They put on great events. VentureNet – Great annual event by the Technology Council. CalTech MIT Enterprise Forum – Great events on various topics – there's one this Saturday that would be great to go to. AITP-LA – Monthly events. You can use keywords like: Events in Los Angeles or Southern California Events or even Santa Monica Events . You can also use Southern California Tech Central's list of Organizations to find possible events: UCLA , CalTech , Twiistup , USC , AeA , TCVN , OCTANE , BarCamp , Enterprise Forum , TCOSC , LAVA , UCI

I'm blogging from the CalTech Enterprise Forum . When OpenSocial makes it into LinkedIn - many opportunities there. The topic is: Betting Your Company On An Internet Platform? A very interesting topic, especially for those of us involved in developing for start-ups. At the CTO Group that I organize in Santa Monica, we've had lots of discussions around this.

Review: None Added 11/8/09 by Todd Zebert Name: Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum Sites: www.entforum.caltech.edu , twitter.com/CaltechMITForum Self-description: " About the Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum The Caltech/MIT Enterprise forum is a joint venture of Caltech's Industrial Relations Center, Caltech’s Office of Technology Transfer, the Caltech Alumni Association and the MIT Alumni Association. Mission The mission of the Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum is to encourage the growth and success of technology-based entrepreneurial ventures in

LinkedIn is the obvious starting point not only because it maps out so many relationships but also because you can tell a lot about work history, references, etc.  Obviously If you’re three s***-hot kids from Stanford, Caltech or MIT you might be able to push valuation higher.  If This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC . Last night I attended a DealMaker Media (whom I love because they always host such great discussions) panel on raising angel money moderated by Dan Gould and with panelists Rob Hayes (First Round Capital, more seed or A round than angel), Scot

This time I'm getting to know Mark Geller ( LinkedIn , @markgeller ). have also attended Thursday Lunch ( thursdaylunch.com ), Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum , and Digital LA . Visible networking is turning into a really great opportunity to get to know people better, get to meet new people, and have some interesting conversations. He has a really interesting background as a product manager and now an entrepreneur. Tell me a bit about your background. Like many product managers, my background is fairly eclectic.

We have universities like CalTech, UCLA, USC and many more.  We You don’t have the founders of eBay, LinkedIn, Salesforce.com and Yahoo.  You Los Angeles.  People People either love it our hate it.  All All the stereotypes and caricatures are overblown.  And

Find an event - something you're interested in - suddenly you and the other attendee's have something in common, and a place to start a conversation. USC's Arts and Events Calendar UCLA's "Happenings" Events Calendar Caltech Today Calendar Other & Indirect Job Networking Opportunities Professional Associations, Groups, Societies & Events. Online Professional "Social" Networking & Branding. [link] : very similar to LinkedIn, but can't find a specific events link. Weekly updates! Please let me know if know of other items to add, or if you have