socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2010

We thought we'd get the background on the new effort directly from Jason Nazar , CEO and founder of Docstoc, to learn more about the new service. Jason is also behind the popular "Startups Uncensored" events in Los Angeles, so we also pinged him on how those events have been going. Why did you decide to launch the Docstore now?

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. Like many product managers, my background is fairly eclectic. That's where I learned I enjoyed interacting with customers and working with development teams to build and launch products. Tell me a bit about your background. How did it help you?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

We are also home to DemandMedia (Richard Rosenblatt) and Mahalo (Jason Calacanis). Andy Sack, Dave McClure, Brad Feld & Jason Nazar (photo by Jolie Odell). The panel was hosted by Jason Nazar who brought his usual frenetic energy. We have accomplished much yet have much work to do.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 8, 2009

Your friends and advisers tell you that this means you need revenue because in this economy VC’s will only fund businesses with revenue. Now there are some firms that have strict rules about not funding pre-revenue companies – that’s different. Fund raising is an ongoing process and not an event on a workplan.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

What I enjoyed was that Derek did his homework on me and allowed me to talk about a lot of personal topics, which I rarely have the chance to do. I know my title is a bit goofy since it talks in third person but I figured if any of you hit the Tweet button (feel free to!) Here is the link to the video interview. No other reason.

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Jason Nazar

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Our “real life&# Angel Investor guests for this month’s event include Brett Brewer , co-founder of Intermix/MySpace, Matt Coffin , founder of LowerMyBills, and Rick Smith, Managing Director of Crosscut Ventures (a los angeles based angel fund). Here were the past three events ( talk #1 , talk #2 , talk #3 , talk #4 ).

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SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 23, 2010

He runs the Southern California Venture Capital Alliance (VCA) and is on the board of advisors for the venture capital fund of the UCSD Rady School of Business. Jason Calacanis – Mahalo Jason Calacanis was CEO and co-founder of Weblogs, Inc., As of June 2008 Jason is now CEO and Founder of Mahalo, Inc. ,

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