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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Can social networking be a money-maker for companies?

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

Both Sides of the Table

We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more. LA was a leader in lead generation (LowerMyBills), comparison shopping (PriceGrabber, Shopzilla), social networking (MySpace … I know, I know – Facebook won – but it was still a big business). You don’t. Get over it.

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TechZulu Presents: The Annual Startup Forecast

Tech Zulu Event

He has also been a guest lecturer at Stanford, USC, and UCLA. Mr. Csathy previously served as the CEO of social network and online video technology company Sightspeed, Inc., MusicMatch was acquired by Yahoo! Peter Csathy - CEO Manatt Digital Media Ventures. Csathy was President and CEO of Sorenson Media, Inc.,

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

SoCal Delicious

Southern California companies are second to only Silicon Valley in raising venture capital , there are three major universities to recruit talent – UCLA, Caltech, and USC – and a thriving startup community to mingle with. MySpace is one of the world’s largest social networks, with about 125 million users.

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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

Tech Zulu Event

The final showoff's have been selected, so that brings the count to a total of 10 showoff's plus a wild card from the demo night at UCLA (full list of showoff's below). Quilici is also a member of the board of directors of NeoEdge Networks and a member of Tech Coast Angels. Founder and senior writer for GigaOm. gigaom.com. .