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Good Times Ahead for VC-backed Tech Companies?

Both Sides of the Table

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). We feature a prominent speaker at every event.

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Four Tips For Retaining And Motivating Your Staff

YoungUpstarts

Getting this right becomes even more important when you consider that the most common reason staff members move on to pastures new is due to a strained or bad relationship with their boss. There are several different structures a business can adopt in order to create efficient and well-received management practices.

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Digital Revenue Expert – Vince Thompson

SoCal CTO

My management book, Ignited, was released in 2007 and serves a guide and champion for middle managers. Our current focus is Actors and Actresses and we are moving into other verticals. I know Jim, Mark, Kurt (see Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics ).

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Cracking The Code: Cracking the SMB code

Cracking the Code

Small and Medium businesses have been the holy grail of High tech and software companies for quite some time now, but the quest is far from ending. "If If you would ask me what part of the market is most underserved by technology companies today, Id tell you its small and medium sized business. Saturday, December 02, 2006.

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Cracking The Code: Getting through the downturn: a few thoughts.

Cracking the Code

Rethink vertical segmentation: Healthcare? Review your marketing media allocation: offline media prices will go down and could generate attractive ROI, tradeshows might have less impact due to travel restrictions… G&A Manage your DSOs tightly – they will go up! In search of Europe's next tech stars.

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Growing Your Audience (And Your Revenue) With A Book

Duct Tape Marketing

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! John Jantsch (02:25): So I, I published my first book in, I think my first book came out in 2007. And now I think it's definitely through technology, through, you know, a lot of advances in opportunities. Boy, the industry has changed a ton in that period of time.

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6 Essential Principles Of Designing a High Converting Site Search Experience

ConversionXL

As powerful as self-optimizing results are, the technology can truthfully be expensive. Understanding the different ways people might describe the same item becomes especially important if you cater to an international customer base, where multiple countries might technically speak the same language, but the vernacular is widely different.

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