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First Annual Second Internet Conference

SoCal Tech Calendar

Wednesday, September 7, 2011 -- First Annual Second Internet Conference. The Second Internet Conference will be held in Santa Monica, California, on September 7th, 2011. Email privateshares@wedbush.com for more information.

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Insights and Opinions: Why You Should Give Before You Get

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Mark is a frequent blogger, conference speaker, and thought leader in the technology industry, and a venture capitalist at GRP Partners. I see it on email even more. I have a motto in business and life, give before you get.. Its a philosophy, really. It seems we live in an era of ask.. I see it on Twitter.

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Entrepreneur’s Don’t Think Enough. Here’s What You Can Do About It …

Both Sides of the Table

Conferences. How do VCs break out of group think when they are shuttling from one board meeting to the next, from one conference to the other and talking with all the same people? I was at the Lobby Conference a few weeks ago in Mexico. Do you find yourself too much in email mode? Board Meetings. Startups Are for Doers.

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A Conversation with Ben Satterfield, Burstly

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Burstly is headed by Evan Rifkin, and backed by GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, SoftBank Capital, and Founder Collective. You get an email, tap on a link, a notification pops up, and the app installs on your phone. People at the Apple conference were completely in awe. Burstly is located in Santa Monica.

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

SoCal Delicious

It’s been my experience that the more focused and intimate events far ‘out-perform’ (however you’d like to characterize it) the mega-conferences. Mark Suster – GRP Partners Mark joined GRP Partners in 2007 after having worked with GRP for nearly 8 years as a two-time entrepreneur.

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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

Both Sides of the Table

My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly But then I went to the Parnassus Group’s Twitter 140 conference run by Steve Broback and Brett Schulte. We have spam filters for our email. Advertising has driven the majority of Internet innovation. I believe Twitter will support this.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

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He’s been steadily emailing me for the past 18 months with ideas for local entrepreneurs I “have to meet&# and has been egging me on to spend more time in Seattle. because every community needs its local tech press to report on companies and run conference. He’s why I came this week. Marketing Muscle.