It is designed for sharing leads, contacts, industry information and career events." L7 events are for singles, couples and groups of friends. 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. Cost: Free 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. Attendees: If you have review comments I'd

When Timothy Ferriss came on Mixergy , he said meeting bloggers in person at conferences helped make his book a New York Times Best Seller. Here are some techniques for getting in for free, based on what I heard in my interviews and events. conference from Marc Andreessen. When Craig heard that, he brought up a good point. What if you’re a startup and can’t pay for a ticket?

Los Angeles has two Twitter conferences coming up. So that logic tells me there can be only one and these conferences must throw-down with an epic sword fight to the death. 140 Characters Conference(#140conf) Host: Jeff has done lots of conferences, he is what you call “old school” in this space. THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE! Yes two.

Twiistup , the popular Los Angeles technology showcase and networking event started by Mike Macadaan, is announcing today that the event has been sold to a undisclosed, private investor. According to Twiistup, it will expand beyond its showoff events to include a full conference agenda, and also be expanding to similar events in other cities. The event's new producer Financial details of the ownership change were not disclosed. Twiistup said its next event will be in July.

was dodging cupcakes left and right in front of the Conference Center Saturday, and if Zone Perfect bars were $5 bills I’d be able to buy myself a new MacBook (okay, okay, at least an iPod). 80% of the restaurants within a 10-minute walk of the conference center suck, and 18% of the rest are wall-to-wall with SXSW folks. It’s about 4/10 of a mile from the front door of the Hilton to Ballroom The cool kids have been telling me about it for years, and this year I finally did it – I made it to Austin for SXSW Interactive. The panels were as informative as I’d heard, the parties were

An opportunity like that is usually one in a million but with the Perfect Pitch Conference taking place in Los Angeles, it’s now a very real possibility. This coming Monday, October 26, the Perfect Pitch 2009 Entrepreneur and Investor Conference is taking place at the Ritz Carlton. Some notable members of the LA tech community will be speaking, moderating, or presenting at the conference and we’d like Sir Richard Branson is known for being a successful entrepreneur. Ten minutes alone with the guy could probably change your life if you used it correctly.

Some photos from the recent TechCrunch50 conference. Tags: Events Featured Photos techcrunch5 The final marquee? Mike Arrington Jason Calacanis This guy is going up (realtime)stream

mean, why is it a conference’s fault that there are less women there when men make up three-fourths of the tech sector? For starters, it’s a fallacy to assume that a long conference resume makes someone the best. It’s these differences in perspective that can help those of us who attend these conferences develop products that make sense–for everyone. This topic of whether women are properly represented in tech is a hot one, and it has a tendency to piss off a lot of people. I

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One of the great things about a conference as big as Le Web is the range of people you get to meet. had the pleasure of meeting David Newman , an artist from San Fransisco who spent his time at Le Web doing sketches of the faces of the conference. Tags: Events Featured lewe I Here are some of our favorites: