Jason Nazar’s Blog

Here is the list of all things tech/web going on in Los Angeles in December 2008. This list is put together each month by my friend Nicole Jordan, follow her on twitter
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Just saw this document about Black Friday Deals posted on docstoc from Sean Percival, definitely worth checking out today.
Sean says “I have created this spreadsheet the past couple of years to help with my Black Friday shopping, I have found it very useful and I hope you will as well. Essentially, it is [...]

My dear friend Debbie Landa, supreme queen of DealMaker Media is hosting another kick ass event in Los Angeles, and…
I’M GIVING AWAY A TICKET TO THE EVENT (keep reading below).
VC Outlook 2009: If You Need Funding You’re Fuc%ed (or are you) - Candid Talks with VCs in Los Angeles
DECEMBER 2, 2008
Roundtable Discussion: 6:00pm -7:30pm
Mixer/Party: [...]

Is there a difference between tech startups in Silicon Valley vs. Los Angeles? Most emphatically, Yes!

I’ve spent the last year running a tech company based in Santa Monica, CA and I’ve spent countless weeks in the Bay meeting with hundreds of tech founders. As unreliable as stereotypes may be, these are my generalizations.
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We made it official today, welcoming two new members to the Docstoc family. Robyn Ward has joined us as our new VP of Business Development and Serena Ehrlich has come on as the Director of Marketing. We have a little tradition here at the DS that all team members have to pick which [...]

Bestcovery, a new venture by Kamran Pourzanjani the co-founder and former CEO of PriceGrabber, was announced today on TechCrunch.
Kamran is one of the investors in docstoc and I’ve got to know him well and consider him a dear friend. I dig his concept of helping consumers find the best products through experts driven [...]

I’m hosting a talk next Wednesday November 19th from 6:30pm - 8:30pm on “Raising Money for Startups in a Down Market” with Venture Capitalist David Travers of Rustic Canyon in conjunction with DealMaker Media.
The event is free and will hold about 100 folks, it will sell out, but we will have a waiting list.
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Here is a helpful list of venture debt providers that was put together by our kickass new VP of Business Development Robyn Ward.
Venture Debt Providers - Get more Business Plans

In the world of blogging, twittering, anytime/everytime social media updates, personal brand building has become big online.  One great example is Shira Lazar.  She recently combined her personal website (that mostly focused on her hosting career) with her entertainment blog, and added in a dash of mashups and social media to launch the new ShiraLazar.com
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I recently did an interview with Vince Thompson for the Dog and Pony Show on the BNET network. We talked about building out the largest repository of professional documents on docstoc, what its like to run a startup, and a little bit of self help entreprenerus (i used to be a motivational speaker [...]