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How to Persuade People – Startups Uncensored #15

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

This month’s Startups Uncensored will be on “How to Persuade People”.  It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation talking about the skills and techniques leaders use to influence others .
This month the session will be run by Jason Nazar, in a presentation format.  The  “How to Persuade People” presentation will be geared towards [...]

My 30 Day Challenge #1: 30 Straight Days of Charitable Giving

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Because of Diet Coke and Matt Cutts I’m going to give to charity every day for the next 30 days…
A month and a half ago I made a bet with Sanaz that I’d stay off diet coke for a week if she refrained from coffee for the same period of time.  I’ve probably averaged 1-2 [...]

Sell Documents in Docstoc Docstore

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

You can now Sell Your Documents in our Docstoc Docstore, the premier marketplace to buy and sell professional documents.  Docstoc is one of the fastest growing websites online targeting small businesses and professionals, and now you can leverage our marketplace with millions of visitors a month to sell your content and make money.

Here is how [...]

12 Golden Rules to Marketing and Publicity for Startups

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Last evening I gave a presentation on Marketing and Publicity for Startups at the Founders Institute at their 2010 San Diego session.  Included below is the presentation I wrote and gave.  If you’re in the internet startup space and want to learn from the masters of Marketing and Publicity you should be following folks like [...]

Google Adsense for Websites – Startups Uncensored #14

Monday, February 1st, 2010

This month’s Startups Uncensored will be on “Google Adsense for Websites”.  It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation talking about how to best optimize and monetize your website with Google Adsense.
We are joined this month by two senior members of the Google Adsense team from Mountain View, California who have worked with hundreds [...]

Building an Online Brand – Startups Uncensored #13

Monday, January 4th, 2010

This month’s Startups Uncensored will be on the “Building an Online Brand”.  It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation talking about what it takes to build and grow an online brand that’s meant to last.
We are joined this month by Sean Moriarty, the former CEO of TicketMaster.  During his time at Ticketmaster, Moriarty [...]

Los Angeles Tech Jobs – Docstoc/Jobnob Mixer 12/9 at Air Conditioned Super Club

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

This month (in lieu of our normally scheduled Startups Uncensored Series, which will resume in Jan ‘10) we are hosting a very a mixer for Job Seekers and Los Angeles Tech Companies.  Docstoc is putting this event on with our friends at JobNob.
Come meet a group of cool new start ups and talented job seekers [...]

Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs with Jason Calacanis – Startups Uncensored #12

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

This month’s Startups Uncensored will be on the “Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs”.  It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation talking about what it takes to build a successful business and how to distinguish yourself as an entrepreneur.
We are joined this month by Jason Calacanis the CEO of Mahalo, co-founder of Weblogs Inc and [...]

Lakers 2009-10 Schedule

Monday, October 12th, 2009

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Los Angeles CEOs – LABJ 2009 Awards

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

The Los Angeles Business Journal is hosting its 2009 award ceremony for the Most Admired CEOs in Los Angeles.  Seven CEOs were selected in a variety of different categories.  Looks to me like 6 of them are pretty outstanding and one shmuck snuck in…. (congrats to my friends Richard Rosenblatt and Frank Addante)
The Awards Ceremony [...]