Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 29, 2010

This is part of my series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute of an entrepreneur : Tenacity. The list is getting quite long. I had to say it.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

The moment you all have been waiting for has finally arrive.Twiistup 7 talks, interviews and startup pitches! We were able to capture every talk and every startup pitch for your viewing pleasure. So without further delay TechZulu presents to you the winner of Twiistup 7. Dave McClure - Startup metrics for pirates.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 27, 2010

Today at 3pm PST is the final time for you to grab your Twiistup tickets at the $397 rate. They have also released their final agenda shown below: Twiistup 007 Agenda. 12:00-1:00 PM: Eric Ries – The Lean Startup. 4:00 – 4:45: Paul Graham of Y-Combinator with Om Malik - Starting Up Fast and Cheap.

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socalTECH

MARCH 23, 2011

Jason Nazar is CEO and founder of Santa Monica-based document sharing firm DocStoc , and recently put together his thoughts on the challenges, and opportunities, facing startups in Los Angeles. I recently hosted a panel at the Twiistup Conference about LA tech companies. That's typically not the case in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

I was recently interviewed for an article that appeared in Fast Company titled, “ Why you should start a business in LA.&# If you’re interested in the topic it’s worth a read, but I thought I’d elaborate on the topic since it comes up all the time. We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 18, 2010

I started out as screenwriter, went into local television, ran ad sales in the west for AOL and joined Facebook in the companies very early days. With that as a start it rarely feels burdensome. What keeps you up at night? Vince: Always On Paid Content TwiistUp DealMaker Events Digiday Events And many private events.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Coming hot off the coat tail of earlier this year’s Startup Weekend LA where Zaarly launched, this LASW was nothing less than amazing and as someone put, one of the best tech events in LA they had ever been to.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

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. You folks are just that awesome that we try and hook our readers up whenever we can so you are Welcome! Twiistup 007 Speaker List: Peter Guber.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2010

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. It spices things up and makes for great entertainment. Follow up !

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 30, 2010

Born out of a Los Angeles Startup weekend then going on to be a Twiistup presenter Ming.ly and signing up. and how it all started out. and how it all started out. Tyler also goes into a few startup tips, tricks, and events entrepreneurs should really pay attention to. is a Social CRM.

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

I recently hosted a panel at the Twiistup Conference about LA tech companies. But I thought I’d take some more time here to expand on what I think are the challenges, and opportunities, of starting a tech company in LA. Challenge #1 – Tech Companies are Not Typically Started by Technologists.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

A few weeks ago, Rahul Sonnad --a serial entrepreneur who is best known for founding and selling thePlatform to Comcast--alternately confused and dazzled attendees at Twiistup, the Los Angeles tech conference, with a fake-stilted-Indian-immigrant and ukulele-singing-and-dancing studded pitch for his firm, Geodelic (www.geodelic.com).

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 25, 2010

William Chow is an expert in networking, virtualization, and security technologies, with over 17 years experience in leading multiple startups. We last spoke with William during Twiistup 7 and since then Mobolize has come a very long way. So get your entrepreneur and startup questions ready and tune in.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

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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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

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.

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