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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. You can go to the Hot List post to see what was hot then. Here's the rest.

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Interview with Tara Weingarten, VroomGirls

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That's something which Los Angeles-based VroomGirls (www.vroomgirls.com) is looking to change--with the backing of sponsors like Toyota, Ferrari, and Lamborghini. I love cars--I grew up in SoCal, and my father was really into cars, and didn't have sons. If you put a man into a car writing job, in a month, he's become an enthusiast.

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Ryan Blair, HashtagOne: From Gang Member, To Entrepreneur, To Anti-VC

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He eventually founded and sold consumer health firm ViSalus to a public company and is now back making investments, in technology companies, as a venture capitalist here at Los Angeles-based HashtagOne (www.hashtagone.com). I don't know if you've read my book, but I started my career writing trading systems in a software company.

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Interview with Mark Suster, GRP Partners

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GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. We'll even write a half a million check. Matt Coffin, who is one of the prominent angel investors here, and who founded LowerMyBills, has told this story publicly.

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Interview with J.R. Johnson, Lunch.com

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Lunch.com is based in Los Angeles. It was a local, SoCal company right here in Manhattan Beach. Back at that time, I had people ask my--why would I ever want to read what other people are writing, isn't that what professional authors and journalists are for? What's the story behind Lunch.com?

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