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A look at Startonomics LA on February 6th

by Nicole Jordan on January 14, 2009


I’ve had a few people ask me about the Startonomics workshop on February 6th. “Who’s it for?” “What will I learn that I haven’t picked up at other startup events?” “Why would I go when I know some of the speakers already?”

All good questions so I asked Jasmine Antonick over at Dealmaker Media to answer some for me. After hearing her responses and looking at the agenda I can see how this event differs from the others out there geared towards start-ups and entrepreneurs

Most “start-up” oriented events I’ve heard about or attended feature blow-hard panelists that end up saying a whole lot without saying anything. At Startonomics the schedule’s broken up into digestible chunks and address a good majority of the stumbling blocks start-ups encounter. And it’s all taught by tried and true entrepreneurs.

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January LA Events

by Nicole Jordan on January 3, 2009

Happy New Year all! Below are highlights for January events in LA. February promises to be a packed month with Twiistup Week anchoring many of the activities. As I hear about other events I’ll update this page. Also, a buddy is helping me get a proper calendar set-up. Cheers to a new year, new beginnings and new opportunities! -Nicole

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RECURRING WEEKLY:
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Tuesday’s with Exectec
7:30 PM @ D’Amore’s Pizza Connection on Westwood
1136 Westwood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90024

Thursday Lunch
12PM @ Santa Monica/ 3rd
Santa Monica Promenade

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JANUARY EVENTS
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Tuesday, January 6th
Social Media Club LA: Focus on Film
6:30-9:00pm
Blank Spaces
5405 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 9003

Social Media Club LA focuses on the unique mix of entertainment, technology and culture that makes LA an epicenter of the next evolution of the internet. The LA Chapter was founded in July of 2008.

The upcoming meeting will focus on the effect of social media on the film industry.

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Digital Family Reunion Tomorrow & New December Calendar

by Nicole Jordan on December 11, 2008

Digital Family Reunion starts at 5pm tomorrow with a line-up of some of LA’s old guard. The VIC folks are coming back to town y’all! Finally.

Inviting early adopters and legacy participants of the Internet 1.0 and today’s digitally apt Internet 2.0 tube dwellers, the DFR will create the optimum conditions for these generations to synergize with one another and inspire opportunities that will serve our industries, our region, and our society at large. Attendees will include leaders from all the major industry sectors such as media, entertainment, finance, publishing, venture funding, software, commerce, education, and many more.

Hours: 4:30-11:00 PM
Skirball Cultural Center: 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA

Here’s the schedule:

5:15pm - 6:45pm/ Theater/Lobby - Town Hall Meeting
+ Interview with Nolan Bushnell by Tony Winders, ValueClick Media
+ Town Hall: Forecasting 2009 - Moderated by Ken Rutkowski, KenRadio.com. Participants: Jason Calacanis, Ted Cohen, Nolan Bushnell, Shawn Gold, Ryan Scott, Joey Tamer, Eric Pulier, and Nelson Gayton

6:45pm - 10:00pm/ Ahmanson Auditorium - Holiday Party
+ Doors open for Party
+ Video Interviews in Lobby
+ Business Card Art Installations - Jungle [8]
+ DJ music on stage - DJ Loomer
+ Jazz music outside - Pasadena Jazz Institute
+ Food, cash bar
+ Social networking

8:00pm - 8:20pm/ Ahmanson Auditorium - Program
+ Carbon Nation - Film trailer presentation
+ Charity Presentations - Causecast.org. Promotion of philanthropic initiatives (Witness, Carbon Nation)
+ Welcome/Thank you - Brad Nye and Kurt Daradics
+ Honor Presentation - Tony Winders. Nolan Bushnell acceptance speech
+ Social Graph Initiation - Business Card installation ritual
+ Past/Present photography montage

Get Tickets Here: http://www.digitalfamilyreunion.net/program.php (DFR30 for $20 off)

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DECEMBER CALENDAR

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VC ‘09 Outlook Panel Re-cap, Girls in Tech LA Launches and TechKaraoke LA takes on the Roxy

by Nicole Jordan on December 7, 2008

The December event calendar is decently busy for LA. The past week I attended three: Dealmaker Media’s “VC Outlook for 2009” roundtable and mixer, Kick-off of Techkaraoke LA and the launch of Girls in Tech LA (followed by a little celebration at the Libertine.) It took me two days to catch up on rest.

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LA December Event Calendar

by Nicole Jordan on December 1, 2008

I’m still figuring out how to integrate a calendar on the site so in the mean time here’s the master list I put together for the SoCal FB group. I tried to send it out to the list but seems some list URL’s were blocked as spam…so until I find another work around it will live here. Happy holidays!

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RECURRING WEEKLY:
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Tuesday’s with Exectec
7:30 PM @ D’Amore’s Pizza Connection on Westwood
1136 Westwood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90024

Thursday Lunch
12PM @ Santa Monica/ 3rd

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DECEMBER CALENDAR
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Monday, December 1st – Tuesday, December 2nd
3D Entertainment Summit
Hyatt Century Plaza
Los Angeles, CA

3D Entertainment Summit is totally focused on how the 3D entertainment transformation is going to affect the business of entertainment attracting decision makers from theater owners, filmmakers directors, writers, talent executives, studio executives, pre & post production personnel, specialists in playback and distribution, business management, video game development executives, motion picture and TV engineers and financial analysts, media and the press.

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Tuesday, December 2nd

Dealmaker Media LA
VC OUTLOOK ‘09: If You Need Funding, You’re F%#$*d…Or Are You?
Roundtable 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Mixer 7:30pm - 9:00pm

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
11355 West Olympic Boulevard 10th FL
Los Angeles, CA 90064

Join some of LA’s most experienced investors and founders for a “get real” discussion about what it’ll take to grow in a down market.

Moderator:
Mike Jones, CEO, Tsavos

Speakers:
Nate Redmond, Partner, Rustic Canyon Ventures
Richard Wolpert, Managing Director, the Mailroom Fund
Jim Armstrong, Managing Director, Clearstone Venture Partners
Mark Suster, Partner, GRP Partners

Register here
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