There is a large menu of startup accelerators in the Los Angeles, but one of more established efforts in the area is LaunchpadLA ([link] The effort actually started as an informal mentoring program, but has grown and expanded to follow the accelerator model. For readers, LaunchpadLA is all about? We're really excited for the next steps. Thanks! MORE >>

Bill Payne. Tech Coast Angels is using the Vokle video platform to give entrepreneurs a chance to pitch and get some critical feedback. It’s good for the entrepreneurs and it’s a way for TCA to do outreach. Why not poll the TCA members? There’s 300 of them, so there’s bound to be a wealth of advice just within the group. MORE >>

Thursday, June 14, 2012 -- The Customer Experience of User Experience. SDSIC. Jeofrey Bean and Sean Van Tyne will share their aggregate views of some of the best customer experience and user experience companies and the practices that make them better, different, and more valuable than their competitors. See [link] (more MORE >>

HIGHEST DEGREE OBTAINED BY AMERICA'S 400 RICHEST PEOPLE Source: Forbes Magazine, Jan 2012. According to a January 2012 Forbes article, nearly 16% of the 400 most affluent Americans do not have a college degree. When one considers the 400 richest people on the entire planet, the percentage of non-college graduates doubles. Shocking? Hardly. MORE >>

June 2012. link]. Axon Intelligence Media’s Sandya Menon and Ashwini Naganthran. interviewed Dr. Kevin J. Scanlon, Chairman of the Pasadena Angels Investment Group. What are you doing to improve Pasadena Angels? We have learned many investment lessons over the past 12 years; we. Angels. effectively. screening process. investors. product. MORE >>