He talks about a bunch of the different networking events that occur in Los Angeles and other parts of Southern California. In his post, he mentions the following events / event organizers, and you should visit his post for a bit more on each of them. LA CTO Forum Dealmaker Media Digital Family Reunion Startups Uncensored Social Media Club, LA Twiistup Mindshare LA LA Hadoop Meetup Dorkbot Geek Dinners LA Cloud Computing LA Web Application Developers LA PHP Developers In

The University of Southern California is tapping C. Max Nikias, currently Executive Vice President and Provost of the school--and former Dean of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering--as a replacement for outgoing President Steven B. Nikias was recruited to USC in 1991 to head up the school's Integrated Media Systems Center (IMSC), which conducts research in 3D modeling, augmented reality and virtual reality, video streaming, body tracking, and other areas. ...Tags: L. Sample, the school announced this morning.

He is a former chairman of the Business Software Alliance, and currently is Chair of the LA Chapter of the Technology Council of Southern California. Karrer graduated from Loyola Marymount University (Valedictorian), then attended USC as a Tau Beta Pi fellow, one of the top 30 engineers in the nation, and received a M.S. 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.

Please let me know if know of other items to add, or if you have any feedback on events. 8 New and 2 Updates for SoCal Networking Event Organizations including Neal Schaffer's new book. 1 New and 1 Update for Networking & Social Media Job Search Webinars, Teleconferences and Podcasts Comments and Updates for SoCal Educational Networking & Job Search Organizations SoCal Networking Event Organizations Name: NoNameTags Self-description: "...entrepreneurs, Weekly updates! entrepreneurs, professional service and corporate executives, the

The University of Southern California is reporting today that spinouts out of the school have raised $148m in the last two calendar years (2008-2009), and that there are now at least 24 USC spinouts currently in business. The school--which has been actively encouraging startup activity based on its research in recent years--said that 16 USC startups raised $148M, in a combination of new startup funding and additional rounds of financing for those companies. The school said that the 24 spinouts of the school employ approximately 500 full time employees, with at least 267 of those jobs in Los Angeles.

This is a sister list to SoCal Networking Event Organizations and focuses on the Networking events and resources of SoCal Educational Institutions (primarily Colleges & Universities). As I receive information about others, I'll post them, but here's some general tips to help you get started: If you don't already know the website of your college, you should be able to Google it, or if that fails, try the Wikipedia article on California Colleges and Universities . Please let me know if know of other organizations to add, or if you have any feedback. Look for the

This is a sister list to SoCal Networking Event Organizations and focuses on the Networking events and resources of SoCal Educational Institutions (primarily Colleges & Universities). As I receive information about others, I'll post them, but here's some general tips to help you get started: If you don't already know the website of your college, you should be able to Google it, or if that fails, try the Wikipedia article on California Colleges and Universities . Please let me know if know of other organizations to add, or if you have any feedback. Look for the

Hear the stories of the well known successes like Salesforce.com and MySpace , and some not so well known; it's all part of the ongoing legacy of USC's Entrepreneurship program. My guest is Tom O'Malia, Director of the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies in the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles. Currently rated #1 in the nation by Entrepreneur magazine , Tom has reason to brag. Get Tom's book, The Entrepreneurial Journey , through Brandywine Publishing.

I’m always interested in how much more focus Silicon Valley companies get in the press–and mindshare–than companies located in Southern California, even among people here in the region. had the opportunity to talk to an MBA class at USC last night, and talking to the students I was surprised to find that most of the students weren’t aware of how much clean technology activity there is in Southern California. I Asked to name an electric car company, most people mention Tesla Motors , the Silicon Valley darling, but aren’t aware of the

One argument I hear quite frequently–usually from venture capitalists from Silicon Valley–that one of Southern California’s advantages is at the intersection of entertainment and technology. This usually is because the technologists in Southern California don’t hang out with the folks in Hollywood, and the typical folks in Hollywood wouldn’t know the first thing about a technology startup. Interestingly enough, as a daily observer of the startup world here I don’t find quite as many technology-plus-Hollywood startups around. Yes,