Filed under: Startups , Venture Capital by Benjamin Kuo blog comments powered by Disqus Thoughts and commentary from Benjamin F. Dan, citing preliminary numbers from Thompson Financial, says: In terms of geography, Northern California retained its crown. Kuo, publisher of socalTECH.com. All Rights Reserved MORE >>

guess that makes USV, Spark Capital, Foundry Group, Accel, Benchmark, Revolution (along with several others) pretty happy right now. source: Capital IQ. source: Capital IQ. When your competition does irrational things to grow fueled by low-cost capital it makes it harder for you to compete by playing by the conventional rules. MORE >>

Los Angeles LA Tech 101: The Company We Keep A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference The Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA Los Angeles Startup Networking Here are some guides to many of the different networking events around startups, technology, etc.: will do my best to keep this up to date. MORE >>

Yesterday, we spoke with Mark Suster of GRP Partners. For today's contribution, we spoke with Jim Armstrong , a venture capitalist at Clearstone Venture Partners. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world in 2010? clearstone armstrong capital venture opinions year MORE >>

Since SoCal Tech Group is all about empowering entrepreneurs in the LA area, we’d like to give away  ONE ticket to this fantastic event to a deserving entrepreneur (a $200 value!). What you want to learn from this event. Winners will be contacted before the event by email. The conference details are listed below. MORE >>