I'll be interested to see what it turns into. On the SEO side of things, I'll definitely want to get your feedback on Browse My Stuff . And what do you think about the controversy about stealth vs. because I would like KlickFu to remain primarily a SoCal company and success story! For consulting work, I have done several projects with Lou Sokolovskiy of Genero Capital , a boutique private equity firm. 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. This time

Just glancing over the list (there’s really too many SoCal firms to completely list them all): Internet advertising and related industries, at least for SoCal, were strong. Aside from ReachLocal, I see The Search Agency (SEO services, #83), Hydra (Internet ads, 87), Gorilla Nation at 243, and Oversee.net at 326. Perusing the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 list for this year — the ranking of the fastest growing companies in North America , based on the last five years of revenue–it’s quite surprising to note the sheer number of Southern California firms listed.

Billy Fried: As an active person, with an active family and active friends, I've gone on vacation and searched around for things to do, or looked for things to do on a weekend here in SoCal. We found that there was enough concentration of activities in SoCal, to sustain it as a viable lifestyle business. We bat about 800 in terms of people buying off on the idea, who understand the bigger reach we This morning's interview is with Billy Fried , co-founder and CEO of Kijubi (www.kijubi.com), a new startup which is looking to help people find travel activities. The firm is launching itself