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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

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Twiistup is just 2 weeks away and there have been a whole slew of announcements within these past few days. And now what you have all been waiting for.the TechZulu Twiistup discount. Twiistup 007 Speaker List: Peter Guber. Dave McClure is a Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur, startup investor, and blogger. Bambi Francisco.

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Tyler Koblasa of Ming.ly on TechZulu Live

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Born out of a Los Angeles Startup weekend then going on to be a Twiistup presenter Ming.ly Tyler also goes into a few startup tips, tricks, and events entrepreneurs should really pay attention to. Highlight of Tyler speaking on Ming.ly: If you would like to be a guest on TechZulu Live please email tzshow[at]techzulu[dot]com.

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Interview with Fouad ElNaggar, Redpoint Ventures

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At the Twiistup panel last week, there was a debate over whether big companies could be created here, which is ridiculous--Demand Media is the latest example there, we've got Cornerstone OnDemand coming out soon, and there is no question there are market leading, large revenue companies coming out of Southern California. That's part one.

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The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA

Jason Nazar

I recently hosted a panel at the Twiistup Conference about LA tech companies. In the bay area it’s quite common for the entrepreneurs starting a company to be developers or technologists who can build the first versions of their products. Despite the above, great entrepreneurs, teams, companies in LA can always find capital.

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Making The Most out of Sitting on Panels

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photo from left to right: me, QD3, Brian Solis, Chamillionaire, Ian Rogers and Brian Zisk – most of whom I got to know through Twiistup panels). Things to know: mix of entrepreneurs, big tech company execs, service providers, media people, VCs, etc. I have written about the topic of sitting on panels before. And thy topic.

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Los Angeles Startup Weekend August 2011 | The Complete Breakdown

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Participating in this event also included world recognized security expert and Co-founder of Fonality , Samy Kamkar , Danny Schreiber (Managing Editor of Silicon Prairie News) and Rob Jadon (serial-entrepreneur and angel investor). Feel free to email or drop a tweet with any questions about the journey, no matter what stage you’re in.

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How to Not Suck at a Group Presentation

Both Sides of the Table

This was evident at the Twiistup pre-event company pitch last week at UCLA. Francisco Dao came up with the idea of letting 10 companies that weren’t selected for Twiistup to do a presentation the night before to a group of people and let the audience pick one company to win the final slot at Twiistup. I was the judge.

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