June 8, 2008 by gammill A new social innovation model of fractional ownership will emerge encouraging modular team formation, rapid prototyping, fast failures, jumpstart business creation, and a new model of wealth distribution to spur a new area of innovation. It’s been an exciting few weeks for me. This is a new era. " INDEED. MORE >>

The group will select the winners in March; the finalist will be featured at a breakfast on the 31st. disclaimer: I’m on the board of Entretech, and the Entrepreneurship Awards are sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers, which is also a sponsor of socalTECH). Kuo, publisher of socalTECH.com. All Rights Reserved MORE >>

That growth–which only includes Los Angeles, and does not include Orange County or San Diego–is just a small part of the upsurge in startup activity in Southern California that I’ve personally observed over the last 10 years (socalTECH — in its hand-copied email form — started in 1998). Kuo, publisher of socalTECH.com. MORE >>

We’ll be ramping up our coverage as people return from vacation (though, judging from our bounce/vacation notices this morning there are still a substantial number of people still traveling or out of the office!). Kuo, publisher of socalTECH.com. All Rights Reserved MORE >>

Dan, citing preliminary numbers from Thompson Financial, says: In terms of geography, Northern California retained its crown. The upset – or maybe not, given all the press coverage – is that Southern California is up a couple of billion on New England for second place. Kuo, publisher of socalTECH.com. All Rights Reserved MORE >>