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Monday, March 8, 2010
The Orange County meeting is new for 2009, and while the following is true for the LA meeting the OC one is probably similar: You pay as you walk in, meet the organizers, get a name tag, fill a plate from the buffet, and then find a seat, family style, with the other approximately 100 networkers. Its success in New York quickly led to French Tuesdays being established in Miami in 2004, Los Angeles in 2006, San Francisco in 2007 and Paris in 2009. Send me your new, updated, or reviews of networking events and organizations. The Notable & Where I'm Going... Tell them you heard about it from Todd's blog! I'll be speaking (yes, yours truly) on “Effective Networking for Entrepreneurs” at the GroundUP Business Group 's Tuesday, March 9th 7-8:30pm, at Zephyr Coffee House, 2419 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91107 .
 
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Added 2/22/10 by Todd Zebert Name: Girl Geek Dinners Sites: girlgeekdinners.com , Self-description: "Background The Girl Geek Dinners were founded on the 16th August 2005 as a result of one girl geek who got annoyed and frustrated about being one of the only females attending technical events. from the LinkedIn group) Here's some 3rd party commentary on it: On May 7, 2009, more than 800 C-Level executives and financial investors will gather at 2000 Avenue of the Stars, in Century City, for the Fourth Annual MeatEaters Ball – an exclusive night of networking, charity, dancing,
 
Friday, January 15, 2010
Sebastian’s Pamphlets If you’ve read my articles somewhere on the Internet, expect something different here. Shortcut: sebastian-x.com Blog About Blogroll Links How to cleverly integrate your own URI shortener Posted on 30 December, 2009 This pamphlet is somewhat geeky. Thanks for your time. Share/bookmark this: del.icio.us • Google • ma.gnolia • Mixx • Netscape • reddit •
 

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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. In 2005, Majid coauthored "Data Strategy" a book designed to help streamline information management within organizations. Individuals use social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Plaxo as career-advancing tools, even more useful in a down economy. Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing
billion in 554 deals, invested -- the lowest quarter since 2005. Locally, Tags: california jones 2009 venturesource southern venture capital investmen Southern California's venture capital numbers for Q4 slipped, as did numbers nationally, according to numbers released over the weekend by Dow Jones VentureSource. According to the report, Southern California's venture capital totals slipped for the first time since 2003, down more than 18 percent annually, to $3.2
Previously, Dennis founded dodgeball.com (with  Alex Rainert ), one of the first mobile social services in the US, which was acquired by Google in 2005. If you like this interview, you can submit it to my favorite news site . --Andrew Andrew I
He’s been at it since 2005.  We I founded it in 2005 at the age of 37.  I This is part of my ongoing series “ Start Up Advice ” but I’d really like to call this post, “VC Advice.” 8221; If a company has reached a level of success, has been around for a few years and you believe the company has potential to break out
I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005.  On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs.  After my company was acquired by Salesforce.com I was asked to stop blogging and they took over my blog as an asset in the sale of the company.  My blog was wiped out. 
We're really excited about 2009. We are not looking to fund people in 2009, who are learning a new market, on our nickel. Between 2005 and 2008, there were lots of companies raising half a million, and selling for 15 million. In 2009, we will have way more deals than in 2008, and we hope to be able to be announcing some in the next four weeks. Richard For this morning's interview, we thought we'd try something different, and put together a virtual panel of venture capitalists to give us a few tips on pitching your company. We brought together Peter Cowen of Groundwork
Howard Bragman is Chairman and Founder of Fifteen Minutes , a strategic media and public relations agency, he launched in 2005. Have you ever seen a business that’s clearly inferior to yours get constant glowing mentions in the media? Or have you ever seen an entrepreneur who doesn’t know jack get quoted in the New York Times like he’s the professor of your industry?
In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009.  There As of near the end of September 2009, we’re up 46% since the March 9th nadir (yes, I need to find a way to use one of my SAT words ; – ) .  As I mentioned in my There are now signs the VC market has gathered pace meaning it’s a great time to be fund raising.  This This post highlights some of the reasons why the market is moving again and what entrepreneurs should
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009 -- ACG Los Angeles Business Conference. Keynote speakers will include Paul Volcker, Chairman of President Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board and former Chairman of the Federal Reserve System, and Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State from 2005 to 2009. Now in its 12th year, the ACG Los Angeles Business Conference is the premier West Coast event focusing on corporate finance and MandA activity for middle-market companies. More than 1,500 corporate executives and professionals from across the country and abroad are expected to attend.