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Congratulations to Jeffrey Chernick and RideAmigos.com

Jeff is the winner of our recent contest to get a deserving startup into Dealmaker’s Startup Workshop.   Jeff and his team have been working diligently on RideAmigos, a really neat ride sharing service, and are now at the point of taking it…


Are you a first-time entrepreneur? Win tickets to Dealmaker’s Startup Workshop

UPDATED: Contest ends this Friday, October 2nd, at noon PST.  Second and Third place contestants will receive a 50% discount!

Dealmaker has been putting together conferences and roundtables in LA of consistently high quality for the past two years.  These are…


First Lean LA Meetup

The SoCal Tech Group is happy to announce the first Lean LA meetup.  This will hopefully be just the start of a recurring theme in the Southland: how to build and grow a startup efficiently, using quantifiable and lean business…


Twiistup: LA’s Web panel and party extravaganza

If you work in a web business (hint: you do even if you don’t think so!), you need to at least scan through the program at Twiistup, LA’s biggest and most influential Web event.   Events like these help you…


Let’s do the Mindshare Tonight…

Mindshare Tonight! Thursday June 18th, 7 PM, The Firehouse, www.mindshare.la


Support the LA tech community, come to BarCamp LA

I strongly encourage everyone to check out the list of folks and presentations showing up at this weekend’s BarCamp.  This is a fantastic forum and I believe a key component in enriching the tech and startup community in LA.  Even if…


Find STG in the new SoCal Tech Central Directory

Heads up: Posts from the SoCal Tech Group blog are now being aggregated in Tony Kerrer’s new directory Southern California Tech Central.  Tony’s done a great job pooling together many of LA’s better sources of technology and social media, and…


SoCal Tech Group Meetup Tuesday, March 10

The SoCal Tech Group is doing an informal meetup this Tuesday, March 10 at the Westwood Brew Co.   Come and join your fellow entrepreneur / developer / interersted window shoppers, and see what’s happening with LA’s startup community.

There is no…


STG gives thanks

February saw two big events for the Group, the Startonomics conference and the 8 by 8 dinner.  Here’s a big thank you to Dealmaker for bringing the event to UCLA (no doubt our constant prodding helped move things along).  If you are…


Upcoming 8 by 8 dinner with Brian Garrett, Crosscut Ventures

Update: we’re sold out!

We are pleased to announce that Brian Garret of Crosscut Ventures will be our guest at the next 8 by 8 dinner.  Crosscut is part of a new generation of venture funds, specializing in earlier stage opportunities and…