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Layoffs Hot Keyword for Second Half of January 2009

SoCal CTO

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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More Great News for #LATech – Crosscut Ventures Raises $75 Million Fund

Both Sides of the Table

Brian grew up locally and after he was graduated from Stanford (engineering) and Stanford MBA he went to work at a firm called Palomar Ventures. This includes GumGum where they led the seed round and it was only the second VC deal I had ever done in 2009. This was the first of several deals we did with Crosscut.

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