite (Made pals with co-founder Brady at sxsw and they ended up sponsoring Roadtwip 2009 even! Mahalo (Mark Jeffrey and the gang are super cool and I dig that they made a custom page for me, ha!). These guys are Techstars alum btw.). Cogi (Mark hooked it up for me, and this app is blowing my mind right now!

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