April 2013
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myTreat Contest: TreatUp and Win Cold Hard Amazon...
In celebration of the launch of the new TreatUp feature in myTreat we are giving away several Amazon gift cards to a few good myTreaters. Read on to find out how you can claim yours.
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What’s a TreatUp?
TreatUps are photo proof that you met with someone in person. It’s a photo with you and the other person you met (example below). TreatUps also help you keep track of all the...
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Interview: The Scriptwriters Network with Yanique...
Yanique is one of the co-organizers of The Scriptwriters Network meetup group which is a non-profit organization who help writers in the entertainment industry. Specifically “Whether you are a filmmaker, a screenwriter, a television scriptwriter or involved in screenwriting for non-traditional media, we help take your writing to the next level.” Today Yanique shares more about their...
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Interview: Santa Monica New Tech Meetup Group with...
Marina is the organizer of Santa Monica New Tech Meetup group, one of the largest technology groups in LA, which hosts free monthly meetings with local startups showcasing their new technology. Previously, Marina worked as a management consultant, she volunteered for OLPC and is the founder of a web technology project about personal development. Today we learn more about her group.
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Interview: The Art of Active Networking with Mark...
Mark Sackett is the organizer of The Art of Active Networking which is a series of three meetup groups located in New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. The purpose of these groups is to “help people do better in this down and ever changing economy, and to work through life shifts, while meeting in a unique new way, people they would otherwise not connect with.” We learn more...
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TreatUp Report: Lucas Bean of [Method]DRG
Another TreatUp report. Had the great honor to recently “TreatUp” with Lucas Bean the founder of [Method]DRG at Coffee Bean. [Method]DRG is a full service end-to-end marketing and business consulting company.
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During our hour long coffee meeting I learned all about Lucas’s background in the software tech industry where after relocating to Los Angeles from the east...
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Interview: OC Golfing Singles Meetup Group with...
Mits Shinohara is the organizer of the OC Golfing Singles Meetup Group located in Orange County California. The group gets together to “practice & play golf, discuss courses, techniques and tips.” Today Mits gives us a little more background about the group.
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Tell us more about your Meetup group, OC Golfing Singles Meetup Group. Why did you decide to start it? How is it...
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Guest Post: 7 Tips For Reaching A Second Date
Today’s guest post is by Joshua Pompey author of Real Online Game. Also check out the My Treat interview we did with Joshua.
Are you tired of going on first dates that never turn into second dates? This is a common problem in the online dating world. With millions of men and women signed up, the attention spans of beautiful women when it comes to dating can be extremely short to say the...
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Come Check Out myTreat at the Silicon Beach YP...
We’ve teamed up with the fine folks at Silicon Beach YP (Young Professionals) who are throwing a launch party on April 4th, from 6-9PM at Busby’s West in Santa Monica. If you are looking to network with other tech professionals or just interested in coming out to meet us we’d love to have you and highly encourage you to do so :)
In addition to meeting cool people the best...
March 2013
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myTreat Fun at Tech Cocktail LA Showcase
A few days ago we mentioned how we were selected by Tech Cocktail to be one of the chosen startups to be be featured at their Los Angeles Showcase Mixer. There were a ton of great startups and great people who showed up to check out our “wares.” Below is our photo journal of the event. Many thanks again to Tech Cocktail for giving us the opportunity.
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TreatUp Report: Vanessa of Buyerly
I had the great pleasure of meeting up with Vanessa Ting at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, which recently has been my “spot.” Vanessa is working on a really cool startup called Buyerly which is a online platform that connects consumer brands and product creators to a network of major retail buyers in order to get feedback on their products. Buyerly’s slogan sums it up nicely....
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Check Out myTreat at Tech Cocktail's Los Angeles...
Good news! myTreat was selected to be one of the showcasing startups at Tech Cocktails’ upcoming mixer and showcase. If you’re in the Los Angeles neighborhood, you’re over 21, and you’re interested in tech startups be sure to come out and say “hi!” We’d love to meet you in person. If you can’t make it, don’t worry, we’ll be posting...
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myTreat Demo at Santa Monica New Tech Meetup
The kind folks over at the Santa Monica New Tech Meetup group selected myTreat as one of the startups to demo their product at their monthly demo night event. We had the pleasure of showing off some of our yet-to-be-released features to over 250 people in the audience. It was great connecting with the other startups and the people at the event. Check out further below for photos from our pitch.
