WRS publishes two referral guides that members are encouraged to distribute throughout SoCal, the Yellow Book with members and pre-screened nonmembers listed, and the Blue Book, a list of members only. Review: None Added 10/21/09 by Todd Zebert Name: SocialBling "relationships are luxury" Sites: [link] , www.twitter.com/socialbling , www.facebook.com/pages/Conversation-SocialBling/170566948017 , and Press Comments/Releases: AOL money & Finance , CNBC , Yahoo Finance News Self-description: "You don’t have to understand or invest loads of time networking in social

You don’t have the founders of eBay, LinkedIn, Salesforce.com and Yahoo.  You Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Launchpad LA SoCal Stuff Start-up Advice Startup Advic Los Angeles.  People People either love it our hate it.  All All the stereotypes and caricatures are overblown.  And

Weekly updates to the main SoCal Networking Event Organizations list . The LA event has passed - not sure if there will be returning, but perhaps elsewhere in SoCal. After a person attends a meeting, we invite them to our Yahoo! Tags: recruiting events clubs Southern California job search networking business professionals Please let me know if know of other organizations to add, or if you have any feedback on events. Name: GroundUP Business Group Sites: [link] , www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2294960 gid=2294960 , www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=166092799697

Southern California has an enormous ecosystem of former executives from Overture, Yahoo, Google, PriceGrabber, LowerMyBills, Oversee.net, Shopzilla, ValueClick, Business.com, Vendare, Vantage Media, Shopping.com, Advertising.com and Nextag. advertising SoCal monetization publishin Before you take an investment to start your Web 2.0 company that relies on advertising for revenue make sure you hire and partner with the right investors.

Southern California has an enormous ecosystem of former executives from Overture, Yahoo, Google, PriceGrabber, LowerMyBills, Oversee.net, Shopzilla, ValueClick, Business.com, Vendare, Vantage Media, Shopping.com, Advertising.com and Nextag. Before you take an investment to start your Web 2.0 company that relies on advertising for revenue make sure you hire and partner with the right investors.

In SoCal we are also leaders in affiliate marketing (Commission Junction), Internet video (Hulu) and bringing local businesses online (ReachLocal).  We A debate ensued in which the consensus was, “to build the next Google or Salesforce.com you probably need to be in Silicon Valley but that SoCal had produced many great companies that made a tremendous amount of money and that would likely continue.” Jason’s cutting wit and ExpenseBay Wins Showoff Twiistup 6 has come to an end. 

There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo! This is part of my ongoing series on Start-up Lessons that I learned from founding two companies. I HATE LOSING . I

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This is a sister list to SoCal Networking Event Organizations and focuses on any other Job Search or Business Networking opportunities. Please let me know if know of others to add, or if you have any feedback. Professional Associations, Groups, Societies & Events Directories: See my details, descriptions and commentary on SoCal Networking Event Organizations . www.weddles.com/associations A nation-wide directory, categorized by industry/job. networkingeventfinders.com A nation-wide directory, broken down by state then region. View as listing or calendar.

This is a sister list to SoCal Networking Event Organizations and focuses on any other Job Search or Business Networking opportunities. Please let me know if know of others to add, or if you have any feedback. Professional Associations, Groups, Societies & Events Directories: See my details, descriptions and commentary on SoCal Networking Event Organizations . www.weddles.com/associations A nation-wide directory, categorized by industry/job. networkingeventfinders.com A nation-wide directory, broken down by state then region. View as listing or calendar.