Author Archive: Efren Toscano

The first official NET.Working event was held June 23rd at the fire and water themed J6Bar atop the Hotel Solamar in downtown San Diego.  This event was put on by StartupSD, a new online sounding board that is connecting the growing Web community in San Diego by acting as a platform for web news, events…continue reading.

On a quest to learn about social media and how our community is working to promote literacy, best practices, ethics and standards, Martini Beerman heads to the kick-off event of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Social Media Club (SMCLA).For greater understanding of the club’s goals and the intentions to create an environment where one can “Discover, connect, share…continue reading.

We’d like to take some timeout and thank our very first sponsor Vencore Capital. Vencore Capital is a provider of venture debt financing to early-stage, emerging growth companies to support strategic growth initiatives, including capital equipment purchases, research and development, product launches, and go-to-market strategies. You can usually catch Randy Merritt (Vencore Director) at many…continue reading.

Warm Blessing is a social fundraising website (non-religious, non-organizational, non-political fundraising website).  They focus on helping the individuals of the world to raise money for the different events of their lives.  Whether it be for tuition money, wedding, hardship due to medical bills, or many other reasons.  WarmBlessing.com is here to help. How it works:…continue reading.

We caught up with Kate Stahnke a freelance developer who just recently became involved with the Southern California’s DigiGirlz program.  She brings us up-to-date on what they have planned for the August DigiGirlz camp.  We were involved with the first DigiGirlz day (Click here to view coverage.) of Southern California and now Lynn Langit will…continue reading.

At Staubach, they increase your distribution efficiencies and speed-to-market as well as lower your overall costs of operations by 20%. They can minimize your risks, reduce business interruptions and save you, on average, 15 hours per week in supply chain management. Their “turn key” approach, when combined with Staubach’s core services, eliminates the headaches associated…continue reading.

As their slogan goes “If you get it, share it”  and that is definitely what the TechZulu Crew is going to do tonight for everyone that cannot make it out.  We got it and we are going to share it tonight ‘Live’ from 6:30pm – 8:30pm PST.   For those of you who do not know…continue reading.

OCTANe’s LaunchPad helps start start-ups.  Entrepreneurs are led through a program that can identify and connect great people, capital and technology to their startups.   The idea LaunchPad has is to help startups get funded.  They provide entrepreneurs with support from the business stand point to prep them for capital introductions.  Once they help with…continue reading.

When developing a software, managing the project is often times overlooked by overzealous entrepreneurs. If the project is not managed well, most entrepreneurs will generally run into some issues that can be avoided. Some of these are poor tracking of projects and issues which will ultimately result in higher costs. Meet Project Locker, a software…continue reading.

New York’s first ever Internet Week wrapped up Friday night with an entertaining and always informative event, hosted by Mashable. Mashable’s Exhibit Hall was co-sponsored by 14 showcasing exhibitors, including E.Factor, Rubicon Project, eDopter, CaféMom, NextWeb, and more.  Mashable’s Exhibit Hall took place at Touch and was the only exhibit hall of the week.  It…continue reading.