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We are pleased to announce that TakeLessons has been named the 2010 winner of San Diego Venture Group's annual PitchFest Business Plan Competition, beating out two other finalists to secure a $20,000 prize and recognition as one of the most promising startup companies in San Diego. Now in its 11th year, PitchFest serves to bring Southern California's most promising young technology and life-science companies to the forefront. TakeLessons was one of three finalists who presented at the competi

Exciting things have been happening at TakeLessons for several months now, and yesterday we finally revealed some big news that marks the beginning of a brand new venture for us - the expansion of our music lesson programs to designated Lesson Centers! We are pleased to announce that beginning this fall, TakeLessons and Learning Care Group, Inc., the second largest for-profit early education and child care provider in North America, will be partnering together to offer music lessons to child

TakeLessons would like to share the YouTube video of "United Breaks Guitars," musician Dave Carroll's musical assertion that a United Airlines baggage handler damaged his Taylor Guitar tossing it around at Chicago O'Hare. In his song, Carroll says another passenger saw Carroll's guitar being tossed by a United employee. When the airplane arrived in Nebraska, Carroll discovered that the guitar had been broken. United declined to do anything for Carroll, but that was before his song became a

Read the story form the San Diego Union Tribune on how young web start-ups are doing to survive and flourish during the recession. TakeLessons was a featured company. "The company started working out of Cox's house. It now has offices, but not the $700 Aeron chairs that typified the excesses of the first dot-com wave. “Our plan is to preserve cash,” Cox said. “We work at tables that cost $20 at Staples.” Cox said his business is growing, but he suspects growth would be faster in

TakeLessons is powering the NAMM's Wanna Play Music Lesson Locator. This free "Find Music Lessons Near You" search tool at www.wannaplaymusic.com, features one of the most comprehensive databases of music teachers on the Web from NAMM's network of Member stores, the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) and TakeLessons. This easy-to-use tool helps people who are interested in learning to play music to easily find a qualified music teacher in their neighborhood by simply entering their

Do you run a business? Interested in how to use social media to grow your clientele and grow stronger - even in these economic times? Plan on attending the "Using Social Media Successfully" conference on Saturday, April 11 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM at San Diego State University. Our CEO, Steven Cox, will be speaking on using Facebook advertising to attract the right customers. Here are a few details:   We are excited to have you attend the San Diego social media workshop hosted b