I recently interviewed Michael Jones, founder of Tsavos . Since he’s also a top startup adviser and angel investor, in addition to asking him about Tsavo, I asked him how about how and why he advises companies. I asked about the vision behind Tsavo: To see how Tsavo identifies Here’s an edited transcript of some of what he told me. (Download Download the full program for more.)

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Now Dealmaker has brought this conference to UCLA, and the SoCal Tech Group is proud to be their marketing partner for this event. Building on the Cheap: Starting Up When the Economy is Down, Mike Jones, Tsavo Media Social Media is Dead, Long Live Social Media, Sean Percival, Tsavo Media Build it and they will come, right? Everybody is going to love this, won’t they?