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 .

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 the “Building an Online Brand”.  During his time at Ticketmaster, Moriarty led the company through its multiple acquisitions and strategic investments. TO SIGN UP FOR THIS EVENT, CLICK HERE The event is free and is followed 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. We are joined this month by Sean Moriarty , the former CEO of TicketMaster. 

This is part of my Startup Advice series often have career discussions with entrepreneurs – both young and more mature – whether they should join company “X” or not.  I at a startup that has already raised $5 million the chances of you making your retirement money on that company is EXTREMELY small.  I I usually pull the old trick of answering a question with a question. 

This month’s “Startups Uncensored” will be on “Navigating the Challenges of Effective Outsourcing”.  Both have extension experience in identifying and working with outsourced teams to build their technology companies.  TO SIGN UP FOR THIS EVENT, CLICK HERE It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation discussing topics such as: Outsourcing best practices

This month’s “Startups Uncensored” will be on “Navigating the Challenges of Effective Outsourcing”.  Both have extension experience in identifying and working with outsourced teams to build their technology companies.  TO SIGN UP FOR THIS EVENT, CLICK HERE It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation discussing topics such as: Outsourcing best practices

This month’s “Startups Uncensored” will be on “Outsourcing Web Development & Businesses”.  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.  We are joined this month by James Siminoff , founder/CEO of PhoneTag and Aaron Hawkey co-founder and CTO of Cramster .  Plus this month’s event will be moderated by our very own tech guru Alon Shwartz

Is there a difference between tech startups in Silicon Valley vs. 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. They build obsessively user focused products, do a fantastic job at virally driving a ton of traffic, but usually have their head up their ass when it comes to making money. Los Angeles? Most emphatically, Yes !

This month’s “Startups Uncensored” will be on “Legal Advice for Startups”.  It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation talking about the legal questions that face start-ups and issues like incorporation, stock options, hiring employees, and much more. Young’s venture capital financing experience includes representation of companies and investors in well over 100 financings, constituting over $1 billion in aggregate proceeds. We are joined this month by David Young a Partner at DLA Piper .  Mr.

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