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Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Judges Includes BetterWorks, CallFire, Idealab, and Tech Coast Angeles

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He also designed the Farmville iPhone application (top iPhone app), and worked on corporate development deals including Microsoft, Yahoo, Zynga Japan, and Zynga corporate strategy. He is also an active investor with stakes in companies like Hipmunk, GroupMe, Facebook, Zynga (acquisition stock), and SV Angels. Community Sponsors.

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Insights and Opinions: Angel and Venture Capital Shareholder Liquidity

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For today's Insights and Opinions section, where we feature insights and analysis from the local technology community, we have an article from Jeff Cohn , an entrepreneur and veteran of the angel and VC investment community here in Southern California.

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Interview with Matthew Graczyk, Zubican

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Personally, I've been an entrepreneur for 15 years, running companies with P and L responsibility for divisions, and watched with frustration as the Internet has grown up around us. When we thought we had the right mix, we went to look for angel capital, and raised $1.3M What's the idea behind Zubican? COM, and Vivendi Universal.

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

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As a serial entrepreneur and Internet visionary, Richard co-founded Demand Media in May 2006, and currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Dave McClure is a Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur, startup investor, and blogger. Richard Rosenblatt. Bambi Francisco. Dave McClure. . gigaom.com. . Paul Grahm.