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About this Blog

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skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 About this Blog Ive been thinking about doing a blog with my thoughts on technology and whats happening in the Los Angeles area technology scene for a while, but it was Ben Kuos recent start of a blog that inspired me to actually go ahead and do it.

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

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skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. See Five Things Meme as an example.

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Did Twitter Kill the Blogger Star?

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When Twitter first became popular with niche crowds in 2007 it seemed to take hold initially with bloggers. People had been steadily blogging for 2-3 years and this crowd seemed to bifurcate. On the one hand were the blogs that “blew up&# and became real businesses like TechCrunch, GigaOm or TalkingPointsMemo.

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Why You Should Give Before You Get

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Brunson’s short and to-the-point blog post, “ It’s Called Networking, Not Using.” It’s why I wrote the blog post on 50 Coffee Meetings. When I joined GRP Partners in 2007 I was offered a role as a General Partner. Think about it – who knows angels the best? So why not get out and meet them?

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Why We Think B2B Crowdsourced Logistics Will Be a Big Hit

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Six months ago Upfront Ventures announced its first Partner hire since 2007 – Greg Bettinelli. More importantly, he has just announced his first investment – he led a $7 million investment in Deliv – please read about it on Greg’s spiffy new blog. I wrote about him here.

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Internet Brands Buys The Frugal Travel Guy

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Los Angeles-based Internet Brands is building out its travel vertical today, saying that it has acquired The Frugal Travel Guy , an online travel blog. The Frugal Travel Guy was foundedin 2007 by Rick Ingersoll, who Internet Brands said will continue to produce the site after the acquisition.

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Interview with Howard Lindzon, StockTwits

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He was also the founder of Wallstrip, which he sold to CBS back in 2007, is an investor in a significant number of web and social media companies. Howard Lindzon: In 2007, Fred Wilson had offered me some share in Twitter, when they were putting together their first round of venture capital investments.

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