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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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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

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In the past 5 years some of the best investors in the country could simply anoint winners by giving them large amounts of capital at high prices and then the media hype machine would create awareness, talent would race to join the next perceived $10bn winner and if the music never stops then everybody is happy. By 2021 we had to write a $3.5m

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Working with Traditional and Social Media

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Thursday, October 15, 2009 -- Working with Traditional and Social Media. This is an interactive public relations workshop focused on both traditional and social media. Achieve Pitch Writing Success. Working with Traditional and Social Media to Help Your Company Stand out From the Crowd 3. See [link] (more).

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How I Got the Monkey Off My Back – Today Was a Good Day

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As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. I divided success into the phases of venture capital and 18 months into writing my first check here was my view (details on each in the link above). 5 years ago. Sourcing high-quality leads : 9/10. ” Yup.

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1 Twitter Tip You Can Fix Straight Away

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If you search for her (as of July 10, 2009 at 5:45pm) you will get no result and the text, “did you mean Amanda Choong?&#. And write a short bio about yourself. Tags: Social Media social networking Twitter. It takes a while (a day or more) to get your name propagated in Twitter’s search index. Second is Jen Raymond.

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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. Five-and-a-half years ago I first met Chamillionaire at a tech conference in LA.

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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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