Johnson , founder of Lunch.com, is an experience entrepreneur, who sold his last firm, VirtualTourist.com , to Expedia. We spoke with Johnson about his new startup, as well as had him fill us in on the story behind VirtualTourist, how he bootstrapped that firm, and his exit. Johnson: Back in 1999, we started a company called VirtualTourist.com. J.R. Johnson's latest effort is Lunch.com (www.lunch.com), a web site which takes the concepts behind VirtualTourist.com beyond travel, and into lots of other subjects.

You'll also have access to the list of attendees from all the past events you've signed up for. Referral Exchange Network is a rapidly-expanding group of business professionals who are sick and tired of attending networking meetings that suck our time and end up with dead leads. The whole point of business is to make the life you want to live possible--so why wait to start enjoying it? This is will be a continually updating post. I'll be creating additional lists for educational , chamber of commerce, etc. See also Networking & Social Media Job Search Webinars,

Tuesday, January 12th, 2009 LAVA Breakfast - CEOs Talk Startups – Discussion on start-up issues including i) team building and recruiting, ii) business plan issues, iii) developing a concise message, iv) building credibility (with customers, partners, employees and early investors), v) getting the business model to work properly, and vi) finally getting funded. What mistakes did you make during in the early days and what lessons would you pass on another entrepreneur? Check out what’s happening in Los Angeles tech this week. Be sure to add

Tuesday, January 12th, 2009 LAVA Breakfast - CEOs Talk Startups – Discussion on start-up issues including i) team building and recruiting, ii) business plan issues, iii) developing a concise message, iv) building credibility (with customers, partners, employees and early investors), v) getting the business model to work properly, and vi) finally getting funded. What mistakes did you make during in the early days and what lessons would you pass on another entrepreneur? Check out what’s happening in Los Angeles tech this week. Be sure to add

They have a different speaker each week, usually announced a couple weeks prior, starting about 30mins in and speaking for perhaps 45mins. Cost: "Starting with #140conf NYC ‘10, the ticket prices will be more reflective of the cost to attend the theater and/or a music concert in New York City than a typical tech event ... Updated 1/24/10 by Todd Zebert Name: Startups Uncensored Frequency/Location: Monthly / Santa Monica Public Weekly updates! Please let me know if know of other items to add, or if you have any feedback on events. Happy New Year everyone!