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Layoffs Hot Keyword for Second Half of January 2009

SoCal CTO

This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc. Last month we Launched Los Angeles Tech and in the announcement we provide the Hot List for the first half of January 2009. You can go to the Hot List post to see what was hot then.

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These High School Dropouts Crushed It With Some Simple Growth Hacks

InfoChachkie

(ii) Be a contrarian, when everyone is zigging, zag. American Western writer Louis L’Amour left home during tenth grade and worked a variety of itinerant jobs for over a decade before beginning his writing career. Question conventional wisdom. iii) Seek out an unserved market and tailor your offering to accommodate target users’ needs.

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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

Both Sides of the Table

It’s really hard to zig when the whole world seems to be zagging. I will write about some of these topics soon. One of my favorite quotes I learned in high school was: “Nonconformity is the Highest Form of Social Attainment&#. It has always stood with me. I have had a low bullshit meter. I still love B2B application.

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Interview with Mark Suster, GRP Partners

socalTECH

You know Zag, herein town, and more recently our new car investment, TrueCar. We'll even write a half a million check. If you look at one of the subsectors of retail, the auto industry, we've been making bets into revolutionizing the auto industry. That as unhealthy. An A round investment in this market is a million to $4 million.