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Interview: Networking Should Have a Purpose More...
Brad Feld is one of the co-founders of TechStars, a mentor-driven accelarator for technology and Internet software companies. In addition to assisting with TechStars he’s also one of the managing directors at Foundry Group, a venture capital firm that invests in early stage software / Internet companies throughout the United States. Today we invited Brad to share his thoughts on business...
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Interview: Connecting to Greatness New York...
Kate Gaffin is a life long Entrepreneur and sought after presenter on the very important, yet often overlooked ‘Soft Skills’ aspects of Business Development, Customer Service and Customer Retention. And, in addition to running one of NYC’s largest and most respected Business Networking groups, ‘Connecting to Greatness’ which boasts 4,000 members, Kate is also just...
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TreatUp Report: Brian of Silicon Beach Young...
Today I had the pleasure of meeting up with Brian Gaouette at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. On myTreat I posted an offer to treat someone to “Coffee or tea and conversation” and how I was “looking to meet movers and shakers in LA doing interesting things…” and Brian, being a mover and shaker responded.
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Brian, like myself, is a transplant to the southern...
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myTreat Featured App on PreApps.com!
The cool folks at PreApps.com, the exclusive place to preview new and exciting upcoming mobile apps, were kind enough to feature myTreat on their website. If you have an interesting app you’re working on or you’re someone who likes finding the coolest new apps before everyone else be sure to check out PreApps.
Thank you PreApps for the shoutout!
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Interview: The Professional Womens Network of...
Victoria Pynchon is the organizer of the Professional Womens Network of Southern California (PWNSC) Meetup group which is focused on helping high level women professionals pursue concrete business and networking plans so they can reach their goals. We invited Victoria to share more info on her group and why she started it.[[MORE]]
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Interview: The Bay Area Business Networking...
Sunil Bhaskaran is a Creative Innovative Strategist and organizer of the Bay Area Business Networking Events, Marking, and Leads Meetup group. Their regular meetings focus on “both networking time periods and educational presentations highly relevant to business performance.” We invited Sunil to share additional details about his networking group.
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Networking Interview: Networking is the Lifeblood...
Jason Nazar is the Co-Founder and CEO of Docstoc.com, the premier online community to find and share professional documents. Before starting Docstoc, he was a partner in a venture consulting firm in Los Angeles where he worked with dozens of startups. Today we learn what role networking played in his success and other tips he has for successfully networking.
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Dating Interview: Online Dating Can Lead to...
The Private Man is a blogger who writes about online dating, relationships, and Men’s issues. He’s self described as “I use online dating ruthlessly and have become the very definition of ‘dated briefly.’” Today we invited him to learn more about his dating experience and why he created his blog.
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February 2013
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Networking Interview: Don't Focus on the Problem,...
Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder & Chairman of BNI, the world’s largest business networking organization. He is a New York Times Bestselling author who has written 16 books including Business Networking and Sex (not what you think), a monthly columnist for Entrepreneur.com and Fox Business News, and has taught business management at several universities throughout the US. Today we pick his...
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Interview: Chicago Interactive Design and...
Judi Wunderlich is the VP or Recruiting and Marketing at Wunderland, a staffing agency for creative professionals. She also is the organizer behind the popular Meetup group, Chicago Interactive Design & Development, a group that meets every month to discuss and learn more about topics related to the creative industry. We invited her to share more about the group.
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Networking Interview: It's Impossible to Build a...
Micah Baldwin is the founder and CEO of Graphicly. Graphicly is a publishing tool that helps authors publish and distribute their visual stories to various platforms like the Kindle, iOS, Faceook, and more. He also runs a popular blog, Learn to Duck, where he blogs about the life of a startup entrepreneur. Today we asked him how he networks and what networking means to him.
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Interview: New York Connect and Learn Business...
Aditi Gautam is the organizer behind the New York based Meetup group, NY Connect and Learn Business Networking Group. The group is unique in that it’s a networking group that focuses on developing 4 key areas: personal relationships, business education, mastermind support, and a marketing platform. Today we invited Aditi to tell us more about the group.
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Dating Interview: Have a Balanced Online and...
Thomas Edwards is the CEO and Founder of The Professional Wingman a lifestyle strategy consultancy that helps people improve their social skills and confidence to transform their dating and professional lives. After discovering he had a talent for introducing his friends to women they were interested in he started the business. Today we learn more about being a Wingman.
