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Los Angeles Speaking Series #3: “Mistakes People Make Before Starting a New Business”

Dec 29, 2008 21 Comments by Jason Nazar

As planned, I’ll be hosting monthly presentations/conversations each month throughout 2009 on different topics for entrepreneurs. These are FREE events, and my goal is to help contribute to the Los Angeles Technology Scene by bringing together various entrepreneurs, angel investors, venture capitalists, social media experts, and professionals in the technology field. These events are put [...]

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The Venture Capital Industry: The Current State of Affairs

Dec 07, 2008 No Comments by Jason Nazar

There has been a lot of conjecture about how the Venture community will respond to the economic downturn. My personal opinion is that its going to be bad, really bad. If the limited partners who fund venture firms either a) change the percent of funds they allocate to VCs or b) don’t come through on [...]

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A Tale of Two Tech Cities – Silicon Valley vs. Los Angeles

Nov 23, 2008 29 Comments by Jason Nazar

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. Bay [...]

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BestCovery – Find the Best of Everything

Nov 18, 2008 1 Comment

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 reviews. [...]

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Venture Capital Presentation Spoof

Oct 13, 2008 2 Comments

In light of all the recent economic events, many investors and venture capital firms have been sending warnings out to their portfolio companies about the difficulties that lie ahead. They have been advising entrepreneurs about the need to conserve cash and start making money as soon as possible. This presentation has been flying around the [...]

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Have Questions or Need Help on Your Business… Join Me for Dinner

Oct 08, 2008 52 Comments

I’ve been getting a lot of requests lately from local aspiring entrepreneurs and business owners to get together. Since I’m running my own startup, I haven’t been able to respond as fast as I would like for all the meeting requests. So I’d like to try something new. I’m inviting you to join me for [...]

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Memorable Presidential Debates

Oct 03, 2008 No Comments

Tonight was the Vice Presidential Debate for the 2008 Presidential Ticket between Senator Joseph Biden and Govenor Sarah Palin. Their performance aside, here are the Top 15 Presidential Debate Moments of the television recording era. Top 15 Presidential Debate Moments – Get more Docstoc Buzz

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Don’t Vote

Oct 02, 2008 2 Comments

A collection of Hollywood A-Listers show up to say Don’t Vote in reverse psychology 101 For my money, the best PSA I’ve ever seen (even slightly beats out “this is your brain on drugs”). Common Excuses Why People Don’t Vote Common Excuses Why People Don’t Vote – Get more Docstoc Buzz

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Sarah Palin Swimsuit Photos

Sep 30, 2008 1 Comment

Sarah Palin Swimsuit Contest? Yep, this could very well be the next President of the United States of America (oh jee gosh golly well). Here are Sarah Palin Swimsuit Photos. I recently came across Andy Baio and his blog Waxy. You can see the full video of Sarah Palin in her Ms. Alaska swimsuit contest [...]

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The National Financial Crisis… and the One Sane Voice

Sep 26, 2008 4 Comments

The financial crisis in the US is going to get worse, much worse. The current crisis is largely due to the fact that there has been too much liquidity in the market. Basically the cost of money has been too cheap for too long, and that has lead to the overvaluing of assets and a [...]

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