InfoChachkie

MAY 12, 2011

This article originally appeared on Technorati: You can watch my 14-minute interview with Jason Nazar, Founder and CEO of Docstoc below. If you prefer to read a summary of Jason’s responses, they are included below. If you have questions for Jason, please include them in the comments section. "Yes (laughs)!

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2013

” In it he talked about how he gets daily emails asking for intros to Oprah (he does a lot of work with her) and his advice. One of the most common questions I hear from first-time entrepreneurs is, “How do I meet angels?” It’s why I talk about building VC relationships early – Lines, Not Dots.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 15, 2010

It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation with some of the most successful LA entrepreneurs talking about how they started and grew their successful businesses without raising outside financing. This months Startups Uncensored will be on Bootstrapping Your Business.

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Jason Nazar

JUNE 22, 2010

This month’s Startups Uncensored will be on “How to Become an Entrepreneur Superhero”. It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation with some of the most successful tech leaders talking about the qualities that make for great entrepreneurs. Santa Monica, CA 90401-1418.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 20, 2010

It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation where we bring in venture capitalists from the top firms across the country to talk about the process and requirements entrepreneurs need to go through to successfully raise money from venture capitalists.

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Jason Nazar

OCTOBER 14, 2009

This month’s Startups Uncensored will be on the “Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs”. It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation talking about what it takes to build a successful business and how to distinguish yourself as an entrepreneur. You can follow Jason on twitter.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

We are also home to DemandMedia (Richard Rosenblatt) and Mahalo (Jason Calacanis). There are now a second generation of entrepreneurs and companies that have learned from their last successes and are producing great new companies like TopSpin Media , Sometrics and GumGum. We have accomplished much yet have much work to do.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. On the one hand, an entrepreneur should not be overly paranoid and should know the ropes that VCs and other professional investors generally will not sign NDAs to see the concept or a prototype--and even if they did, it would not provide much protection.

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 2, 2010

It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation talking about the skills and techniques leaders use to influence others. This month the session will be run by Jason Nazar, in a presentation format.

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Jason Nazar

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation with some of the most successful LA entrepreneurs talking about how they started and grew their successful businesses without raising outside financing. This month’s Startups Uncensored will be on “Bootstrapping Your Business”. Santa Monica, CA 90401-1418.

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Jason Nazar

MAY 4, 2010

It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation where we bring in venture capitalists from the top firms across the country to talk about the process and requirements entrepreneurs need to go through to successfully raise money from venture capitalists. Santa Monica, CA 90401-1418. Advice on Raising Money

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Jason Nazar

APRIL 4, 2011

I’ll be interviewing different team members of Docstoc to talk about the specific tips and advice on topics such as Product Management & Design, Web Development, BizDev, Content Creation, and much more. TO SIGN UP FOR THIS EVENT: [link]. The venue holds up to 300 attendees. Santa Monica, CA 90401-1418.

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Jason Nazar

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation with some of the most successful founders and operators of web based subscription business talking about the keys to success to building & growing online businesses that are driven by subscription sales. Santa Monica, CA 90401-1418.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

I recently sat down with Matt Coffin , the founder of LowerMyBills, which sold for $400 million but was very nearly a bankruptcy only a few years early, and talked “startups.&#. if you don't have experience with venture debt you might want to listen to this bit in the video - we talked a lot about how it works].

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 10, 2012

They have completely opened this up to the public and are encouraging local entrepreneurs and startup enthusiast to participate and join in on the Startup awesome. 7:00pm – Keynote Speaker: Jason Nazar, CEO of Docstoc.com. 9:00am – Teams continue hacking, start talking to customers and. They are here to help!

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Jason Nazar

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation talking about the strategies, tactics, and challenges of building and growing online properties through E-commerce. Startups Uncensored is a free monthly speaking series, townhall, and networking event for entrepreneurs and technology aficionados, hosted by Jason Nazar, CEO of Docstoc.com.

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Jason Nazar

AUGUST 14, 2009

It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation talking about the legal questions that face start-ups and issues like incorporation, stock options, hiring employees, and much more. This month’s “Startups Uncensored” will be on “Legal Advice for Startups”. We are joined this month by David Young a Partner at DLA Piper.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

What I enjoyed was that Derek did his homework on me and allowed me to talk about a lot of personal topics, which I rarely have the chance to do. I know my title is a bit goofy since it talks in third person but I figured if any of you hit the Tweet button (feel free to!) Here is the link to the video interview. No other reason.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 8, 2009

Many entrepreneurs make the mistake of thinking that funding is something you do in “funding season,&# some mythical 2-month period when you’re ready with a great Powerpoint deck and you hit up all of the VC’s at the same time so that you can quickly raise money and get back to the job of building a business.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Let's talk a bit about your background. Can you talk about your experience? Like any entrepreneur, we had the idea that there should be local capital, supporting the local ecosystem. You mentioned you're a microcap fund--can you talk more about that? So you're talking about smaller rounds?

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

where entrepreneurs share their stories. 63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Free Corporations For First-Time Entrepreneurs. Right now they’re setting up 500 free corporations for first time entrepreneurs. Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of.

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Jason Nazar

JANUARY 30, 2009

This month’s “ Startups Uncensored &# (we finally gave the talks a name) will be on “Finding and Working with Partners&#. Here were the past two events ( talk #1 , talk #2 , talk #3 ). Tuesday, February 17th 6:30pm - 8:00pm (talk) 8:00pm on Reception. Cost: FREE.

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Jason Nazar

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Here were the past three events ( talk #1 , talk #2 , talk #3 , talk #4 ). Thanks to TechZulu you can see the video of the last talk here. Startups Uncensored is a free monthly speaking series, townhall, and networking event for entrepreneurs and technology aficionados, hosted by Jason Nazar, CEO of Docstoc.com.

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Mark Suster – GRP Partners Mark joined GRP Partners in 2007 after having worked with GRP for nearly 8 years as a two-time entrepreneur. Jason Calacanis – Mahalo Jason Calacanis was CEO and co-founder of Weblogs, Inc., As of June 2008 Jason is now CEO and Founder of Mahalo, Inc. , Mediacode was sold to Yahoo.

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