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Social Networking Addiction Bears Fruit

Eric Greenspan

I’ve been engaged with social networking for some time now, starting with Myspace and Facebook and just recently (within the last 30 days), Twitter. I responded to his tweet, we chatted on the phone and he asked me to co-host the event on Dec 14th, 2010. Isn’t social networking amazing?

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Capturing The Entrepreneurial Energy At StartEngine's Demo Day

socalTECH

In a way, the event--like the Demo Days from the other accelerators around town--seems to have focused the startup community and prospective startup community on the possibilities inherent in a new startup. Standing room only crowd at StartEngine).

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Shared housing startups are taking off

TechCrunch LA

In startup-land, however, the presumptions about where housing demand is going looks a bit different. Founded less than three years ago, the company now manages about 80 houses in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, matching up roommates and planning group events. About two-thirds of new homes being built in the U.S.

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StartEngine Debuts Eight New Startups At Demo Day

socalTECH

StartEngine , the startup accelerator headed by Howard Marks, is launching its newest class of startups today in a private event in Santa Monica. The eight startups are pitching their investors to startups at CrossCampus in Santa Monica this afternoon.

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Life’s a Beach, Until the Signal Dies | A Dispatch From the Other Silicon

Tech Zulu Event

Case in point: Silicon Beach Fest, founded by networking organization Digital LA, recently tractor-beamed thousands of attendees to Santa Monica for four days of panels, startup showcases and networking parties. No khakis, button downs and blue blazers. It’s jeans, well-worn tees and flip flops. Slowed mobile Internet connections.

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How To Snag Lunch With A High-Profile Entrepreneur

InfoChachkie

Securing a meeting with Adam Cheyer was no insignificant feat, given the ceaseless demands on his time and the number of entrepreneurs who would welcome a chance to chat with him. He also co-founded Genetic Finance and is a Founding Member of Change.org, a social network focused on initiating and sustaining positive social change.

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Julie Schoenfeld On Perfect Market's New Funding

socalTECH

We caught up with Julie Schoenfeld , the firm's CEO, to hear about how the firm's offerings have evolved, an interesting comparison of the firm's software to what Demand Media is doing, and what this new funding will go towards. It's some of the kinds of things Demand Media does, except, for the newsroom. Congrats on funding.

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