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Los Angeles Tech Launched - Hot List

SoCal CTO

I'm happy to announce the launch of the Los Angeles Tech Content Community. This is the beginning of a content community that collects and organizes the best content from blogs and web sites. To be clear Los Angeles Tech is a jump off point. It also includes some other social signals such as traffic, clicks, etc.

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Interview with Scot Richardson, Laughstub

socalTECH

Scot Richardson: We started our product in the middle of 2009, and the product has been basically available since January of 2010. The problem with one of those is, as a venue, you can build a beautiful website, and click to buy tickets--and you're on a completely different, branded site. So, how long has the company been around?

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Interview with Brandon Hance, Audiolife

socalTECH

The store allows in-page transactions, and never redirects them to another site, keeping them captive and leveraging impulse buys. There's a convergence between the paradigm of the music business, and the business of social media. There are lots of custom merchandise sites out there--how do you compete?

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Innovation and Geography

SoCal CTO

Ive personally been involved in the start-up world in Los Angeles for about 15 years, and have had the opportunity to work on many early-stage companies (e.g., Probably the biggest drawback of Los Angeles is the distance and traffic that makes networking more difficult. eHarmongy) as an acting CTO.

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Good Times Ahead for VC-backed Tech Companies?

Both Sides of the Table

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). 2009 has been the worst year for M&A in a decade.