Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to talk on a Los Angeles Venture Association panel on hints and tips on press relations for startups. I thought I’d expand on that topic, after I recently had the CEO of a company take issue with one of our stories, which is not unusual. What is unusual, [...]
There’s been a lot of debate lately about anonymity on the Internet and the use of real names, particularly from Facebook. The argument is that people who are anonymous are more likely to harass others, bully, post hateful speech, and so on, because they’re able to hide behind a pseudonym or fake identity. Although this [...]
Well, the Los Angeles technology blog scene has just gotten a (lot) quieter, as Sean and Laurie Percival say they are shutting down their site, Lalawag. As something far more social and a lot less serious than socalTECH, it was always fun to see Sean, Laurie, and others post their opinions on various technology topics, [...]
For those who didn’t see it, Andrew Warner over at Mixergy did a great job getting in front of disgraced TechCrunch writer Daniel Brusilovsky, who was publicly fired by Michael Arrington for allegedly accepting a laptop (or two) in exchange for writing about a company for the popular tech blog. Andrew gets Daniel’s side of [...]
A fascinating post from podcaster Frank Peters this morning, who reports he just got a cease-and-desist letter from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich over a podcast with the former CEO of TweetPhoto. Apparently, the firm has asked Frank to remove his podcast from the Internet, due to confidential information and “disparaging statements” from his interviewee. Any of [...]
Add another local entrepreneur to the blogging crowd: Eric David Greenspan, founder of MakeItWork, the ubiquitous red in-home computer services company, has just started a blog. His first major post? Why flip flops are required at his company (and why they give back massages on Mondays…)
Hooray, on the word that the FTC is cracking down on pay-for-blogging — or at least, is trying to force bloggers to acknowledge when they are taking products, trips, or other compensation to talk about a company’s products. Yes, it’s too bad the government has to get involved, but it seems like there needs to [...]
I was amused this afternoon to read this pointed rant by prolific VC blogger Fred Wilson, aimed at two local investors here in Southern California, Richard Koffler (of the Tech Coast Angels) and Jeff Cohn (VC consultant for MHS Capital). Wilson writes: Every time I post or tweet about politics, I get people saying things [...]
It looks like Southern California’s venture capital community is getting some link love today: Jasmine Antonick at DealMaker highlights the top VC twitter accounts, and calls out the TCA’s Sid Mohasseb (#56), and Okapi’s Marc Averitt (#59). Mark Suster at GRP gives the lowdown on who should and shouldn’t look for venture capital, and how [...]
We spoke this morning to Baroda Ventures‘ Peter Lee, about the firm’s renewed effort to invest in Southern California startups. Lee also told me that — as part of his outreach effort to entrepreneurs here — he’s jumping into blogging — one of only a few Southern California venture capitalists currently blogging about what they’re [...]
Thoughts and commentary from Benjamin F. Kuo, publisher of socalTECH.com.
