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Jason Nazar On Startups, Execution, and Hiring

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Jason Nazar is CEO of Santa Monica-based Docstoc (www.docstoc.com), the online document sharing site, and a fixture at Los Angeles technology events. Given all of the work you've been doing with helping other entrepreneurs out, what is the biggest message you are trying to get to entrepreneurs and startups?

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TotSpot, Cogi Get Spotlight

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The Los Angeles technology crowd turned out in full for last week's Twiistup 5 event--a showcase for startups looking for exposure and funding--with over 1,000 attendees at a private aircraft hangar at the Santa Monica airport. Tags: technology totspot startup twiistup twiistup5 angeles networking event cogi.

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Tsavo Loses Macadaan

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Macadaan is well known in the Los Angeles technology community for creating and running Twiistup, the popular Los Angeles technology networking and startup showcase event. Tsavo develops content-focused web sites which apply technology to serve up more relevant information and advertising depending on who was visiting those web sites.

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Yammer Bails On Los Angeles, Heading To Silicon Valley

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West Hollywood-based Yammer , the corporate microblogging site inspired by Twitter, is moving from the Los Angeles area to Silicon Valley, according to founder David Sacks. According to Sacks, the entire firm--including its engineering team and executive staff--is moving to the Bay Area, to be closer to the startup scene in Silicon Valley.

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Los Angeles Tech Launched - Hot List

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This is the beginning of a content community that collects and organizes the best content from blogs and web sites. One of the more interesting new features is that the site now takes into account social signals. I'm happy to announce the launch of the Los Angeles Tech Content Community.

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Interview with Mike Macadaan, Urbandig

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One of Urbandig's co-founders, Mike Macadaan -- the former VP of User Experience at MySpace, and creator of the technology conference Twiistup--sat down to talk to us about the company. There are lots of knowledgeable people that we find to write these guides--people who grew up there, and who are experts in the area.

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Interview with Jerome Chang, BlankSpaces

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Chang is looking to open up two to three more similar spaces in the next year. The existing space on Wilshire is heavily used by meetups, business networking groups, as well as local startups, and we thought we'd talk with Jerome to better understand what the whole idea is behind the space and coworking.

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