The UCLA School of Public Health is looking to tap into the power of social networks, in an attempt to encourage adolescents from 13 to 17 to take better care of their health. According to health care insurer Health Net and UCLA, the two are looking to study the use of Web-based, social media to improve preventative care and decrease emergency room visits among adolescents. UCLA and Health grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health, and will compare how using social media compares to more traditional, health outreach efforts.

Los Angeles-based Clicker Media , the online video guide service funded by Benchmark Capital and Redpoint Ventures, said that it has linked with the University of California, Los Angeles, with a branded version of the service specifically for UCLA students. The site--which is run by Jim Lanzone , the former CEO of Ask.com--said that the partnership will provide both online entertainment and university video content through UCLA's web portal. Clicker said the UCLA on Clicker site will give UCLA students both access to original videos from UCLA, as well as access to other online entertainment from ABC, MTV, PBS, Hulu, YouTube, and other sites and sources.

The annual Entrepreneurs Conference at UCLA is the largest and highest-profile student-organized event. We spoke with Gohar Galyan, an MBA student at UCLA that helped with the conference, to find out why she feels this conference is worth attending. The keynote speakers are high level CEO’s and the panels will touch on everything from scaling a company, being an entrepreneur, and how journalism is merging with web. This year marks their 24th consecutive conference, which focuses its efforts on the “entrepreneurial road less traveled.” 8221; The full day

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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 addition to these, I'd recommend looking at: Technology Council of Southern California – Surprised John didn't mention this one.

He has been an instructor in UCLA Extension for 9 years, and is a frequent contributor to various online publications. Michael Goldstein, CEO of Stun Media Michael Goldstein is the Chief Executive Officer & Strategic Creative at Stun Media in Los Angeles. He is known for being able to monetize the social web. 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. Individuals

While fundamental, these are the hard questions, and many web and technology businesses tend to put them on the backburner. generations of the web, many bright folks have been able to recognize the best practices for such metrics. As a bonus, the boom-and-bust history of the web provides valuable lean startup lessons for any business. Build it and they will come, right? Everybody is going to love this, won’t they?

Recently, we learned about Solarmer Energy , a spinout of UCLA, which is developing flexible solar panels, and caught up with Woolas Hsieh , President and Founder of the firm and Dina Lozofsky , VP, Corporate Development at the firm to hear more about its emerging technology. Let's The original technology was developed at UCLA by Professor Yang Yang. In the recent surge in interest in the clean technology and energy investment area, we're constantly surprised by the number of startups in the area focused on some aspect of the industry. Let's start on the technology side--can

8221; I went to UCLA and we’ll see where things go. We did eeommerce, we did web applications, anything and everything people wanted. Roy Rubin was a student trying to make extra money on the side when he founded Varien, the company that went on to launch Magento, an ecommerce platform that enables billions of dollars in online sales. He came to Mixergy to talk about why Varien grew (it had a lot to do with focus) and how the company launched Magento (his developers pushed him to do it).

We have a working alpha version now and are planning to launch a beta in the next 6-8 weeks. In addition, I do a few consulting projects on the side, in the areas of product strategy, search engine optimization, and intellectual property. Fascinating that you are going against the trend of trying to make everything a web application. The Startonomics conference at UCLA Anderson business school, hosted by DealMaker Media, was a great event for the talks as well as the networking. Who are some of your go to people in Los Angeles? In L.A., 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.