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The social Web in 2010: The emerging standards and technologies to watch

SoCal Delicious

The emergence of Facebook, Twitter, and the rest of the social Web as a global force in the last several years has done a great deal to highlight their potential to fundamentally alter the way we communicate and collaborate both at home and in business. Disconnects between older and newer generations of social media.

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

Both Sides of the Table

My fund – at $200 million – is the largest in Southern California. The LA / Southern California market has many people who are now on their second and third companies. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company, ZestCash in LA. LA investors are more pragmatic.