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Layoffs Hot Keyword for Second Half of January 2009

SoCal CTO

This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc. Last month we Launched Los Angeles Tech and in the announcement we provide the Hot List for the first half of January 2009. You can go to the Hot List post to see what was hot then. Here’s how to do it.

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Interview with Mark Suster, GRP Partners

socalTECH

We'd like to be one of the most prominent investors in Southern California. We'll even write a half a million check. So, I took ten great entrepreneurs, ten great mentors, and ten great VCs--I say 10, even through there ended up being thirteen of each and create this group. That as unhealthy.

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The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA

Jason Nazar

When he had the idea for his company, he didn’t write a long business plan or try to raise money to hire an agency to build a website for him. There simply are NOT enough venture capital firms in the Southern California. In the bay area there are dozens of firms that are actively making investments.

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