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Los Angeles Startup Events

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I recently posted about the Increase in Early-Stage Startup Activity in Los Angeles. In that post, I mentioned how one of the signals is the big increase in number of startup events and the number of attendees at those events. Of course, given the size of this list and having kids, I really can't attend a lot of these.

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Southern California Startups Raise More Than $598.4M In VC In Q4

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in the quarter and social media darling Snapchat raised $50.0M. Los Angeles led the region with $309.79M in total investments for Q4 of 2013, with San Diego ($145.0M) and Orange County ($143.6M) with nearly the same venture investment toal. Nationally, the report found that there was $29.4 For Q4, $8.4 READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Albert Ko, DealPerk.com

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One of the types of startups we see most of nowadays, are private sale, limited time bargain, and local group buying startups. One of those startups is Orange County-based DealPerk.com (www.dealperk.com), which is headed by Albert Ko. I actually started my web site, CheapCheapCheap, while I was in college.

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BMW Targets Instagrammers With LA Auto Show Contest

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BMW said the contest is open to only residents of Los Angeles and Orange County, and that the deadline for entries is Sunday, November 18th.

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Full Speed Ahead! Social Media Week Is Here!

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Social Media Week (SMW) is finally here and is set to be one amazing week filled with panels, discussions, networking, and much more. What is Social Media Week? Social Media Week is a global platform that connects people, content, and conversation around emerging trends in social and mobile media.

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Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California

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TechBizConnection – Orange County monthly events. This is why I say that Local Event Organizers Need to Adopt Social Media. In his post, he mentions the following events / event organizers, and you should visit his post for a bit more on each of them. AITP-LA – Monthly events. Often good topics and interesting networking.

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Decoding Signal From Noise For Wall Street, With Bitvore

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We''re rolling it out to finance and Wall Street, monitoring thousands of sources of continuously changing information, such as news, social media, internal email systems, and analyzing specific, material conditions that our customers are looking for. Jeff Curie: I''ve been a startup guy here in Orange County for a long time.