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Announcing The Socaltech 50: Southern California's Up-and-Comers

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We''re proud to announce the Socaltech 50 , our list of the 50, up-and-coming people in Southern California''s technology ecosystem. Docstoc, Ken Rutkowski of MeTAL, Mark Suster of Upfront, Jason Calacanis of Mahalo--but we had to pass them up, too, in favor of some of the new folks to the scene.

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Eight Repeat Entrepreneurs To Watch In SoCal

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One complaint we sometimes hear from venture capitalists visiting Southern California for the first time, is the difficulty of finding experienced entrepreneurs and executives. Elbaz sold Applied Semantics to Google in 2003, for pre-IPO stock, reaping first round investors more than a 100x return on their investment.

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YouTube Injects $200M Into More Content

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In what can only be good news for the ecosystem of content providers and startup firms here in Southern California, Google's YouTube said Sunday that it is expanding into Europe, and adding more than 50 original channels to the 100 it introduced last year.

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LowerMyBills' Coffin Joins Venture Firm

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Matt Coffin , the founder of Los Angeles-based LowerMyBills and an active angel investor in Southern California, has joined venture capital firm Split Rock Partners as a Venture Advisor, the venture firm said this week. Tags: lowermybills matt coffin venture capital investment.

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How To Get Your Startup Funded - Tips From Entrepreneur and Renowed Angel Investor Jason Calacanis

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Jason Calacanis founded Silicon Alley Reporter, Weblogs Inc, Mahalo, and Inside.com. But most of Jason's money has been made by angel investing. Calacanis' new book is called, "Angel: How to invest in technology startups —Timeless advice from an Angel Investor who turned $100,000 into $100,000,000." See [link].

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MySpace, Ad.ly Link On In-Stream Advertising

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squarely into a multi-way intersection of who's who in Southern California's blog and technology world. is an investment of GRP's Mark Suster, who hosts This Week in Venture Capital along with Mahalo's Jason Calacanis. The link with MySpace pulls Ad.ly Suster also runs Launchpad LA.

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Twiistup 6 Highlights

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In SoCal we are also leaders in affiliate marketing (Commission Junction), Internet video (Hulu) and bringing local businesses online (ReachLocal). We are also home to DemandMedia (Richard Rosenblatt) and Mahalo (Jason Calacanis). Tags: SoCal Stuff LA SoCal startup technology.

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