BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Meetup Inc//RemoteApi//EN VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:http://www.exectec.us/calendar/ical/Executive+Networking+ X-WR-CALNAME:Events - Executive Networking BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:ExecTec - Well Met DESCRIPTION:Executive Networking & Technology Group ExecTec of LA\n\nYou ha ve not known me long or been a member of this group for more then a month a nd not realized that I am more then a little passionate about networking. F or me the goal of networking is to help the people I know and meet get the maximum potential of the rest of the network. I truly believe we all know someone we can help or who can be helped by someone else we know or who is known to someone else we know. ExecTec has been and always will be about c reating an environment that promotes getting to know others well enough to engage in helping each other and often that is as much about helping other friends as helping each other. I was reminded of this when this evening I noticed via a Foursquare push message to my iPhone that my good friend and executive coach Steve Zuback (@zexeccoach) was dinning with another friend and ExecTec member Garic Chan (@ilovegarick). I was pleased that two great people who met through ExecTec were getting together beyond our Tuesday nig hts at D'Amores. Mark Suster (@msuster)\, who refers to himself as a 2x en trepreneur gone to the Dark Side of VC as a General Partner for GRP Partner s\, in this blog post talks about how twitter has distinct advantages over traditional social networks which are more restricted to people whom we alr eady know and that their information and updates are less discoverable. In making his point\, Mark highlights the idea of really getting out and disc overing and meeting new people. If you network just with the people you kno w then you really are missing out on the boundless potential of others. It is interesting to see how Mark used twitter to reach out to people he barel y knew and the connections he made as a result. Mark's article reminds me of a breakfast I had with Michael Trup (@miketrup) back in early 2006. Mich ael was in from the UK to attend a convention in Las Vegas and would be in LA for a day or so and had put out an open call to meet him on a networking site we both frequented. While to date (over 4 years later) not much more then an interesting breakfast has come from that contact\, I remember Micha el and our connection and I dare say that I am confident that Michael would openly accept contact an offer what assistance he could if someone reached out to him at my suggestion. I also remember with fondness a contact from now good friend Bill Sobel (@bsobel226) who reached out to me through Link edin pitching a product that was not a fit for my company but that contact and a follow-up breakfast months later would lead to a friendship that has last years despite our being being geographically separated by the bulk of the country and has resulted in many positive things for us and our friends . Now while networking is often focused on meeting people or introducing y ourself to others the above inspires me to suggest we dedicate this week to the concept of introducing others to each other. There are always those pe ople you know who you would not think twice of introducing to others. These are people that it is easy to be passionate about and who invoke/inspire y ou. Simply put they are well worth knowing. So who do you know that other people should really get to know either virtually or perhaps in person? Whe n you meet someone new how often do you think of who you know who might be a well met addition to that persons network? Last year we met and shared w ith each other our favorite books. Those books that we felt we could withou t hesitation recommend to each other. This week I would like to suggest we met and share those people that we would recommend others taking the time t o get to know. Feel free to bring them if you and they wish but don't let t hat stop you from coming and singing the praises of those people in your ne twork who you recommend highly. You never know you might tell someone abou t just the right person to help both of them achieve great things together and that is truly what networking is about. As always\, there is no better way to meet and connect with other executives then over dinner and convers ation. $21 in advance via PayPal or $25 at the event gets you a full dinner \, drink and the best networking around.\n\nLos Angeles\, CA 90024 - USA\n \nTuesday\, March 23 at 7:30 PM\n\nPhoto: http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/p hotos/event/3/3/3/event_2520819.jpeg\n\nAttending: 6\n\nFee: Price: USD 21. 00 if paid before event\n\nDetails: http://www.exectec.us/calendar/12635530 / LAST-MODIFIED:20100318T060049Z UID:event_12635530@meetup.com CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20100218T050415Z DTSTAMP:20100321T155435Z DTSTART:20100324T023000Z DTEND:20100324T043000Z GEO:34.06;-118.44 LOCATION:D'Amore's Pizza Connection on Westwood - 1136 Westwood Blvd - Los Angeles\, CA 90024 - USA URL:http://www.exectec.us/calendar/12635530/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:ExecTec - Networking Dinner DESCRIPTION:Executive Networking & Technology Group ExecTec of LA\n\nTopic TBD As always\, there is no better way to meet and connect with other exe cutives then over dinner and conversation. $21 in advance via PayPal or $25 at the event gets you a full dinner\, drink and the best networking around .