That's where I learned I enjoyed interacting with customers and working with development teams to build and launch products. From there, I became the first non-founder employee at an e-commerce startup called BITSource, which was the first electronic software distributor delivering electronic volume software licenses to corporations. I know you are still in stealth, but what can you tell us. Earlier this year I founded a new startup called KlickFu . Visible networking is turning into a really great opportunity to get to know people better, get to meet new people, and have some interesting conversations.

The fund--started by Brian Garrett and Rick Smith --has been focused on digital media investments, and so far has made investments in six companies. The fund is just celebrated its first year in business, so we thought we'd catch up with Brian to hear more about what the firm is investing in, the challenges of raising a venture fund in this market, plus his view on the Los Angeles venture market. Let's Let's start with Los Angeles-based Crosscut Ventures (www.crosscutventures.com) is one of the newest venture capital funds in the area, and has quietly been working on funding local companies over the last year.

Last year, Dealmaker Media put together Startonomics , a great conference focusing on what really matters: how to define the metrics for your business, and where those numbers should fall to ensure you are on the right path. generations of the web, many bright folks have been able to recognize the best practices for such metrics. As a bonus, Build it and they will come, right? Everybody is going to love this, won’t they?