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YOU are invited! Yes, YOU – anyone in the startup and social media community – and their friends.

We are blessed with gorgeous summer days in Los Angeles . What would be more appropriate than to kickoff the Social Media Week in LA with a fun day in the sun? Grab your sun lotion, swim suit, towels and join us.

To RSVP: http://labeachparty.eventbrite.com/

No stiff elevator pitch, no business card shuffling, no superficial speed networking. Jump into the actions with beach volleyball, tag football, and other interactive games or simply just hang out & sun bath. This is where real bonding is formed.

When: Sunday Sept 19th from 11am.

Where: Santa Monica beach (1642 Oceanfront Walk, Santa Monica CA) – at the Volleyball court on the south side of the Pier, next to the life guard headquarter.

What: A beach party. Food & snacks will be provided. Please note that alcohol is not allowed on LA beaches. On a totally unrelated note, we will be providing red plastic cups. For soft drinks, of course.

Who: This event is hosted by AsAble.com, HighlyRelevant, Coloft and Stratalux. We are honored to be a part of Social Media Week in LA.

Tom Grasty is the founder of Stroome, a collaborative video editing community.  In the interview, Tom discusses how his background in journalism helped him identify the opportunity to create Stroome.com.  A first-time entrepreneur, Tom also talks about the video editing niche, how journalists can really benefit from using his platform, the collaborative nature of Stroome.com, and how he and his business partner went about getting funding for their company.  You can follow Tom on Twitter @tomgrasty.

Here is the interview:

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Stay wonderful.

This interview was conducted by Justin Hong, Associate Producer of AsAble.com.

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Shopparel is a new internet startup that combines e-commerce and social network, targeting a demographic of young females who like to shop online and share the experience with their friends.

This interview was conducted by Justin Hong, Associate Producer of AsAble.com.

Stay wonderful.

Last week, Pete Mauro and Joe Zulli organized yet another amazing Lean Startup Circle LA event at the CoLoft in Santa Monica.  This time, the VIP guest speaker was Sean Ellis, with a talk titled “Bringing a Network Effect Business to Market”.

Here is the recorded video – special thanks to Pete and Joe for allowing AsAble.com to share with our viewers:

Here are Sean Ellis’ slides:

Lean Startup Circle LA is a group of high tech entrepreneurs that don’t want to waste time building products or services that nobody wants. The members practice lean start-up and customer development techniques. They meet once per month for speaker events and to network. Visit their website to join the group.

Sean Ellis was the founder and principal at 12in6 Inc., a firm that helps startups transition to high growth companies. They helped first six startups each achieve massively scalable growth (worked with most from early Beta): 1. Uproar (IPO) 2. LogMeIn (IPO) 3. Xobni (Khosla Ventures, FRC) 4. Eventbrite (Sequoia Capital) 5. Dropbox (Sequoia Capital) and 6. Lookout (Khosla Ventures). Sean is currently an advisor at KISSmetrics and Performable.  You should say hi to him on Twitter: @SeanEllis.

Pete Mauro is the organizer of Lean Startup Circle LA. He is a Product Management executive with 10 years experience bringing web, social media, mobile and PC products to market. He joined Savings.com in September 2008 focusing on consumer products, marketing and PR. Prior to Savings.com, Pete co-founded SceneTag, a social media company dedicated to creating the largest online collection of movie and TV quotes. Previously he managed product development and content licensing for Warner Bros. Mobile. Prior to that, Pete launched consumer products for several early stage tech startups including Event411.com and Cloud 9 Interactive. During his career he has worked with popular entertainment brands and properties such as Looney Tunes, Harry Potter, The Matrix, The OC, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Nickelodeon and Disney. You should say hello to him on Twitter: @mauronic.

Joe Zulli is the co-organizer of Lean Startup Circle LA. He joined Savings.com in January 2006 as Software Architect and later became the Director of Technology. Joe was one of the earliest Savings.com employees, and he’s responsible for the technical vision and strategy of the company. Joe spent most of his career in the online advertising industry working at Fastclick as the Technical Lead for AdServer, a self-serve ad serving platform, as well as Fastclick’s search optimization platform. There he managed the product development from the early design stages to launch. This is also where he gained his expertise in SEM technology and strategy. Prior to that, Joe worked as a Lead Developer at Computer Associates. Joe graduated with a degree in Computer Science from The University of California Santa Barbara. You should say hello to him on Twitter: @JoeZulli.

Stay wonderful.