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Layoffs Hot Keyword for Second Half of January 2009

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This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc. But, in running it now for the second half of January, the keyword that popped to the top was: Layoffs And this is definitely a sign of the times. You can go to the Hot List post to see what was hot then.

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Interview with Minnie Ingersoll, TenOneTen Ventures

socalTECH

Minnie Ingersoll: A few things, but most recently I started by own company, in 2013. We write checks from $500K to a million dollars, and we like to fund engineers turned entrepreneurs. We all have backgrounds in technology, and it's what we understand the best. What were you doing before joining TenOneTen? We had ups and down.

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Ryan Blair, HashtagOne: From Gang Member, To Entrepreneur, To Anti-VC

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He eventually founded and sold consumer health firm ViSalus to a public company and is now back making investments, in technology companies, as a venture capitalist here at Los Angeles-based HashtagOne (www.hashtagone.com). After we sold it to that public company, I founded HashtagOne. It's all about leverage.

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Angel Investing: Skill 3 – Relationships with VCs

Both Sides of the Table

I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on the skills I’ve developed in my career. In the latter cases many companies (Flickr, Delicious, Blogger, Writely in 05-08 and lately Invite Media, Aardvark, Dodgeball, etc.) So where are we now?

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How to Quit Your Job

Both Sides of the Table

I would take all of the one-on-one conversations that I have with entrepreneurs from the things I’ve learned and just write them up for anybody to read. This is advice that I end up giving ALL THE TIME and every CEO of a company I’m involved with will have heard this from me. The reality is the same. Tomorrow if possible.

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Angel Investing: Skill 3 – Relationships with VCs

Both Sides of the Table

I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on my background. In the latter case many companies (Flickr, Delicious, Blogger, Writely, etc.) This is cheaper for them than waiting for big competitors and buying companies at big prices.

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Interview with Josh Stomel, ResumeBucket

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I went on to Oversee.net, and helped to build that company from 60 to 250 employees. I then felt like it was time for me to branch out on my own, and help my close colleagues build their companies. It also solves a lot of problems companies with HR staff might have. Plus, we will provide resume writing services.

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