\n\nLos Angeles\, CA 90024 - USA\n\nTuesday\, March 30 at 7:30 PM\n\nPhot o: http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/3/3/3/event_2520819.jpeg\n\ nAttending: 2\n\nFee: Price: USD 21.00 if paid before event\n\nDetails: htt p://www.exectec.us/calendar/12635533/ LAST-MODIFIED:20100218T050437Z UID:event_12635533@meetup.com CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20100218T050437Z DTSTAMP:20100321T155435Z DTSTART:20100331T023000Z DTEND:20100331T043000Z GEO:34.06;-118.44 LOCATION:D'Amore's Pizza Connection on Westwood - 1136 Westwood Blvd - Los Angeles\, CA 90024 - USA URL:http://www.exectec.us/calendar/12635533/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:ExecTec - Networking Dinner DESCRIPTION:Executive Networking & Technology Group ExecTec of LA\n\nTopic TBD As always\, there is no better way to meet and connect with other exe cutives then over dinner and conversation. $21 in advance via PayPal or $25 at the event gets you a full dinner\, drink and the best networking around .\n\nLos Angeles\, CA 90024 - USA\n\nTuesday\, April 6 at 7:30 PM\n\nPhoto : http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/3/3/3/event_2520819.jpeg\n\n Attending: 1\n\nFee: Price: USD 21.00 if paid before event\n\nDetails: http ://www.exectec.us/calendar/12920868/ LAST-MODIFIED:20100318T061734Z UID:event_12920868@meetup.com CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20100318T061734Z DTSTAMP:20100321T155435Z DTSTART:20100407T023000Z DTEND:20100407T043000Z GEO:34.06;-118.44 LOCATION:D'Amore's Pizza Connection on Westwood - 1136 Westwood Blvd - Los Angeles\, CA 90024 - USA URL:http://www.exectec.us/calendar/12920868/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:ExecTec - Networking Dinner DESCRIPTION:Executive Networking & Technology Group ExecTec of LA\n\nTopic TBD As always\, there is no better way to meet and connect with other exe cutives then over dinner and conversation. $21 in advance via PayPal or $25 at the event gets you a full dinner\, drink and the best networking around .\n\nLos Angeles\, CA 90024 - USA\n\nTuesday\, April 13 at 7:30 PM\n\nPhot o: http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/3/3/3/event_2520819.jpeg\n\ nAttending: 1\n\nFee: Price: USD 21.00 if paid before event\n\nDetails: htt p://www.exectec.us/calendar/12920871/ LAST-MODIFIED:20100318T061817Z UID:event_12920871@meetup.com CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20100318T061817Z DTSTAMP:20100321T155435Z DTSTART:20100414T023000Z DTEND:20100414T043000Z GEO:34.06;-118.44 LOCATION:D'Amore's Pizza Connection on Westwood - 1136 Westwood Blvd - Los Angeles\, CA 90024 - USA URL:http://www.exectec.us/calendar/12920871/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:ExecTec - Networking Dinner DESCRIPTION:Executive Networking & Technology Group ExecTec of LA\n\nTopic TBD As always\, there is no better way to meet and connect with other exe cutives then over dinner and conversation. $21 in advance via PayPal or $25 at the event gets you a full dinner\, drink and the best networking around .\n\nLos Angeles\, CA 90024 - USA\n\nTuesday\, April 20 at 7:30 PM\n\nPhot o: http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/3/3/3/event_2520819.jpeg\n\ nAttending: 1\n\nFee: Price: USD 21.00 if paid before event\n\nDetails: htt p://www.exectec.us/calendar/12920875/ LAST-MODIFIED:20100318T061848Z UID:event_12920875@meetup.com CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20100318T061848Z DTSTAMP:20100321T155435Z DTSTART:20100421T023000Z DTEND:20100421T043000Z GEO:34.06;-118.44 LOCATION:D'Amore's Pizza Connection on Westwood - 1136 Westwood Blvd - Los Angeles\, CA 90024 - USA URL:http://www.exectec.us/calendar/12920875/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:ExecTec - Networking Dinner DESCRIPTION:Executive Networking & Technology Group ExecTec of LA\n\nTopic TBD As always\, there is no better way to meet and connect with other exe cutives then over dinner and conversation. $21 in advance via PayPal or $25 at the event gets you a full dinner\, drink and the best networking around .\n\nLos Angeles\, CA 90024 - USA\n\nTuesday\, April 27 at 7:30 PM\n\nPhot o: http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/3/3/3/event_2520819.jpeg\n\ nAttending: 1\n\nFee: Price: USD 21.00 if paid before event\n\nDetails: htt p://www.exectec.us/calendar/12920879/ LAST-MODIFIED:20100318T061924Z UID:event_12920879@meetup.com CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20100318T061924Z DTSTAMP:20100321T155435Z DTSTART:20100428T023000Z DTEND:20100428T043000Z GEO:34.06;-118.44 LOCATION:D'Amore's Pizza Connection on Westwood - 1136 Westwood Blvd - Los Angeles\, CA 90024 - USA URL:http://www.exectec.us/calendar/12920879/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR