Just a quick note, our apologies for the blog weirdness as we’re making some upgrades to WordPress. Our usual look/feel (or something better) should be back at some point…
Jason Calacanis, the outspoken CEO of Santa Monica-based Mahalo, is set to delete his Facebook page today, because he “no longer trust(s) Facebook or Mark Zuckerberg” with his information, and because “Facebook has become a waste of time” in his life. Calacanis–who either is considered one of the great entrepreneurial minds of Southern California or [...]
This one is great: 8 Websites You Need To Stop Building. It could also be titled “8 companies you should stop pitching to VCs”!
There are lots of folks out there who are natural, born networkers — they live and die by networking, usually are in sales or marketing, and know how to meet and connect with people naturally. If that’s you, skip this post. But, if you’re like many people in the high tech industry, particularly from the technical and engineering end [...]
Interesting numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. They just released their monthly employment numbers, and the only bright spot in employment, year over year in Los Angeles has been the Information sector. (More analysis from the BLS here).
Just a quick reminder, we’re coming up to LAVA’s “Meet the VC” event next week on November 17th — an excellent opportunity to get to meet all of the venture capitalists in Southern California–and a few from outside the area–in one place. More information on the event is on LAVA’s web site. (socalTECH is a [...]
Earlier this month, Tech Coast Angels founder Luis Villalobos passed away. His memorial has now been set (info below): You are cordially invited to attend the Luis Villalobos Celebration of Life November 11th, 2009 5:00pm – 8:00pm Orange County Wine & Food Center 1570 Scenic Avenue Costa Mesa, CA 92626 (map) Please RSVP as soon as [...]
In case anyone was wondering, yes, our blog site (but not the rest of our service) was off in the Ether today. (The ISP we use for our blog site–completely separate from our main services–moved our IP address, and it took awhile for DNS to propagate). We’re back…
Tuesday’s quick link roundup: Twiistup sets next conference date: January 28, 2010 Where to find Social Media folks in Los Angeles? (Tony Karrer) And now, some smoking guns (Jason Calacanis)
For any entrepreneurs lurking here, I’ve got some tickets to VentureNet I am giving away. Just email or otherwise contact me, particularly if you’re an early stage startup who wished they were presenting but didn’t make the cut, etc. It’s a great opportunity to meet others in the community, see some pitches, and do some [...]
Thoughts and commentary from Benjamin F. Kuo, publisher of socalTECH.com.
