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Interview with Julie Novack, PartySlate

socalTECH

Looking for someone who can put together that perfect wedding or corporate event? PartySlate (www.partyslate.com)--which is backed by a slate of LA area investors--offers up a place to browse photos on events, find venues, and most importantly, planners who put those events on, so your next big event can be an unforgettable one.

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5 Keys to Results in the Current Marketing Revolution

Startup Professionals Musings

Most small businesses I advise still rely on traditional advertising models, assuming they can create enough media “noise” to get customers attention and sway them. This is technically called “permissioned,” and it comes in two forms: implicit and explicit. Converse on topics of purpose, not just products or service.

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Interview with Erik Rannala, MuckerLab

socalTECH

Erik Rannala: MuckerLab is a new startup accelerator, focused on incubation stage Internet, software, services, and media businesses here in LA. An example is we'll be holding events, which will be open to the broader technical community, and will not just be for Muckerlabs.

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Apply Hospitality-Driven Thinking to Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Unfortunately, too many of the technical entrepreneurs I mentor and advise are focused on their technology, and assume that the value will be self-evident to customers. Tech may be the tool, but hospitality – making life a little easier, more comfortable, and more enjoyable for your customer, is the winning focus.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Four Letters: JFDI

Both Sides of the Table

I spent nearly a decade building software for large companies and then advising companies on the same. There’s a guy in Los Angeles that I met at several tech networking events. He would have found somebody technical and inspired that individual to work for equity or deferred payment. Making Things Happen. “Why?

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DefCon 22 | DISOBEY!

Tech Zulu Event

Whatever your perception may be, an estimated 15,000 attendees showed up for this year’s DefCon 22 , an annual event with talks, contests, vendor-booths, charities, workshop training areas and more. Or what if you found out that it’s possible for hacker terrorists to disrupt 911 calls when emergency services might be needed most?

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

Frank Addante

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. We provide turnkey digital messaging appliances for enterprises, service providers and software developers to send marketing, e-commerce, CRM and customer service email.

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