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He talks about a bunch of the different networking events that occur in Los Angeles and other parts of Southern California. CalTech MIT Enterprise Forum – Great events on various topics – there's one this Saturday that would be great to go to. Great post by John Shiple. They put on great events. AITP-LA – Monthly events.
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