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Thursday, March 4, 2010
Check out their site for job search tips, 'What is an unconference', and audio interviews. Summary Follow these links to find the updates, and follow further for the full listings. 3 New and 5 Updates in SoCal Networking Event Organizations . No updates for SoCal Educational Networking & Job Search Organizations . 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 .
 
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Matt Coffin , the founder of Los Angeles-based LowerMyBills and an active angel investor in Southern California, has joined venture capital firm Split Rock Partners as a Venture Advisor, the venture firm said this week. Coffin also has invested as an angel in Billshrink, Buscape, CyberRain, Demand Media, Docstoc, Hautelook, Impact Radius, Inadco, Machinima, Mahalo, Rubicon Project, and 2tor. ...Tags: Split Rock, which is based in Minneapolis, said that Coffin will work with the firm to identify promising investment opportunities, as well as to help advise its existing portfolio companies.
 
Monday, February 22, 2010
In addition, the attendees are outstanding – decision makers from all types of businesses across Southern California – financial services, entertainment, healthcare, music, high-tech, non-profits, municipalities, and entrepreneurs. Mahalo 902 There will be lots of new faces and contacts to be made so This week is packed with events, and two celebrations happening on Thursday. Hope you have a case of red bull cause you’re gonna need it.
 

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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.
Santa Monica-based online coupon site Savings.com has tapped Jason Calacanis, founder of Mahalo and Internet celebrity, for its board of directors, the firm said Thursday. Venture Partners, as well as unnamed Southern California angel investors. Calacanis is CEO and founder of Mahalo, a human-powered search engine also based in Santa Monica; Calacanis had his big win at Weblogs, which was Savings.com provides coupons and coupon deals to Internet users, and is venture backed by U.S. READ MORE>> ...Tags:
The new startup is based in New York City and from what I’m told that is somewhere far far away from gorgeous Southern California. So while I can certainly appreciate that cushy new title… the next yellow pages, really? Please let us know once you’ve done some of that operating so we can really get excited for you. ‘ This Week In Startups ‘ (TWiST) producer and Kevin Rose body double , Alex Miller is leaving Los Angeles to join Yext , an online yellow pages. Best of luck with that buddy!
The new startup is based in New York City and from what I’m told that is somewhere far far away from gorgeous Southern California. So while I can certainly appreciate that cushy new title… the next yellow pages, really? Please let us know once you’ve done some of that operating so we can really get excited for you. ‘ This Week In Startups ‘ (TWiST) producer and Kevin Rose body double , Alex Miller is leaving Los Angeles to join Yext , an online yellow pages. Best of luck with that buddy!
The technology industry’s panicked rush to lay off employees, in fear of impact from the economy, is starting to hit Southern California. Mahalo - 10 percent. The latest: Veoh - 20 employees, or approximately 18-20 percent of its staff. THQ - 250 employees, 17 percent.
LA CTO Forum – This is a private community of CTOs in the southern California area. would attend every Dealmaker event if I didn’t have to pay so much to attend them. LA Hadoop Meetup – My good friend Mark Jeffrey’s company, Mahalo , typically hosts these events. My friend Mark Long recently asked me about networking in Los Angeles. Mark is a CTO, see, and his company, PortBlue , was recently acquired (congrats, Mark!).
It should be a blast having so many great LA communities together, sharing their thoughts and having some great holiday fun! On Thursday, December 11th from 5:00pm to 10:00pm, the Digital Family Reunion (DFR) is bringing the Southern California technology and business communities together for the holidays at the Skirball Cultural Center. In association with some of the region’s top trade associations and social networking groups, the DFR Howdy Campers! Digital Family Reunion is bringing all of the LA Tech/Business/Media scene together next month, for a nice holiday
Matt Coffin , the founder of Los Angeles-based LowerMyBills and an active angel investor in Southern California, has joined venture capital firm Split Rock Partners as a Venture Advisor, the venture firm said this week. Coffin also has invested as an angel in Billshrink, Buscape, CyberRain, Demand Media, Docstoc, Hautelook, Impact Radius, Inadco, Machinima, Mahalo, Rubicon Project, and 2tor. ...Tags: Split Rock, which is based in Minneapolis, said that Coffin will work with the firm to identify promising investment opportunities, as well as to help advise its existing portfolio companies.
In SoCal we are also leaders in affiliate marketing (Commission Junction), Internet video (Hulu) and bringing local businesses online (ReachLocal).  We We are also home to DemandMedia (Richard Rosenblatt) and Mahalo (Jason Calacanis). Ian is so knowledgeable about the evolution of the digital music business and speaks with a Howard Roark like truth about where it needs to go.  ExpenseBay Wins Showoff Twiistup 6 has come to an end.