Suneel had a fantastic talk on focusing on your business and really digging into your company/product so that what you end up with is amazing.

David Cohen is the founder and CEO of TechStars, a mentorship-driven seed stage investment program for Internet startups. David opened up Twiistup 8 with a great talk on building an entrepreneurial community, and how you could start your own in whatever city you may be located.

At Twiistup 8 last week ten startups gave their pitches to a panel including a VC, Angel Investor, Advisor and industry expert. No startup recieved harsher criticism than Badgeville.

John Delacruz and his startup Foodme.com presented a Twiistup 8 and was almost as impressive as the mini cupcakes at their booth. The startup fills a need in the market by connecting restaurants to patrons in real time.

TechZulu has been involved with Twiistup for quite some time now. We love startups, entrepreneurs and being able to bring you all the lastest in the startup community.

The question, why can’t you replicate this for e-commerce sites? This is the fundamental problem Curebit.com is trying to solve. Create conversations about products you love and get rewarded. This will increase traffic and revenue for the underlying e-commerce site.

Manpacks, a startup founded by Andrew Draper and Ken Johnson, is a subscription service for the essential items in a mans life.

The battle for splash page supremacy carries on although no one told Flavors.me they have already lost. I recently wrote an article explaining how About.me sold out to AOL

Memolane, a startup Founded by Eric Lagier, is a product of Startup Weekend that is now in private beta and already has raised $2 million in funding. Memolane sets out to “Keep your memories alive” by allowing you to “Capture photos, music, tweets, posts, and view and share your entire online life in one place.”

Happy New Year everyone!  And what better way to ring in the new year then to give companies the chance to highlight their hard work and amazing product through TechZulu’s Spotlight: LA Tech event.