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This Week in VC with Farb Nivi, Founder of Grockit

Both Sides of the Table

But we had a great chance to talk about the recent moves that Twitter has made to “plug holes” and changing its “TOS” on advertising. Discussion: Had a long chat about PicClick , a company founded by Ryan Sit in San Diego. DEAL OF THE WEEK: In and of itself TweetDeck would be like any other deal. They sponsor TWiVC.

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Silicon Beach Fest Celebrates Tech Startups and Hollywood in LA | Pics, Highlights and What’s Next!

Tech Zulu Event

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.