Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2011

It’s clear that if you use Twitter wisely it can have an impact on how you physically experience your world. You have to put effort into building meaningful connections and contributing back but if you do the rewards can be handsome. Here’s my story. Every year I spend the December holidays in Annapolis with my in-laws. My second son Andy’s birthday is December 28th so we spend his birthday Back East every year.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2011

Huntington Beach-based Freebinar , a provider of free, web conferencing services, is looking to fill the new hole left by free web conferencing service Dimdim , with its own ad-supported service. Freebinar told socalTECH today that it is looking to help users of Dimdim, which was just acquired by Salesforce.com and stopped allowing new user signups this week.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2011

Company : FindTheBest. Messenger : Kevin O’Connor , Co-Founder of FindTheBest, former Co-Founder and CEO DoubleClick (sold to Google, $3.1B, seed investor ISS (sold to IBM, $1.3B), co-founder ICC (sold to DCA $25mm). Pull Quote: “If you are smart, competitive, hard working and passionate about what you do you will have the best experience of your life.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 3, 2011

Almost all laws dealing with employment are designed to protect the employee, not the company. Minimum wage laws, workplace safety, independent contractor tests, minimum hours required for benefits, worker compensation insurance requirements and more are examples of such laws. Notice that every poster that is required to be displayed in a company public area (usually the lunch room) is posted for the benefit of the employee to inform him or her of rights granted by law.

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Advertiser: Aggregage

Office leases are one of companies’ largest expenses, and if your whole team is working from home with no clear end in sight, you may be wondering what to do about your lease.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 3, 2011

Wednesday, January 5, 2011 -- State of the Capital Markets. ACG 101. The economic upheaval of the past several years had made it difficult for companies of all sizes to find the capital needed for growth and shareholder liquidity. As the economy is moving towards recovery and the capital markets showing even stronger signs of improvement, what can we expect from the capital markets in 2011?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2011

Los Angeles-based Invested.in , the startup developing software for crowd-funding projects, said last week that it has rolled out a new API and affiliate program. Invested.in provides both an online site for finding funding for projects and ideas, as well as a related white label software platform to create your own crowd-funding site. The company is headed by Alon Goren.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 1, 2011

Welcome to the New Year 2011! You’ve probably already made your resolutions, but if not, I suggest a renewed commitment to finding happiness and satisfaction in your work. After all, most of us spend more hours in this role than any other, and life is too short to spend most of your life unhappy. If you haven’t tried it, one way to be happier at work is to be an entrepreneur, according to a recent survey in the UK , and an older one in the US.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 5, 2011

Tuesday, January 11, 2011 -- CloudCamp Los Angeles. CloudCamp is an unconference where attendees can exchange ideas, knowledge and information in a creative and supporting environment, advancing the current state of cloud computing and related technologies. As an informal, member-supported gathering, we rely entirely on volunteers to help with meeting content, speakers, meeting locations, equipment and membership recruitment.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2011

Aliso Viejo-based e-commerce retailer Buy.com is expanding into wine sales, the firm said today, via a partnership with Wine.com. According to Buy.com, the new online wine shop will include hundreds of wines from all regions and varietals, offering nearly 1,500 listings in the new wine store. Details on the partnership between Buy.com and Wine.com were not announced.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 4, 2011

Memolane, a startup Founded by Eric Lagier, is a product of Startup Weekend that is now in private beta and already has raised $2 million in funding. Memolane sets out to “Keep your memories alive” by allowing you to “Capture photos, music, tweets, posts, and view and share your entire online life in one place.”. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2011

If you startup is your dream, why would you want to think about an exit? It’s going to be so successful and so much fun that you don’t need to think about what comes after. Wrong. There are two very real and practical reasons why you need to plan an exit: Outside investors want to collect their return. Remember that equity investments are not like loans with interest.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 7, 2011

Thursday, January 13, 2011 -- Private Equity Night. ACG Orange County. PE Night is a must-attend event offering unmatched networking opportunities for business leaders across several industries. It brings together best-of-class local and national equity sources, professional MandA service providers, lenders, corporate members and their guests to make connections, share intelligence, and advance their businesses.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2011

To start off the year, we are publishing our first interview for the season with Jamie Siminoff , the CEO of Los Angeles-based Unsubscribe.com , an online service which helps you unsubscribe from unwanted newsletters and email lists. Jamie tells us the interesting story behind how the company started plus how the company managed to quickly land investor interest.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 5, 2011

LG is really getting into the smart product game. From smart phones, to the smart connected entertainment devices, to even smart appliances. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2011

Every startup needs to understand that the customer paradigm has dramatically shifted over the past two years with pervasive social networks and smartphones. The customer base is no longer a mass audience that can be driven by mass media, but a dynamic network of individual customers who interact with each other, and expect to interact with you as a business.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 6, 2011

Wednesday, January 12, 2011 -- Content World Turned Upside Down: Can Traditional Media Adapt? TCOSC Digital Media Society. Every aspect of the business of entertainment media and other content providers, and their traditional sources of revenue, are under assault by disruptive business models. From GoogleTV to iTunes and YouTube to the rise of social networks to e-book readers to cloud computing and free software, the worlds of newspapers, books, music, platform games, film, television and even

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socalTECH

JANUARY 6, 2011

Thousand Oaks-based Amgen , and Monrovia-based Xencor said Thursday that the two firms are in a co-development dual around a new novel antibody for treating autoimmune diseases. According to the two, Amgen has gained an option to an exclusive, worldwide license on Xencor's XmAb5871. The deal is worth up to $75M in a combination of up-front and early development milestone payments, as well as up to $425M in clinical, regulatory and commercialization milestone payments.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 6, 2011