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Interview: Do What You Love and Love Will Find You...
Dao Nguyen is the founder of HowAboutADate.com and the organizer behind the Meetup group also named How About a Date. She started HowAboutADate.com after she became fed up with the tedious nature of trying to find “the one” using existing solutions. Today we learn more about her site and her Meetup group.
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Interview: Bay Area Christian Singles Outdoor with...
Larry is the organizer behind the San Francisco area Meetup group, Christian Singles Outdoor, a social group dedicated to “single Christians living in the Bay Area who like to enjoy the plentiful outdoor activities available in this area and like to meet other single Christians with the same passion for the outdoors.” Today we invited him to tell us more about the group.
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Networking Interview: Don't Be a Networking Gold...
Brant Cooper is an entrepreneur and co-author of the book, The Lean Entrepreneur: How visionaries create products, innovate with new ventures, and disrupt markets. He’s also passionate about the San Diego tech community as he runs the San Diego Tech Founders meetup which attracts hundreds at each event. Today he tells us why he hates the word “networking” and prefers to see it...
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Dating Interview: At Our Nerd Events You Don't...
Bathsheba Birman is the founder of the company, Nerds at Heart, one of the first companies to host dating events specifically tailored for nerds. Their mission is to “provide an online and offline community for sapiophiles (someone who is sexually attracted to intelligent people)” We interview her to find out more about what defines a nerd and how their events are differ from other...
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Networking Interview: Ask "How can i help?" to Cut...
Ben Yoskovitz is VP Product at GoInstant, a venture funded startup that was acquired by Salesforce.com. GoInstant provides co-browsing technology that allows two or more people to browse the web together in real-time. He’s also a founding partner at Year One Labs, an early stage tech company accelerator in Montreal. On top of all that he’s also the co-author of Lean Analytics: Use...
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Networking Interview: Networking Is About...
Cameron Herold was the the former COO of 1-800-GOT-JUNK? and now runs BackPocket COO a site he started as a way to coach and mentor young, fun companies, so they can make their dreams a reality. He’s also the author of Double Double, which teaches people how to double their revenue and profit in 3 years or less. Today he shares some of his tips and insights into networking.
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Networking Interview: Build Your Network Little by...
Alexis Grant is a former journalist with U.S. News & World Report where she covered hiring trends and job-search strategy. Now Alexis focuses on entrepreneurial writing and digital strategy with a focus on careers and the workplace. Today she gives us her perspective on networking and its importance as it relates to people’s careers.
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Interview: Singles Odyssey in Southern California...
Ken Bailey is one of the organizers behind, Singles Odyessy, a Meetup group based out of Huntington Beach, California catering to singles looking to meet “friendly, genuine, sociable, and fun loving singles” who range from 20’s to 50’s. Today Ken shares with us more info about his group and some of the activities they’ve done.
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Interview: If You're Not Happy Don't Keep Doing...
Jared O’Toole is the co-founder of Under30Media who started their flagship site, Under30CEO, after realizing corporate life was not a path for him and decided to provide the knowledge and tools to help other young entrepreneurs succeed. Today we learn more about how he started.
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Under30Media originally started out with...
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Guest Post: 3 Replacement Resolutions For The New...
Today’s guest post is by Joshua Pompey author of Real Online Game. Also check out the My Treat interview we did with Joshua.
So 2013 is barely a month in and you have already broken your dating resolutions huh? Well don’t you worry; there is plenty of time left in the year to make the necessary changes in your love life. Its not that you have no will power or dedication, it may simply be that...
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Networking Interview: Develop Your Army of...
Bob Burg speaks for companies and organizations internationally. Four of his books have each sold over 1/4 million copies, including The Go-Giver (coauthored with John David Mann and published in 20 languages) and Endless Referrals. Bob is recognized as a master networker. Today he shares with us his thoughts on networking and some tips as well.
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Interview: Ms. Independent Women's Social Group in...
Erin is the organizer behind Ms. Independent, a Meetup group located in Houston, Texas, devoted to “young and ambitious women that want to enjoy every moment.” As the name implies this activities group is specifically for women. Today she shares more about the group and decision to focus on developing a group for women.
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Networking Interview: "Can We Have Coffee?" Will...
James Altucher is a popular author and blogger (jamesaltucher.com) who frequently writes for sites like The Financial Times, TheStreet.com, Techcrunch, and the Huffington Post. On his blog he writes about his experiences as an entrepreneur and his philosophies on success and happiness. Today we invited him to share his thoughts on networking.
