Rustic Canyon Partners Tags: Events jackie peters jason nazar richard branson the perfect pitch tony ada 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. An opportunity like that is usually one in a million but with the Perfect Pitch Conference taking place in Los Angeles, it’s

John Babcock, Rustic Canyon Partners Uri The VentureNet 2008 Selection/Screening Committee has been announced.  Wow, what a prestigous list of Southern California venture capitalists, angel investors, and conference sponsors!  We’re fortunate to have such a talented group that will ensure a very exciting software and IT capital conference this year.  Jim

Rustic Canyon Partners 2425 So the bad news is the round table portion for this event is already sold out.  Tags: Jeff Tinsley dealmaker Events Vince Thompson Keith Richman Jay Budzi Dealmaker LA is hosting a strategy series and mixer tonight in Santa Monica.  “The internet wants to be free but you need to get paid” will focus on revenue and how to get it.  There are four speakers lined up that will be discussing money makers, building ad models through the downturn, driving conversation and alternative strategies for monetizing traffic.

My dear friend Debbie Landa, supreme queen of DealMaker Media is hosting another kick ass event in Los Angeles, and… I’M GIVING AWAY A TICKET TO THE EVENT (keep reading below). Nate Redmond , Partner, Rustic Canyon Ventures VC Outlook 2009: If You Need Funding You’re Fuc%ed ( or are you ) - Candid Talks with VCs in Los Angeles DECEMBER 2, 2008 Roundtable

Brought to you by the team who produces Startonomics and Dealmaker LA, this hands-on "workshop-style" event will allow entrepreneurs to drill down on the key issues we face when laying the foundation to build and fund their company. Burnham, Partner, Strategic Law Partners Frank Addante, CEO, Rubicon Project Jason Nazar, CEO, DocStoc John Babcock, Partner, Rustic Canyon Partners John Suh, CEO, Legal Zoom Kent Goldman, Principal, First Round Capital Jeff Tinsley, CEO, Mylife Mark Suster, Partner, GRP Partners Richard Wolpert, Partner, The Mailroom Fund Seth Sternberg, CEO, meebo William

Hi everyone–we’re giving away a ticket to the Perfect Pitch , the investment pitching event later this month which features a keynote by Richard Branson . The event is October 26th in Marina Del Rey , at the Ritz-Carlton, and should be an excellent opportunity to hear from local investors and other influential folks here–it looks like right now Tim Draper (DFJ), John Babcock (Rustic Canyon), Mark Suster (GRP), and Scott Sangster (Tech Coast Angels), Jason Nazar (Docstoc), Jeff Tinsley (MyLife), Shawn Colo (Demand Media), and Scott Painter (Zag/TrueCar) are among the

Rustic Canyon Partners (www.rusticcanyon.com) Safire This event brings together diverse companies and provides an outstanding opportunity for networking. OnHollywood socalTECH is proud to be an affiliate partner of the upcoming OnHollywood event, where cutting-edge technology CEOs from the back streets of Silicon Valley meet the Hollywood digital entertainment and media elite. Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. They include:

Rustic Canyon Partners (www.rusticcanyon.com) Safire OnHollywood socalTECH is proud to be an affiliate partner of the upcoming OnHollywood event, where cutting-edge technology CEOs from the back streets of Silicon Valley meet the Hollywood digital entertainment and media elite. This two-and-a-half-day executive event features high-level debates on which forces are disrupting user behavior and creating new opportunities, content strategies and monetization schemes in the video, music, Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies.

Since SoCal Tech Group is all about empowering entrepreneurs in the LA area, we’d like to give away  ONE ticket to this fantastic event to a deserving entrepreneur (a $200 value!).  The What you want to learn from this event Winners will be contacted before the event by email.  Big Dealmaker has been putting together conferences and roundtables in LA of consistently high quality for the past two years.  These These are the folks that put on the Startonomics conference this past February at UCLA, which was a great primer for web entrepreneurs and provides a level

Jason is also behind the popular "Startups Uncensored" events in Los Angeles, so we also pinged him on how those events have been going. For another subject, how has you "Startups Uncensored" event been going? Jason Jason Nazar: The events are going great. Recently, Santa Monica-based Docstoc (www.docstoc.com) launched a new marketplace on its site, for anyone interested in selling professional documents. We thought we'd get the background on the new effort directly from Jason Nazar , CEO and founder of Docstoc, to learn more about the new service.