Let me just start this thing and see where it goes and I’ll go back to school.” think the biggest breakthrough for us came in 2003 or 2004 with the understanding that there was an open-source product called OS Commerce that had a large following — but the service providers on the market weren’t really sophisticated, and there weren’t that many of them. So I just spend a few hundred dollars in Google AdWords,  trying to get OS Commerce clients. Roy Rubin was a student trying to make extra money on the side when he founded Varien, the company that went on to launch Magento, an ecommerce platform that enables billions of dollars in online sales.

This month’s “Startups Uncensored” will be on “Building an E-commerce Business”.  It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation talking about the strategies, tactics, and challenges of building and growing online properties through E-commerce. TO SIGN UP FOR THIS EVENT, CLICK HERE We are joined this month by Wil Schroter the former CEO of SwapaLease and founder of the GoBig Network . These events are put on in conjunction with our friends at DealMaker Media .

And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene.  We was recently interviewed for an article that appeared in Fast Company titled, “ Why you should start a business in LA .” 8221;  If you’re interested in the topic it’s worth a read, but I thought I’d elaborate on the topic since it comes up all the time. Los Angeles.  People People either love it our hate it.  All

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. That's where I learned I enjoyed interacting with customers and working with development teams to build and launch products. From there, I became the first non-founder employee at an e-commerce startup called BITSource, which was the first electronic software distributor delivering electronic volume software licenses to corporations. 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.

invited him on Mixergy to talk about some of the game-changing ideas Oodle took on, like giving users analytics, partnering up with companies like Facebook and making classifieds social. We also talked about the worries that entrepreneurs have to battle, the importance of culture and the heady days at Excite. Craig: So we’re really tipping and starting to achieve critical mass. Early in his career, Craig Donato worked for Excite, a pioneering search engine. When I asked him, "Why do you think Excite didn’t beat Yahoo?"

In 1790, he began offering a service that eventually transformed world commerce and generated trillions of dollars of wealth. As noted Fast Followers II , fast-follower entrepreneurs must have a solid point of differentiation in order to succeed. In fact, it is often more advantageous for an entrepreneurs to differentiate their offering through an alternative disruptive means. This is part III of a three part series. Click here for Part I and Part II

Over the past few years, I have been trying to make the connection between startups and some of the new web based tools that are in the news. Unfortunately, blogging or social media tools just don’t resonate with many entrepreneurs. Every startup is challenged by restricted financial resources, extreme time limitations and the need to build their brand in order to get the traction they need and, by association, grow their businesses. They just didn’t make the connection to their usefulness. Now coming from a technology background where I was always looking at future

However, in the world of startups, relationships that go beyond a casual acquaintance can provide your adVenture with a significant competitive advantage. The difference between the relationships established by members of a startup and those pursued by employees of a BDC is analogous to the contrast between the teacher / student relationship at private and public elementary schools. However, at your startup, This is a reposting of a ‘classic’ popular post. Bro – abbreviation of “Brother”, meaning friend or dude.

We recently ran into Dave Compton , Chairman and CEO of Ventura-based NetPlenish.com (www.netplenish.com), a early stage startup working on a service which will automatically re-order items for consumers. How NetPlenish is different from any other website for pricing, is let's say that with the dog food- Alpo dog food--it will pull up who is lowest. Once you go in and Dave gave us an overview of the service and what it hopes to do. What What is NetPlenish? Dave

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. 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. Attendees: If you have review comments I'd be happy to consider them. Name: XING Community Los Angeles Sites: https://www.xing.com/net/la/ , www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=33803