What would you do if you built a tremendously successful internet company and sold it? interviewed Ryan Scott to find out what he did after he sold Netcreations, the email list management company that he co-founded. (Curious After being disenchanted with the easy life, Ryan refocused on what got him started: the need to build something. I Curious about how Netcreations was built?

Why listen: Rosalind bootstrapped a company that she eventually took public. Why listen: Roger teaches you what he learned from a startup that spent $20 mil before closing. Why listen: Premal teaches you how to launch an agile company quickly. Why listen: Timothy teaches you to network with bloggers to 1.     Rosalind Resnick - Founder of NetCreations Why You’ll learn the trial and error that went into finding that golden idea.

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 Proliferate

Mark is a CTO, see, and his company, PortBlue , was recently acquired (congrats, Mark!). will start with the highest level and work my down to the nitty-gritty of the tech trade. For meeting interesting People, Companies, and Startups , I recommend the following events: My friend Mark Long recently asked me about networking in Los Angeles. After transitioning to the new team, Mark was left to wonder, what now?

There’s also a good post from last week by Jason Calcanis of Mahalo, What to do if your Startup is About to Fail. Even though we may not agree with his explanation and apology for this recent mis-step, I can vouch for the quality of his advice having been on the other side of the table in a number of startups. ...Tags: Tags: Company Creation/Operation Fundraising General Jason Calcanis Joe Platnick Pasadena Angels Sequoi By now everyone has seen the infamous Sequoia presentation, R.I.P. Good Times .

asked Wil to come to Mixergy to teach his online sales techniques, and to talk about his latest company, Affordit.com . With Go Big, it's just not easy to replicate twenty thousand investors or two hundred and fifty thousand startups. But if I separate the two and all of a sudden I see a 100 people again sign up but only 10 people pay, I've isolated exactly what the problem is. When my friend Wil Schroter builds web sites, he's more concerned with attracting revenue than eyeballs. When we get together in person, I like talking to him about how he builds revenue-generating sites

We’ve put an email into the production company for more information. Now that his  startup Mahalo has gone user-gen, Jason has A LOT more time on his hands. He has already started to produce his own online weekly show “ This Week in  Startups ” and would make a perfect Trump. As reported by Variety ,  a Twitter-themed television show is now under development. It’s being described as “putting ordinary people on the trail of celebrities in a revolutionary competitive format.”

Send them your reel, see if they'll pick you up. But in the meantime, start your blog, your personality-driven site.  Find Start blogging consistently - maybe not everyday.  Make Do videos whether they're set up, or maybe on the go. What I admire about Shira Lazar is that she's too much of a go-getter to wait for the perfect TV gig to come to her. I've watched her build her reputation and fan-base using new media tools like Qik, Wordpress and Twitter.

Mark helped launch 4 startups, including SuperSig, which was a disaster and Mahalo , a rising star. He knew that a behemoth like Time Warner was no place to grow an innovative startup. When it was over, Homer Luther, Mark’s investor, sent him a note congratulating him for fighting long after everyone else gave up. I asked Mark Jeffrey for an interview because I knew he’d be open with me about the periods in entrepreneurship when things fall apart and you feel like there’s no way out. Network by evangelizing

Co-founder Gregg Spiridellis came to Mixergy to tell you how he and his brother Evan built their company. If you’re running an internet company, this story will inspire you AND teach you how to hustle for every piece of business. The vision for JibJab was to take advantage of the fact that production costs were falling significantly and distribution was opening up to build a brand. This is the story of two brothers who took on the established entertainment industry, succeeded for a while — and then almost went out of business when the dot com market crashed.