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33 Articles match "Information","LinkedIn","Startup"
The Latest from the Southern California Tech Central Community
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
was recently interviewed for an article that appeared in Fast Company titled, “ Why you should start a business in LA .” 8221; If you’re interested in the topic it’s worth a read, but I thought I’d elaborate on the topic since it comes up all the time.
If we extend a bit North up the coast line we have many affiliate marketing innovators including ValueClick, Commission Junction and FastClick. They Los Angeles. People People either love it our hate it. All
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Monday, March 8, 2010
Join the LinkedIn group to get the meeting schedule, and both confirm if meetings are happening and RSVP. With your printed ticket, security at the entrance would let you past the rope and up the stairs you needed to wind your way back to the theater. Attire ranged from t-shirts and jeans to button-up shirts with coats, with a handful of some funkier attire. Send me your new, updated, or reviews of networking events and organizations. The Notable & Where I'm Going... Tell them you heard about it from Todd's blog! I'll be speaking (yes, yours truly) on “Effective Networking for Entrepreneurs” at the GroundUP Business Group 's Tuesday, March 9th 7-8:30pm, at Zephyr Coffee House, 2419 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91107 .
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Friday, February 19, 2010
Technosium has received support in past events from associations and industry leaders including Association of Information Technology Professionals, Information Systems Security Association, Silicon Valley Communications, San Jose Mercury News - The Newspaper of Silicon Valley, Wi-Fi Alliance, Trusted Computing Group, Information Security Professionals Association, Network Products Guide, Personal Broadband Industry Association, Covenant, Wireless Communications Alliance, Technology Lawyer, Info Security Products Guide, New Technology World and Stanford Graduate School of Business."
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The Best from the Southern California Tech Central Community
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Monday, February 8, 2010
First, I would say that most entrepreneurs do almost no reference checks or at least do them very informally. Don’t The one where they HAD BETTER say good things about you because if they don’t then you’re really messed up for not suggesting the right people and calling them in advance to control the process and make sure that they say good things. Good When you finally get back up on your feet again,
Everybody This is part of my ongoing series on Raising Venture Capital .
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Sunday, January 10, 2010
If you’re not familiar with the term it’s basically trying to help all of us who are deluged with technology to find ways to cope with the masses of information without having it ruin our lives.
Let me start by saying I’m a huge business book cynic. I But Net had told me that he picked up some valuable lessons from the book, so I thought, “WTF? A couple of years ago I read the popular book, “The Four Hour Workweek ” by Tim Ferriss. It It was recommended to me by my friend, Net Jacobsson , who was trying to do some basic Life Hacking
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Let’s start with a discussion of existing social networks and then how to approach people on them.
Second, I don’t want to clutter up the stream of information that I have in my Facebook newsfeed with information on people with whom I don’t have a relationship.
LinkedIn. The I sometimes think that certain advice is BGO (blinding glimpse of the obvious) and doesn’t warrant mentioning. But But then people’s actions tell me otherwise.
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Friday, August 14, 2009
Good idea & plan: You must start with a good idea and a PowerPoint deck (my outline is here , scroll down mid way). Jarl And a great product starts with the founder.
Quick caveats: having fewer investors (3-5) is better than many investors (10-15) and PLEASE make sure you hire a great lawyer who has experience in doing start-ups to avoid pitfalls that will make VC harder down the line. Also, This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC .
Last night I attended a DealMaker Media (whom I love because they always host such great discussions) panel on raising
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Monday, October 19, 2009
On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. This blog post ended up on Valleywag (which had much bigger presence back then).
Anyway, the starting point for this blog entry is a cartoon I remember reading in the New Yorker. After my company was acquired by Salesforce.com I was asked to stop blogging and they took over my blog as an asset in the sale of the company. My blog was wiped out.
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Sunday, December 13, 2009
Arnold Waldstein , who stops by periodically on my blog and always leaves relevant comments, made the observation that, “if I want to connect with you, I’ll engage with you on this blog …from there, a follow on Twitter, a link on LinkedIn are closing the loop of connection rather that opening a cold door.” Many people who want to get to know me send me a LinkedIn invite, connect on Facebook or more recently follow me on Twitter. I’ve been thinking a lot about comments lately. I recently wrote a post about how to get access to people at conferences
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007
I read the first three pieces of information and was trying to think of how I could help him. Or look at funding activity if you are considering start-ups. Make it your top 25 where you think there will be opportunity. Work Your Network Once you have your one pager ready, I'd definitely use LinkedIn to see who I can already find. For some reason over the past week, I've been asked by three different people I know about job opportunities that might fit them. Since, I've given them the same advice, I thought it was worth putting in my blog.
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
was recently interviewed for an article that appeared in Fast Company titled, “ Why you should start a business in LA .” 8221; If you’re interested in the topic it’s worth a read, but I thought I’d elaborate on the topic since it comes up all the time.
If we extend a bit North up the coast line we have many affiliate marketing innovators including ValueClick, Commission Junction and FastClick. They Los Angeles. People People either love it our hate it. All
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Friday, May 15, 2009
Individuals use social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Plaxo as career-advancing tools, even more useful in a down economy. In 2005, Majid coauthored "Data Strategy" a book designed to help streamline information management within organizations. He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities.
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Thursday, November 5, 2009
I recently got together with Aaron Shechet and an early stage startup to discuss the direction the company might want to take. It was a great conversation and I thought it would be a good idea to do some visible networking with Aaron to get to know him better. Tell me a bit about your background. I grew up in Los Angeles and went to undergrad at UC Santa Barbara, graduating in 2003 with Honors in Economics. While at UC Santa Barbara, I then went to Pepperdine University School of Law and graduated in 2006 with a Certificate from the Geoffrey H.
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