When I drill down on that term, you can see why with posts like: Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals Lops A Third Of Company THQ Lays Off 100 Employees, Closes San Diego Office Citrix Cuts 10 Percent; Santa Barbara Hit And it's also interesting to see what geographies are being associated with "Layoffs" more often than others: Layoffs Woodland Hills Layoffs San Diego Layoffs Santa Monica Layoffs Los Angeles I guess this is a sign of the times. The Scott Sanfilippo Interview Media Optimization Firms Are Red Hot In Southern California in 2009

This month’s “Startups Uncensored” will be on “Getting Your Internet Company Bought”. Shawn created the original concept for Demand Media and executed the simultaneous acquisitions of eNom, eHow and several domain-name portfolios which launched the company. Since co-founding the company with Richard Rosenblatt in May 2006, Shawn and his team have sourced, negotiated and completed over 30 acquisitions. It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation revealing the metrics and measurements for Mergers and Acquisitions in the online space with one of the best experts in the field. We are joined this month by Shawn Colo , the Co-Founder and Head of M&A at Demand Media .

Aaron is also the Program Director for Entretech’s Nitro.la , a non-profit mentoring network in partnership with USC, UCLA and Caltech, to help develop LA’s entrepreneurial community by “getting more companies funded in greater Los Angeles”. This is for CEOs of companies that have either raised $1m+ in capital or have $1m+ in revenues. Eric Golden ( CEO of Equipois ) & I ( Aaron Ross bio ) are organizing a formal, facilitated CEO group here on the westside that will meet monthly. The theme of CEOFlow is to explore what it takes to create predictable

Aaron is also the Program Director for Entretech’s Nitro.la , a non-profit mentoring network in partnership with USC, UCLA and Caltech, to help develop LA’s entrepreneurial community by “getting more companies funded in greater Los Angeles”. This is for CEOs of companies that have either raised $1m+ in capital or have $1m+ in revenues. Eric Golden ( CEO of Equipois ) & I ( Aaron Ross bio ) are organizing a formal, facilitated CEO group here on the westside that will meet monthly. The theme of CEOFlow is to explore what it takes to create predictable

Aaron is also the Program Director for Entretech’s Nitro.la , a non-profit mentoring network in partnership with USC, UCLA and Caltech, to help develop LA’s entrepreneurial community by “getting more companies funded in greater Los Angeles”. This is for CEOs of companies that have either raised $1m+ in capital or have $1m+ in revenues. Eric Golden ( CEO of Equipois ) & I ( Aaron Ross bio ) are organizing a formal, facilitated CEO group here on the westside that will meet monthly. The theme of CEOFlow is to explore what it takes to create predictable

Aaron is also the Program Director for Entretech’s Nitro.la , a non-profit mentoring network in partnership with USC, UCLA and Caltech, to help develop LA’s entrepreneurial community by “getting more companies funded in greater Los Angeles”. This is for CEOs of companies that have either raised $1m+ in capital or have $1m+ in revenues. Eric Golden ( CEO of Equipois ) & I ( Aaron Ross bio ) are organizing a formal, facilitated CEO group here on the westside that will meet monthly. The theme of CEOFlow is to explore what it takes to create predictable

During his time at Ticketmaster, Moriarty led the company through its multiple acquisitions and strategic investments. The event is free and is followed by a reception and mixer at the Docstoc Offices in Santa Monica by the 3rd Street Promenade. Santa Monica Public Library (Auditorium) 601 Santa Monica Blvd. Santa This month’s Startups Uncensored will be on the “Building an Online Brand”.  It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation talking about what it takes to build and grow an online brand that’s meant to last.

ve spent the last year running a tech company based in Santa Monica , CA and I’ve spent countless weeks in the Bay meeting with hundreds of tech founders. Is there a difference between tech startups in Silicon Valley vs. Los Angeles? Most emphatically, Yes !

It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation revealing the best practices and methodologies for building your web-based company through outsourcing. Both have extension expereince in identifying and working with outsourced teams to build their technology companies.  The event is free and is followed by a reception and mixer at the Docstoc Offices in Santa Monica by the 3rd Street Promenade. This month’s “Startups Uncensored” will be on “Outsourcing Web Development & Businesses”.  We are joined this month by James Siminoff , founder/CEO of PhoneTag and

They’re here in my place in Santa Monica, and I kept them as a reminder to never spend lavishly. Richard Branson In order to get publicity for his company cheaply, he started doing balloon rides around the world and taking all kinds of risks with his life. I want to tell you this story of how I foolishly spent a million bucks so you can save yourself from making a similar mistake. In the early 90’s, I was running a profitable business , we were doing several million dollars a year in sales and profits and I said, “I need an office space that will communicate