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Meetup Interview: Single Wine-Os in Houston with...
Scott is the one of the organizers for Single Wine-Os, a Meetup group for “Houston area singles that love wine.” Today Scott shares with us what makes their group unique and what their members get to enjoy for being part of it.
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Tell us more about your Meetup group, Single Wine-Os. Why did you decide to start it? How is it different than other Meetup groups around your...
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Networking Interview: Don't Be Like A Dog Begging...
Francine Hardaway, Ph.D, wears many hats - entrepreneur, angel investor, mentor and partner in Stealthmode Partners, an accelerator for companies in Arizona and the Bay Area. As someone constantly interacting with people we invited Francine to share her thoughts on networking and how to do it well.
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Networking is more important than money
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Meetup Interview: Bay Area Hiking, Biking,...
Chas is the organizer and leader of Bay Area Hiking, Biking, Adventure, Photography, and Vino, a Meetup group that combines outdoor activities and wine in the San Francisco area. As it states on their Meetup page “if you’re wondering how outdoor adventure and vino go together, stay tuned!” Read our interview with Chas to find out more about this unique activities group.
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January 2013
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Meetup Interview: BuxMont Social Singles in...
Beth is the organizer of, BuxMont Social Singles, a Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania Meetup group devoted to providing singles with “opportunities to get out of the house, meet other people with good attitudes, have fun, and engage in activities with other like-minded, single people with positive attitudes.” Today Beth shares exactly how they do that with their group.
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Meetup Interview: West Valley Activities Group in...
Lisa is the organizer behind the Meetup group, West Valley Activities Group located in Glendale, Arizona. Their group is dedicated to people who enjoy socializing and exploring new venues in the Valley area. Other activities include dining, hiking, festivals, sporting events, and more. Today, Lisa shares her motivations for starting the group and what it takes to throw a successful event.
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Meetup Interview: Active Singles Adventures in...
Ed Reder is the organizer behind Active Singles Adventures a Meetup group which allows adventurous singles “to meet, share stories, and get first hand recommendations on new exotic destinations.” Some of the trips they have taken include Italy, Tahiti, Kenya, China, etc… Today Ed shares some more info about his adventurous group.
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Dating Interview: Communication Is Slowly Dying in...
Eddie Campbell is the author of 44 Horrible Dates, a book where he chronicles his 44 most hilarious and unbelievable dates that span the course of over 17 years. In addition to to authoring several books he’s been involved in film and television including being put in the “Every Monring” music video for 90’s famous band Sugar Ray. Today he shares his perspective on how...
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Meetup Interview: Suburban Philly Adventures and...
John Swahn is the organizer behind Suburban Philly Adventures and Events a Meetup group “designed around having fun and enjoying what life has to offer.” What makes John’s group unique is how he’s designed it to be inclusive of not just one group of people (like singles), but instead inclusive of singles, couples, or even parents. John shares the reason for starting the...
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Meetup Interview: Los Angeles Outdoor Singles and...
Ed is the organizer behind Outdoor Singles & Socials a Meetup group dedicated to those who like “hikes, walks, bar socials, etc…” It’s a hiking club that focuses on, you guessed it, outdoor activities. Today we invited Ed to share more about his Los Angeles group.
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What’s the story behind your Meetup Group, Outdoor Singles & Socials? Why did you...
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Networking Interview: Be Succinct And Stand Out in...
David Cohen is the founder and CEO of TechStars, a leading tech startup incubator. Previously, David was a founder of several software and web technology companies. As someone who has had more than his fair share of networking we asked him today to share his thoughts on the value and tactics when it comes to networking.
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Networking is most underrated part of...
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Guest Post: 3 Tips for Improving Confidence in...
Today’s guest post is by Joshua Pompey author of Real Online Game. Also check out the My Treat interview we did Joshua.
Ready to set those relationship goals for 2013? Well forget all those unattainable and completely unrealistic goals that most people make. This year, make it your New Year’s resolution to improve your sense of self-worth and confidence.
Not only is this benchmark...
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Dating Interview: For Online Dating Results Reply...
Jonathan Bird is the Managing Director of Singles Warehouse the “go to place for everything dating.” Launched in 2010 it’s established itself as one of the fastest growing dating sites in the UK and the USA. Today we learn more about the site and some of his observations on the online dating space.
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