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2011 Harvard Business School/ USC-Marshall Business Growth Conference

Tech Coast Venture Network

Please note that early registration ends April 30, 2011; afterward, prices will increase significantly. The 2011 Business Growth Conference is truly the best place to network with the leaders of Southern California, learn new ideas to take your enterprise to the next level, and even help make the world a better place.

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OC Technology Influencer Mixer & Summit 2011

Tech Coast Venture Network

April 25, 2011, Irvine, Calif — Tech Coast Venture Network (www.tcvn.org) is hosting the OC Technology Influencer Mixer & Summit 2011, an historic two-day event with partners CompTIA, the world’s largest technology association, the Technology Leadership Political Action Committee and Ingram Micro.

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You Need to Win the Battle for Share of Mind

Both Sides of the Table

I can’t comment on its stock price – I’m not a public market analyst. So as I get around the country speaking at college campus in 2010 & 2011 I have been preaching the same theme. But what about education? My example du jour is LinkedIn. That’s a problem in need of a solution – I’m sure.

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Why Most of Your Assumptions About Phone Calls are Wrong

Both Sides of the Table

The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. ” The most obvious phone call ad unit is what we call a “considered purchase,” which is high price, complex and requires lots of information or lots of choice. Higher education. There are 2.9 billion email accounts.

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Startups Are A Remix

InfoChachkie

Ironically, studies have shown that the majority of value associated with high-tech innovations involve unique advancements in non-product areas, such as: pricing (SaaS subscriptions vs. licensing), delivery (downloads vs. retail) and customer experience (Apple vs. Microsoft). smaller, faster, cheaper, lighter, etc.) You be the judge.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Judges Includes BetterWorks, CallFire, Idealab, and Tech Coast Angeles

Tech Zulu Event

So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer 2011 Judges! Alex serves on the Board of Directors for Logsdon School, a non-profit school providing educational services to students with special needs. Sangster lives in Los Angeles and is actively involved in improving early childhood education. Event Details.

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How Many Angels is the Right Amount for a Startup to Have?

Both Sides of the Table

I myself coined the term ENIFA (everyone now is a f **g angel) in 2011 but it didn’t stick as well as the term Unicorn did. I simply want founders to be educated on the topic to be helpful. ” I found myself nodding through all of it with quotes like, “Seed investing is the status symbol of Silicon Valley,” said Sam Altman.

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