Southern California's technology community--despite all of the recent excitement around Silicon Beach--continues to be underserved in terms of capital, with a lack of venture capital funds (with money), and other private technology investors. One issue has been a difficulty by indigenous funds to raise their own capital from their limited partners. MORE >>

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing engineer and PageWoo ’s CEO and co-Founder Jason Crilly about his side project, the new hacker news site for the Southern California tech community called Develop.la. First off, there are a few things about Jason you should know. Jason is a passionate advocate for. Creating L.A.’s own hacker news, Develop.la MORE >>

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 -- Do or Die: How to acquire and retain customers. Dealmaker Media. Acquiring customers is the biggest challenge facing startups today. SEO used to dominate online customer acquisition but now a mix of owned, earned and paid efforts are proving equally effective. See [link] (more MORE >>

Greg Ak selrud , Chair of the Internet, N ew Med ia & Entert ainm en t P rac t i c e G r o u p at Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP discusses the difference be tween co-marketing and a joint venture, and the benefits and risks involved with each. __. Co-marketing arrangements present a wealth of opportunities to expand your business. MORE >>

San Diego-based Givit , which develops social video sharing applications and services, announced this morning that it has raised $2.5M in a funding round. The new round came from ATA Ventures and JK&B Capital. According to Givit, the funding comes along with a new, free app which allows users to create and share personal videos from the iPhone. MORE >>