SoCal CTO

MAY 17, 2011

I was just talking with someone who's new to Los Angeles and wanting to connect into the Los Angeles Startup Community. I told them that I had recently seen several posts/articles talking about how vibrant the community has become. As is usual, I couldn't remember where I had seen those posts.

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Los Angeles Southern California Startup Angel 188

socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2009

For our Insights and Opinions section this afternoon, Docstoc's Jason Nazar makes a proposal on how to save MySpace. I know many of their founders and early employees, and one of the co-founders of Intermix (the parent company of MySpace) is an investor. Read the rest of Jason's article. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Sites Company Companies 100

Jason Nazar

APRIL 4, 2011

This month’s Startups Uncensored will be on “How to Build a Great Internet Company”. I’ll be interviewing different team members of Docstoc to talk about the specific tips and advice on topics such as Product Management & Design, Web Development, BizDev, Content Creation, and much more.

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Santa Monica Company Companies Startup 87

socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2009

The latest contributions: Docstoc's Jason Nazar gives a primer on The 7 Ways to Get Traffic On The Web. Frank Peters , of the Frank Peters Show, talks with Clearstone Ventures' Jim Armstrong about Trouble in Venture Capital. Mixergy's Andrew Warner --who organizes the Lunch 2.0

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Venture Capital Web Orange County Mixergy 100

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

We are also home to DemandMedia (Richard Rosenblatt) and Mahalo (Jason Calacanis). There are now a second generation of entrepreneurs and companies that have learned from their last successes and are producing great new companies like TopSpin Media , Sometrics and GumGum. We have accomplished much yet have much work to do.

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Twiistup SoCal Southern California Yammer 228

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 21, 2009

I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute of an entrepreneur : Tenacity. My favorite example is Jason Nazar , the CEO of DocStoc. If I’m up super late trying to crank out work I often get IM messages from Jason at 1am. If you haven’t spent time over there you should.

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Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Ideas 290

Jason Nazar

JUNE 22, 2010

It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation with some of the most successful tech leaders talking about the qualities that make for great entrepreneurs. We are also going to be offering 2 companies the opportunity to give a 5 min pitch on their business to the investors and startups uncensored crowd.

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Entrepreneur Santa Monica Startup Venture Capital 106

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

I recently sat down with Matt Coffin , the founder of LowerMyBills, which sold for $400 million but was very nearly a bankruptcy only a few years early, and talked “startups.&#. Don’t and you might make one catastrophic mistake that leaves you in the annals of Effed Companies. And he said ok got it.

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Acquisition Startup Customer Custom 304

Jason Nazar

MAY 4, 2010

It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation where we bring in venture capitalists from the top firms across the country to talk about the process and requirements entrepreneurs need to go through to successfully raise money from venture capitalists.

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Venture Capital Rustic Canyon Capital Santa Monica 108

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 10, 2012

On Friday night during the 48hr startup event, participants arrive motivated to start new technology companies. 7:00pm – Keynote Speaker: Jason Nazar, CEO of Docstoc.com. 9:00am – Teams continue hacking, start talking to customers and. You can signup here. Friday & Saturday: Boelter Hall Room 3400.

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UCLA Startup Ideas Mentor 87

Jason Nazar

AUGUST 14, 2009

It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation talking about the legal questions that face start-ups and issues like incorporation, stock options, hiring employees, and much more. We are joined this month by David Young a Partner at DLA Piper. TO SIGN UP FOR THIS EVENT, CLICK HERE. About Startups Uncensored.

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Startup Santa Monica Social Media Media 86

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 8, 2009

Now there are some firms that have strict rules about not funding pre-revenue companies – that’s different. Tell them about what you’re up to in your business, show them your product or prototype, tell them your strategy, talk about the deals you’re working on and seek feedback. Seek more input from them.

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Venture Capital Guide Startup Technical Review 309

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

We thought we'd get the background on the new effort directly from Jason Nazar , CEO and founder of Docstoc, to learn more about the new service. Jason is also behind the popular "Startups Uncensored" events in Los Angeles, so we also pinged him on how those events have been going. We're now at the end of year 3 of the company.

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Technical Review Rustic Canyon Screening Startup 171

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Los Angeles-based Crosscut Ventures (www.crosscutventures.com) is one of the newest venture capital funds in the area, and has quietly been working on funding local companies over the last year. The fund--started by Brian Garrett and Rick Smith --has been focused on digital media investments, and so far has made investments in six companies.

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Southern California Startup Palomar Rustic Canyon 153

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

What I enjoyed was that Derek did his homework on me and allowed me to talk about a lot of personal topics, which I rarely have the chance to do. I know my title is a bit goofy since it talks in third person but I figured if any of you hit the Tweet button (feel free to!) I started the company for all the wrong reasons.

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Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Venture Capital 337

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Jason Nazar is CEO of Santa Monica-based Docstoc (www.docstoc.com), the online document sharing site, and a fixture at Los Angeles technology events. Jason Nazar: There are many different stages of entrepreneurs, but in the very beginning stages, stop thinking about it, planning, and talking about it, and start doing it.

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Twiistup Startup Rustic Canyon Santa Monica 258

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

My first job out of school was at one of the early bioinformatics companies in Silicon Valley, working as the head of technical services. There is a reason that companies like Google and Apple are notoriously tight-lipped when it comes to communicating their product strategy and roadmap. Graduated with a BS/MS in bio from Stanford.)

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Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with. What are some examples of successful companies that were started here? LowerMyBills, Inc.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. Check out Lori’s talk at IdeaMensch LA. Thank you @eminutes. . Cyrus Farudi – Co-founder of Capsule.

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