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Thank you to our sponsors and advertisers

socalTECH

Once again, we'd like to thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. Advertisers. The 7th International System-on-Chip (SoC) Conference, Exhibit & Workshops (www.SoCconference.com) - November 4 & 5, 2009 - Radisson Hotel Newport Beach.

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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

Both Sides of the Table

There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. Why Shouldn’t Most Services Businesses Raise VC? Why Build a Services Business in the First Place?

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Spooky thought: Where would we be without our supporters?

socalTECH

As we go into Halloween this weekend, we want to thank all of our sponsors, advertisers, and members, who make it possible for us to exist. Advertisers. www.SoCconference.com ) - November 4 & 5, 2009 - Radisson Hotel Newport Beach. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. Technology.

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Does advertising work in the social networking world? What are the risks and rewards?

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Interview: Venture Capitalists On Pitching

socalTECH

Richard Yen: The first thing I look for, is something unique in the product or service--not a me-too. We're really excited about 2009. Someone who has the demonstrated ability to build a product or service, that probably has done a startup before, and is an expert in the domain. Hi guys, thanks for getting together.

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Interview with Dave Waldman, Bccthis

socalTECH

We raised funding in September of 2009, about six months ago, raising $500,000 from private angel investors. We thought about where else we could apply it to, and thought about the various social networking services, and specifically, Twitter. We've obviously toyed with advertising and sponsorship as well.

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How brain-amputated developers created the social media plague

SoCal Delicious

Those crappy bots not only cost you money because they keep your server busy and increase your bandwidth bill, they actively decrease your advertising revenue because your visitors hit the back button when your page isn’t responsive due to the heavy bot traffic. It can get worse when a URI gets retweeted often.