http://www.jasonnazar.com Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:24:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.jasonnazar.com/2008/11/19/new-hires-at-docstoc/ 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 ... http://www.jasonnazar.com/2008/11/18/bestcovery-find-the-best-of-everything/ 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 ... http://www.jasonnazar.com/2008/11/11/raising-money-for-startups-in-a-down-market/ 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 http://www.jasonnazar.com/2008/11/11/venture-debt/ 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 ... http://www.jasonnazar.com/2008/11/10/personal-branding-online-done-right-shiralazarcom/ 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 ... http://www.jasonnazar.com/2008/11/07/interview-with-bnet-about-docstoccom/ Microsoft launched a new program today for startups called BizSpark. Apparently they are giving away lots of software and other services / products for upcoming technology startups that meet certain criteria, for more information check the Techcrunch Post. You need to be referred into the program so I called ... http://www.jasonnazar.com/2008/11/05/microsoft-bizspark-program-guide-for-startups/ Its election day! Obama has been ahead in most aggregate voting polls and electoral voting polls.  Here is what the pundits think of the electoral map today and how it will play out.  We'll check back in tomorrow as a Monday Morning Quarterback to see how accurate ... http://www.jasonnazar.com/2008/11/04/election-map/ This evening I went to dinner with Neil Patel of ACS and David Niu of BuddyTV. We geeked out at Houston's in Santa Monica and talked about everything from marketing tricks, to VC war stories, and email servers. Being a super smart Warton Grad and successful entrepreneur, David ... http://www.jasonnazar.com/2008/10/30/viral-coefficient-presentation/ In honor of Halloween and our One Year Anniversary (launched 10/30/07), we're putting on an open house at the Docstoc Office in Santa Monica, California. We've recently moved into our new space , and we hope to see you all here. Come join us for some treats and a few tricks. ... http://www.jasonnazar.com/2008/10/29/docstoc-halloween-open-house-1031-3-6pm/