Affiliated and linked with other general and specific groups in Southern California Ventura Highway offers excellent opportunities for those seeking contacts to further their professional goals. The group offers an online community with a physical counterpart of meetings and networking with people in Southern California. gid=1775486 Self-description: "80% of jobs (or This is will be a continually updating post. I'll be creating additional lists for educational, chamber of commerce, etc. Organizational representatives: please contact me directly for updates, etc.

Southern California is a hotbed of technology companies that are leaders in their sector. high-tech community like this also has many bloggers and Web-based news outlets that cover our companies, venture capital, and events -- plus a number of advisers who help technologies entrepreneurial companies grow. It's been difficult to keep up on all aspects of the technology sector in Southern California. This includes MySpace, CitySearch, Ticketmaster, eHarmony, and thousands of lesser known technology companies. A

I am excited to be participating in and announcing the of: Southern California Tech Central This is a community of people in Southern California who have come together to help find and organize the best content from blogs, news sources and other web sites all around technology in So Cal. This site is being sponsored by the Technology Council of Southern California and my company TechEmpower . The goal is to create a place where it's easy to find current and highly relevant content. And perhaps to stimulate new connections.

I've helped organize the Los Angeles CTO Forum for almost 10 years. They are generally the senior most person responsible for custom software development, database design, database administration, web development, etc. In a recent conversation with a fellow CTO, we lamented about the fact that while there's very active software development and web development going on in Southern California and West Los Angeles, yet there didn't seem to be as much of a community around it. But where do the As part of doing that, I've had the opportunity to interact with a wide variety of different chief technical officers from different kinds of companies over those years.

Mission The mission of the Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum is to encourage the growth and success of technology-based entrepreneurial ventures in Southern California. Scope Through its monthly programs, the Forum provides advice, support, education and networking opportunities to technology-based ventures in the Southern California area. Founded in 1979, APC helps organizations find the perfect consultant 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

Luis Villalobos, founder of the Tech Coast Angels, passed away yesterday , leaving a huge whole in Southern California’s technology and angel community. Luis — who regularly emailed me when I was  late sending out my daily email — exemplified some of the traits which make So Cal’s angel community an asset to entrepreneurs here. No, it’s not the investment dollars, Not only have I seen what Luis has done with local startups, but I even pitched him myself on an opportunity and saw how he operated–clearly looking not on “pass or go” on a deal, but instead, “how can we make this company a success”, “who can we bring in that can help this firm,” and “how can we help this entrepreneur get to the next level?”

The Technology Council of Southern California and TechEmpower are happy to announce the launch of: Southern Southern California Tech Central This This is a community of people in Southern California who have come together to help find and organize the best content from blogs, news sources and other web sites all around technology in So Cal.  The goal is [...] ...Tags: Tags: Hardware Internet Marketing Media/Entertainment Newsletter Sales Software Startups Venture Capital Video Game

The Technology Council of Southern California and TechEmpower are happy to announce the launch of: Southern Southern California Tech Central This This is a community of people in Southern California who have come together to help find and organize the best content from blogs, news sources and other web sites all around technology in So Cal.  The goal is [...] ...Tags: Tags: Hardware Internet Marketing Media/Entertainment Newsletter Sales Software Startups Venture Capital Video Game

Weekly updates to the main SoCal Networking Event Organizations list Name: Los Angeles LinkedIn Networking Event / Lewis Howes Sites: www.lewishowes.com/events , www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=138352 Frequency: Varies Cost: Varies Review: None Added 9/15/09 by Todd Zebert Name: Le Tip Sites: California chapters: letip.com/find-chapters/category.html?id=33%3Acalifornia gid=138352 Self-description: "Come attend L.A.'s s

A stealth internet advertising / publishing renaissance is quietly happening in Southern California 10 years after the dot com bubble burst. Any investor who tells you its hard to build management teams and big companies in Southern California is disconnected from the real markets. Southern California still lacks the big VC and Private Equity funds like Silicon Vallley and Boston but entreprenuers are scrappy here Most of these companies bootstrapped themselves and bypassed local SoCal VC firms raising larger rounds with Silicon Valley based mega VC fund after achieving significant revenue growth.