March 5th and March 12th Guerilla Marketing Workshops

For those of you in the Orange County or Los Angeles areas this month (March 5th and March 12th) I'll be joining Kent Mihlbauer, Managing Partner with Decipher Marketing for an Idea Clinic on Guerilla Marketing. Bring
real-world issues and your own business challenges before two industry
experts and watch in real-time as they perform a live rapid-fire
interactive brainstorming and solution session. Looking to create more
brand awareness? Want to develop strategic alliances? Boost sales?
Confused about the role of social marketing in your business? Bring a
notepad and lots of questions! Register here.

Forum: How to Win the Funding Game

For
those entrepreneurs in the Orange County, CA area tomorrow night, I
want to invite you to join me at Tech Coast Venture Network "How to Win
the Funding Game" forum. In addition to Matt Ridenour speaking on
raising capital, I have the honor of joining a panel of distinguished
business leaders adjudicating a 60-second pitch given by daring
attendees.

Details here:
http://www.tcvn.org/calendar/view_event.asp?CalendarID=10590

WebWiseKids wins $300,000 Grant

Great news today on the non-profit front. The Entertainment Software Assocation, which is the same group that puts on the annual video-game convention previously known as E3, announced today that Santa Ana’s Web Wise Kids is one of nine groups that will receive a total of $1 million in grant money. Awarded by the group’s charitable arm, the ESA Foundation, the grant winners were chosen because of  the way they use video games and technology to improve the lives of America’s youth.

Read the full article HERE.