He’s done several startups and is a board member of the Technology Council of Southern California (which is where I met him originally). A great opportunity for more visible networking . I roughly know about MakeItWork, but tell me a bit about where you spend your time day-to-day. A typical day starts with email, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Yammer checks/updates. In between it all, I'm dropping off/picking up my son, I’ve recently had a chance to reconnect with Eric David Greenspan ( LinkedIn , Twitter ) He’s the CEO of Make It Work a high quality, personal, high touch technology service provider for homes and small businesses.

Over this period I have personally been involved in over a dozen start-up ventures with two-thirds of those under the umbrella of Momentum Venture Management ( www.mvmpartners.com ), the early stage venture fund/accelerator I started 6 years ago with Matt Ridenour. The evidence of this broader reality is overwhelming and is directly contrary to Wil’s personal experience: •    Venture capitalists invested 48% less capital in Southern California during the third quarter with $458 million put into 66 deals (Dow Jones Q309) •    Dramatic move away from first time/early investments

For any entrepreneurs lurking here, I’ve got some tickets to VentureNet I am giving away. Just email or otherwise contact me, particularly if you’re an early stage startup who wished they were presenting but didn’t make the cut, etc. On a related note,  a good story on RingRevenue and how they got funding from the warmup session for VentureNet was recently posted on Entrepreneur Magazine. (disclaimer: It’s a great opportunity to meet others in the community, see some pitches, and do some networking. disclaimer: I was on the selection committee for