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Why You Should Put Yourself Out There and Try New Products

Both Sides of the Table

In 2008 I started VC blogging. I had blogged when I was an entrepreneur. Right now the volume is manageable during an AMA. They thought it was like MySpace and why did I need a MySpace page? In 2007 I started using Twitter and most of my friends & colleagues wondered why people would care what I ate for lunch.

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Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California

SoCal CTO

Southern California Tech Central – Brings together posts from top bloggers around Southern California including John's blog and this blog. Meetup – My personal experience has been mixed with these. You can use keywords like: Events in Los Angeles or Southern California Events or even Santa Monica Events.

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Some Perspective on Twitter vs. Meerkat

Both Sides of the Table

I ran a VC AMA (ask me anything) last Monday on Meerkat and had > 1,000 simultaneous people asking me questions. They allow my to drive traffic to my blog, to websites or anywhere I want as long as the audience will click. I’m still long Meerkat and can’t wait to run another AMA next week. love Twitter.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Bending over: How to sell to large companies - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 24, 2010 This is a guest post by Steve Hanov , who blogs about programming and startups. Stay Tuned.

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Crowdfunding an HIV Vaccine: Dr. Rubsamen of Immunity Project

Tech Zulu Event

With a clean startup-reminiscent website, successful crowdfunding campaign, YC backing, and even a high traffic Reddit AMA thread hosted by Dr. Rubsamen himself, it has been clear from the start there’s something unique about this project. Something else I learned from the Reddit AMA. People are intrinsically smart.

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Products I Love to Use

Both Sides of the Table

I do a frequent interview show called BothSidesTV and I’ve been enjoying Meerkat for AMAs. Still want to port my blog their. Meerkat – I love using Meerkat. I’ve written about it before. Live streaming is great for me personally. Yelp (every time I travel and need a quick, geo-located recommendation).

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Let’s Get Weird, a SXSW Interactive Recap (2014)

Tech Zulu Event

TZ’s SXSW A-team, Efren Toscano and Justin Sewell, were invited to join the momentous ride alongside other tech innovators and influencers from the Socal reach to participate with Amtrak’s first ever #AmtrakLive live-tweet and AMA thread – to discuss the highly anticipated Amtrak Residency Program.