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Industry Trends, Social Media and Web 2.0 Tools

SoCal Tech Calendar

Thursday, August 13, 2009 -- Industry Trends, Social Media and Web 2.0 The workshop is divided into two major subjects that are of significant interest to todays marketers: DIY Social Media and Social Media ROI. See [link] (more).

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The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

Both Sides of the Table

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. There are now signs the VC market has gathered pace meaning it’s a great time to be fund raising.

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Aaron Fyke, Thin Line Capital: The Second Wave Of Cleantech Investing

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Thin Line--formed in partnership with LA's Wavemaker Partners--is hoping to take advantage of the growth in the clean technology market to find startups able to tapping into those now established markets, without the huge investment requirements of those first wave of clean technology companies. Lots has changed since 2009.

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Startup Metrics

SoCal CTO

Startup Metrics for Pirates (SeedCamp, Sept 2009) View more documents from Dave McClure. The other thing that I think he's really done well is his look at value of different marketing channels. We need to make sure we have these numbers. Great stuff. I'm sure I'll be coming back to this and pointing people to it.

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Where LinkedIn Works for Me

SoCal CTO

When I was looking for speakers for an event last fall on Web 2.0 , LinkedIn was a great way to reach out. When I recently was looking to find people who had experience with using social networks to reach people for what might be considered guerilla marketing efforts, again LinkedIn worked great.

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Toronto Based Start Up Readitfor.me | Reads Books for You

Tech Zulu Event

McDonald’s IPOed 46 years ago with a market cap today of over $100 billion, why? Google’s current market cap sits at just over $200 billion (Yahoo! When I was running my digital marketing firm I was constantly in corporate meetings. Worded a bit more starkly by Benjamin Franklin: “Time is money.” For we live in speed.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. "Authentic" is dead - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 3, 2010 It's time to retire the following phrases. they released a new 2.0 You could just outspend.

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