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Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California

SoCal CTO

He talks about a bunch of the different networking events that occur in Los Angeles and other parts of Southern California. Often good topics and interesting networking. You can use keywords like: Events in Los Angeles or Southern California Events or even Santa Monica Events. Great post by John Shiple.

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On Funding?—?The Denominator Effect

Both Sides of the Table

The Denominator Effect I want to share with you some of the most consistent pieces of advice I give to new VCs in their career journey and the same advice holds for angel investors. You’ll find engineers out of MIT, Stanford, Harvard, UCSD, Caltech or execs out of UCLA, Spelman, NYU, etc. So is angel investing.

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Southern California needs to find its hub for it to develop its own tech ecosystem

TechCrunch LA

Founded by Steve Poizner last year to accelerate the growth of a startup entrepreneurial ecosystem in Southern California, The Alliance is building a network of investors, entrepreneurs and universities to provide ballast in the south to the dominance of the Northern California tech industry.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Many people don’t realize that the majority of the monetization of the Internet originated in Los Angeles but was perfected in Silicon Valley. LA By The Numbers.

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

SoCal Delicious

Los Angeles offers a great deal, both in terms of business opportunities and lifestyle awesomeness. MySpace is one of the world’s largest social networks, with about 125 million users. a network of widely read blogs including Engadget – ranked # 1 by Technorati, Joystiq, Autoblog, and Blogging Baby.

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What Most People Don’t Understand About How Startup Companies are Valued

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“10 angel investors walk into a bar …” Do you remember AngelGate at Bin38 ? Social networking finally came of age connected the planet and leading to enormous wealth creation for Facebook employees and investors. Right now it’s more pain than gain. Can Investors Spook the Market into Falling? Even Sequoia.

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