Later today I’m presenting at the annual Rincon Ventures Summit in Santa Barbara. Startup Exits: A Primer from msuster. thought you might like to see an advance copy of what I’m going to cover. speak privately a lot about getting an exit at a startup. haven’t spoken publicly about it much but since Rincon asked – I agreed. MORE >>

Published in  The-Signal.com. 10, 2012. By Jana Adkins. Joining the ranks of a grass roots, global movement, the first-ever Startup Weekend Santa Clarita not only sold out, but doubled projected attendance this past weekend. Zejoop also won a working lunch with Clearstone Venture Partners of Palo Alto and Santa Monica, he said. Local momentum. MORE >>

Who are the top tech companies to work for in Los Angeles? Despite a huge number of companies, we found there are a number which. Readers in San Diego, Orange County, Ventura County, and elsewhere, please comment or send us your comments!). Demand Media. The now-public. The company recently reported record. OpenX. Edmunds. NastyGal. Rubicon Project. MORE >>

Bill Payne. He’s back for his 6th visit. New Zealand rolls out the red carpet for Bill Payne each time he visits. He has many friends in the angel investing and entrepreneur community there. reached out to Bill to remind him of the last time we were together. He did. It was an informative and very well attended breakout session. Small world. MORE >>

I recently wrote about the 12 tips to building successful startup communities. After a recent discussion I had with Steve Blank it made me remember that I had left off one of the most critical factors – a culture of failure. remember this lesson well. lived in London from 1997-2005 and for 6 of those years ran my startup based out of London. MORE >>