One of the coolest products I've seen was brought by a electronic focusing lens company named PixelOptics. Along with them they brought a few production models of their emPower! electronic prescription eyewear. They are the world's first electronic corrective eyeglasses, using composite lenses with a thin transparent LCD-like layer, microchips, micro-machine accelerometers and miniature rechargeable batteries.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2011

For those of you who want to get in on the ground floor of a new venture, but haven’t yet worked up the nerve to start your own, begin with a job at a startup. But first you should ask yourself if you are prepared for the realities. Working for a startup is not a career choice, but more of a lifestyle. The long-term opportunities may be large, but near-term paychecks will be small, compared to large companies in the same industry.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 5, 2011

Tuesday, January 11, 2011 -- Harness the Power of Social Media. TechAmerica. HR Social Media-Attention HR Professionals! Harness the power of Social Media. Leverage Social Media to Recruit, Attract and Retain top Talent while managing Your Organization's Reputation-Thought Leader-Cara Stewart,President Remarx Media.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 6, 2011

Los Angeles-based 3D technology firm RealD said today at CES, that it is launching technology to power 3D eyewear which is compatible with 3D high definition televisions sold by most major consumer electronics brands. RealD said it has developed its own ASOC, which incorporates a programmable front end which will sync image streams from multiple brands of 3D displays.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 6, 2011

Motorola came out of the corner swinging this year at CES in Las Vegas. They did not have just one revolutionary product, Motorola unveiled four. Motorola released their tablet offering, the XOOM ,as well as three phones: ATRIX 4G, DROID BIONIC and CLIQ 2. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2011

One of the biggest red flags I see in many Internet-related business plans today is advertising as the initial revenue stream, or a key part of it. If challenged, the founder usually cites the Facebook business model (free service to users, revenue from ads), but forgets that Facebook has had several hundred million in funding, and has been profitable only in the last two years.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 5, 2011

Tuesday, January 11, 2011 -- Exit Strategies for the New Year - First look at the MandA and IPO Markets. LAVA. Join us on January 11 when LAVA tales a first look at the resurgence of US IPO and MandA activity, its expected continuation in 2011 and how company owners can position to take advantage of exit opportunities. The panel includes active technology strategic buyers, and transaction professionals wholl discuss their successful 2010 deals and prospects for 2011.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2011

Los Angeles-based RealD , the developer of 3D movie projection technology, and consumer electronics giant Samsung said Tuesday that the two have teamed up to jointly develop a new, 3D display technology they are calling RDZ. The two said the new technology will provide high resolution 3D video displays, compatible with RealD's existing 3D eyewear used in movie theaters.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 1, 2011

Happy New Year everyone! And what better way to ring in the new year then to give companies the chance to highlight their hard work and amazing product through TechZulu's Spotlight: LA Tech event. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2011

Now that President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus package has been out for a while, including $50 billion aimed at alternative-energy initiatives, applying for grants has become the rage for high-tech startups. I applaud the initiative, and encourage startups in this direction, but there are costs. In the US, many entrepreneurs see grants as “free money,” since they are not loans and don’t have to be repaid.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 3, 2011

Friday, January 7, 2011 -- Search, PR and Reputation Management. San Diego Software Industry Council. In this era of social media and real-time search, its entirely possible for search results mentioning your company to have completely changed from the previous day. Traditional SEO techniques used to help with reputation management issues, but today a combination of techniques is necessary to influence the "conversation" that search results increasingly represent.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2011

San Diego-based Qualcomm said today that the firm's wireless machine-to-machine modules have been designed into a blood glucose meter product from Telcare Incorporated. According to Qualcomm its Internet of Everything Module (IEM) has been designed into Telcare's 3GM blood glucose meter, which transfers blood glucose readings via 3G mobile broadband.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 6, 2011

Jawbone is stepping out of their headset only arena and announced the JAMBOX, a wireless speaker and speakerphone. JAMBOX quickly and easily connects with mobile phones, computers, tablets, iPods or any other Bluetooth device, allowing consumers to stream and share music, movies, games, phone and conference calls anywhere and all wirelessly. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2011

Every investor is looking for the “dream team” of executives to put money on. Often I find that experienced investors scan ahead to the management page of a business plan, even before they read the product description. That’s how important the people are. The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) role is usually considered second only to the CEO, because financials are critical.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 3, 2011

Thursday, January 6, 2011 -- CleanTechnology COUNCIL.org - Presentation by Ron Pretlac, CEO, Green Tech Motors Corporation: Ron will discuss Green Tech Motors discoveries: * Technology break through that significantly increased electric motor efficiency. * Benefits of reducing electric motor power consumption. See [link].

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socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2011

Pasadena-based PostUp , the Twitter advertising startup out of Idealab, said today that it has acquired Echofon , the developer of a number of Twitter applications. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Echofon develops applications which allow users to read and post Twitter messages, and which run on the iPhone, iPad, and Firefox. PostUp CEO Bill Gross--who also runs Idealab itself--said in a statement that the buy will complement its existing Twitter app, Twidroyd, which runs on Andro

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 6, 2011

NIKE and TomTom have teamed up to create the Nike+ SportWatch GPS Powered by TomTom. Great small and sleek looking product that will still allow you to directly connect to www.nikeplus.com, with almost 4 million members. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc. You can find some of the monthly ones in the following: Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010 Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010 Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 3, 2011

Tuesday, January 4, 2011 -- ExecTec - A Networking Fable. Networking event.

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