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. Individuals use social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Plaxo as career-advancing tools, even more useful in a down economy. Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium. Social networking sites and microblogs are used not only to build

wrote recently about etiquette when you meet people at conferences or events so now that I have this done I feel I need to say some words about connecting on social networks. Let’s start with a discussion of existing social networks and then how to approach people on them. Twitter is a reciprocal (or symmetrical) network and therefore if you want to follow me 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.

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

The forum addresses both, business and social sides of Los Angeles to exchange views and experiences around topics from living to working in every day of our life in L.A. It is targeted for people from ANY industry and branch to exchange business and social ideas about living, visiting or doing business within Los Angeles." Frequency: Multiple times a month, in Los Feliz, Carlsbad, Burbank, Irvine Cost: 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.

I recently wrote a post about how to get access to people at conferences and how to connect with people on social networks .  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.”  I’ve been thinking a lot about comments lately.  These posts encouraged groups of people to provide their thoughts

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.  There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content.  This blog post ended up on Valleywag (which had much bigger presence back then). 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. 

See also Networking & Social Media Job Search Webinars, Teleconferences and Podcasts , and Other & Indirect Job Networking Opportunities . Name: Networking For Professionals (NFP) Sites: www.networkingforprofessionals.com , Industry Insights Blog , Success Square/Coaching Blog , Events Blog , City Chat Blog Self-description: "Get Connected. Networking For Professionals is a dynamic business networking organization that powerfully combines online business networking and real life events. This is will be a continually updating post. I'll be creating additional lists for educational , chamber of commerce, etc.

For some time, I have been writing and ranting about how Social Media/Networking tools are making their way into small and medium businesses. Well, it seems that more early stage companies are incorporating these concepts into their startups. Truth is I think it’s great, but the bad news is that many of these entrepreneurs really don’t know what this means and a few, like one I saw yesterday, must have been told to You would think I would be happy about that; something I predicted coming true. I

Our interview today is with Santa Monica-based OneCubicle (www.onecubicle.com), a new startup we ran across recently, which is looking to provide a more professional social networking site for younger people. We caught up with the firm's CEO, Gregg Champion--who formerly was Vice President of Programming and Development at Mania TV--to learn more about the company, its business, as well as its fundraising plans. What What is Onecubicle? Gregg Gregg Champion: OneCubicle.com is a social business network for people on their first, second, and third jobs.

We recently spoke with Tyler Koblasa , Founder and CEO of Mingly , a Santa Monica-based startup which is pulling together contacts from multiple sources, and adding such tools as contact reminders, to-do lists, and alerts based on those contacts. Tyler told us about his startup and what it's up to. What Whether someone What is Mingly all about? Tyler Tyler Koblasa: Mingly is a relationship management tool, kind of a personal assistant, and keeps track of all of your contacts, from multiple sources, and aggregates that into a master address book.