based companies. Companies researched and applications sent. Cost: Free and up Review: In addition to hosting mixers a couple times a year, they also organize group attendence at various cultural, sport, and recreational events. gid=2070410 Self-description: "Bootstrap 2-2 is a new way of creating growth in careers and companies, and innovating the job search and recruiting process. 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.

Turn Your Organization Inside Out The world has changed much since I started my first company in 1999.  As organizations we have become more open and I believe this is great for businesses and their customers.  In the first 4 years of running BuildOnline we were an “Outside In” organization. This is part of my ongoing posts on Startup Advice . We spent time out in the marketplace talking with customers, looking at their solutions, comparing ourselves with our competition and then squirreling ourselves away in our offices designing our next set of

Networking For Professionals is a dynamic business networking organization that powerfully combines online business networking and real life events. Case presentations feature companies in emerging technology areas reviewing their business plans with expert panelists. Founded in 1979, APC helps organizations find the perfect consultant for your interim project or on-going engagement. This is will be a continually updating post. I'll be creating additional lists for educational , chamber of commerce, etc. See also Networking & Social Media Job Search Webinars, Teleconferences

I've helped organize the Los Angeles CTO Forum for almost 10 years. As part of doing that, I've had the opportunity to interact with a wide variety of different chief technical officers from different kinds of companies over those years. This is a private group of CTOs who are responsible for software development within their companies. They are generally the senior most person responsible for custom software development, database design, database administration, web development, etc. In a recent conversation with a fellow CTO, we lamented about the fact that while there's very active software development and web development going on in Southern California and West Los Angeles, yet there didn't seem to be as much of a community around it.

When he launched eteamz, Brian’s vision was for a comprehensive site that organized youth sports. Selling the company was incredibly stressful. The company went from spending $10,000 - $12,000 in the 9-12 months before it was funded, to spending $4 million over the following 6-8 months, because his investors wanted a fast and large return on their investment. I asked Brian Johnson to teach what he learned from launching 3 startups because he has both the experience of an entrepreneur and the introspection of a philosopher. Brian is the founder of eteamz (a web

So the key question is: How can I leverage my network? One Page Networking Tool One of the best things I've seen done by a person doing a search was to provide folks he knew with a one pager that roughly contained: Background - two sentences Job Sought - two sentences Company Characteristics - geography, size, industry, etc. Companies - a list of 25 companies that fit the bill. For some reason over the past week, I've been asked by three different people I know about job opportunities that might fit them. Since, I've given them the same advice, I thought it was

Weekly updates to the main SoCal Networking Event Organizations list . Please let me know if know of other organizations to add, or if you have any feedback on events. Name: Challenger Networking Group (CA) Review: I've been told the Challenger group has a strong HR slant. We have various titles in the group and different size companies involved, but members have business and technology responsibility in their organizations. Updated 10/5/09 by Todd Zebert Name: Conejo Jewish Job Support Sites: www.conejojewishjobsupport.com Self-description: "The Conejo Jewish Job Support is a free community outreach program sponsored by Temple Adat Elohim in Thousand Oaks.

Weekly updates to the main SoCal Networking Event Organizations list . Please let me know if know of other organizations to add, or if you have any feedback on events. Name: GroundUP Business Group Sites: [link] , www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2294960 To this end, only Voice of the Customer practitioners at end-user companies are invited to join us – all due respects to everyone from other disciplines." gid=2294960 , www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=166092799697 gid=166092799697 Self-description: "This group is for individuals who are considering starting a business

Organization visibility is a big goal of mine for next year. believe when things are going great companies tend to keep their employees less accountable. This is not a new concept and it certainly is not my idea. I Today, “we the people”, received notice that we are in an official recession.

Many organizations, including a couple that I'm involved in, do not publish the attendee list ahead of time. However, there's a Facebook group, a few presenter companies, that you can look through. I've never been able to walk into a large group of people and feel like I can "work the room." Sure, I've read various articles on this stuff, but honestly, I still struggle with meeting interesting people.