gid=1775486 Self-description: "80% of jobs (or more) are found through networking, so as a group of professionals from many different industries, we started our own local networking group in 2008. Our events feature several startups chosen to 'showoff' their products & services to influential bloggers, fellow technologists, investors, the media and those interested in learning about what's hot in socal tech. This is will be a continually updating post. I'll be creating additional lists for educational, chamber of commerce, etc. Organizational representatives: please contact me directly for updates, etc.

Use someone else’s name - A friend (who I can’t name) told me that he gets into internet events in SoCal by telling people at the door that he’s me. When Timothy Ferriss came on Mixergy , he said meeting bloggers in person at conferences helped make his book a New York Times Best Seller. When Craig heard that, he brought up a good point.

In 2008 were 12,000 hedge funds with nearly $2.5 In 2008 roughly 250 firms invested less than $25 Billion. GDP in 2008. Tags: Investing SoCal politic The Civil War II has begun but this time it’s not the North versus the South. This Civil War is about money under management in the financial services industry and it’s the West Coast versus the East Coast.

Google's new Ad Manager technology will soon enable premium ad banners to be sold directly to advertisers by publishers and when the clicks are used up on the premium ads it will revert automatically to use Google Adsense. This is a brilliant move and will further accelerate the gap between premium content and generic publishers who don't provide any unique content value. I

gid=23045261698 , twitter search Self-description: "Our Pink Slip Mixers are about hundreds of professional, mid- to upper-level executives who are (might be) victims of the "economic downturn" of 2008. WRS publishes two referral guides that members are encouraged to distribute throughout SoCal, the Yellow Book with members and pre-screened nonmembers listed, and the Blue Book, a list of members only. This is will be a continually updating post. I'll be creating additional lists for educational , chamber of commerce, etc. See also Networking & Social Media Job Search Webinars,

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Tags: Investing SoCa IPO vs. Acquisition, Band of Angels vs. Tech Coast Angels, Facebook vs. MySpace, Stanford vs. CalTech, Polished vs. Scrappy, 3rd time CEO vs. 1st

IPO vs. Acquisition, Band of Angels vs. Tech Coast Angels, Facebook vs. MySpace, Stanford vs. CalTech, Polished vs. Scrappy, 3rd time CEO vs. 1st time CEO, 10M Pre vs.