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There’s an event here in Los Angeles called Mindshare. It brings together an eclectic group of speakers which includes scientists, artists and philanthropists.
It was co-founded by Douglas Campbell, who led an eclectic life himself, which included a [...]

Tomorrow night, Mixergy is hosting the next Drinks 2.0 in Los Angeles. Here’s your online invitation.
When I started emailing the invitation last week, the guest list instantly jumped to 200 people. Most locations can’t handle such a big crowd, so I had to stop emailing. I just got word from our location host Blankspaces that [...]

A few months ago, I told you that I asked Robert Scoble to shoot video for FastCompany.tv about some of the great startups that I meet at my Mixergy events. He agreed, so I asked anyone who was interested to submit their startup for consideration.
I got more applications than I could go through on my [...]

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At a recent Mixergy tech event, Alex Funk of digital-telepathy told me that he’s amazed that some companies don’t have a widget strategy. He’s been giving presentations about how [...]

Olexiy Prokhorenko of atomkeep surprised me over the weekend by adding Mixergy to his site. Now, if you use atomkeep, you can sync your Mixergy profile with your profiles on LinkedIn, Facebook, and a growing list of other sites.
I met Olexiy at a Mixergy event. When his site launched, he asked me for a few [...]

Here’s your Mixergy online invitation to a free session about how to raise money and grow your startup. It’s being led by William Quigley, Managing Director at Clearstone Venture Partners.
This event came together by mutual request. Just about every time I talk with William he tells me that he wants to reach out to innovators [...]

Mixergy is putting together a new event to help SoCal startups get feedback and exposure. If you’re working on a startup, apply below to join.
It’s called, “Strut Your Startup” and you can think of it as American Idol for startups.
If you have a working project, we’ll give you 5 minutes on stage to strut it. [...]

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I met Deborah Shadovitz at a Mixergy event. When she told me about all the conferences that she worked on and that she organized MacGathering and MacDayLA, I asked her to get a call with [...]

This is a guest post by Robert Richman, social media strategist. He can be reached at Robert(at)Richman.LA and you can follow his thoughts at http://twitter.com/richman17. Photo by m. Marc Salsberry
Let’s call it social media mania, shall we? Everyone is high at the thought of super-viral instant live video collaborative aggregation feeds (with an open [...]

At about 10:00 last night, when a van swerved into the bike lane on the PCH where I was cycling, I decided to stop riding. I know how dangerous the PCH can be and didn’t want to end up another PCH casualty.
I called my girlfriend and we both called every Ventura cab company we could [...]

My primary goal with the events that I organize on Mixergy.com is to give startups the connections that’ll help them leave their mark on the world.
I recently got some help with my mission from the Annenberg Program on Online Communities (APOC) @ the University of Southern California.
APOC is helping to pay for my events, and [...]

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Did you notice on Monday how many blogs talked about Dave Balter’s book, “The Word of Mouth Manual, Volume II”? Godin, Kawasaki, Peters, and [...]