Mission The mission of the Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum is to encourage the growth and success of technology-based entrepreneurial ventures in Southern California. Scope Through its monthly programs, the Forum provides advice, support, education and networking opportunities to technology-based ventures in the Southern California area. The whole point of business is to make the life you want to live possible--so This is will be a continually updating post. I'll be creating additional lists for educational , chamber of commerce, etc. See also Networking & Social

This is purely anecdotal, but it seems like a lot of companies are hiring technology talent here in Southern California. I’ve recently seen several tweets from software development companies looking for talent. And I’ve heard from several people looking for Startup Software Developers . And we have been looking to hire several positions (but are being

Yet 2010 is already showing me how connected our lives and our health are starting to become.  Here There is one thing I learned a long time about about setting goals, “you manage what you measure” so you need to begin by regularly recording your weight. So I signed up for the online version of Weight Watchers.  It Bill Gates once famously said that people tend to overestimate the impact of technology in the 1-year timeframe and underestimate its impact in the 10-year timeframe.  That’s That’s always stuck with me.

This is stuff I tell people verbally at least twice / month so I’m glad to finally get it into written format. So eventually you have your company funded but only 2 of the 5 people who started the company are still around.  Founded it as a California LLC but your potential VC wants a Delaware C-Corp?  I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers ” written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ).  I know that people have an allergy to lawyers out of fear of being screwed. 

Los Angeles By: Laura Rich February 26, 2010 It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. The Southern California locale benefits from its easy proximity to Silicon Valley, just an hours flight away, as well as from the many universities in the area, including Cal Tech, where Intel founder Gordon Moore went to school. RSS ); Why You Should Start a Company in...

Sunday, February 21, 2010 -- SCALE 8X, is the 8th Annual Southern California Linux Expo. As the premier community run Linux / Open Source conference, it will feature tutorial sessions designed to show users of all skill levels what Open Source can do and how to do it. Whatever your interest is in Open Source, SCALE 8x will have something for you.

Saturday, February 20, 2010 -- SCALE 8X, is the 8th Annual Southern California Linux Expo. As the premier community run Linux / Open Source conference, it will feature tutorial sessions designed to show users of all skill levels what Open Source can do and how to do it. Whatever your interest is in Open Source, SCALE 8x will have something for you.

Friday, February 19, 2010 -- SCALE 8X, is the 8th Annual Southern California Linux Expo. As the premier community run Linux / Open Source conference, it will feature tutorial sessions designed to show users of all skill levels what Open Source can do and how to do it. Whatever your interest is in Open Source, SCALE 8x will have something for you.

But I digress… So the first challenge was weeding out the designers from the long list of Los Angeles Web Developers. So my flip suggestion was actually not all that helpful. Some other things he tried: LinkedIn – searched for people, but gave up pretty quickly as it felt like a needle in a haystack. Freelance Sites - he considered using one of the freelance sites, but was concerned about the quality he would get. Craigslist - He also considered advertising on Craigslist, but again was concerned about quality. Local networking – he had better luck by attending

For our Insights and Opinions section today, we have an editorial by John Savageau, President of Pacific-Tier Communications, who asks companies in Southern California to put local talent back to work. 2009 And SoCal successfully beat most of the United States in unemployment claims, by several percentage points, attaching painful and empirical fact to the grim situation. But 2009 was a horrible year for job seekers, and even those holding on to existing jobs. No bonuses, no promotions, layoffs, and nobody hiring.