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44 Articles match "Help","Tech Coast Angels"
The Latest from the Southern California Tech Central Community
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
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Encourage the most successful LA tech entrepreneurs who had previously started companies to get involved as mentors, instructors or just informal advisors
Today we announced Launchpad LA V2 .
Full press release with more details is here . We
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
No updates for Other & Indirect Job Networking Opportunities SoCal Networking Event Organizations Name: Networking For Professionals (NFP) Sites: www.networkingforprofessionals.com , Industry Insights Blog , Success Square/Coaching Blog , Events Blog , City Chat Blog , twitter.com/nfp_biznetwork Updated 2/22/10 by Todd Zebert Name: (Los Angeles) Geek Dinner Frequency/Location: From Heather "I officially closed it down at the end of last year for a variety of reasons: I was burned out on organizing and the LA geek community had changed." Updated
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Monday, February 22, 2010
It's been awhile since we last caught up with Los Angeles-based Language Weaver (www.languageweaver.com), a venture-backed firm which develops language translation software, so we sat down the other day with Mark Tapling , the President and CEO of the firm, to hear more about where the company is nowadays--plus its strategy for growth and an exit. Language Weaver is backed by Palisades Ventures, the Tech Coast Angels, and The Athenaeum Fund.
What's What's new with Language Weaver?
Mark Mark Tapling: Since you last did an in depth interview with us in 2007,
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The Best from the Southern California Tech Central Community
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
We thought today for our interview, that we'd get an update on the angel investment environment here in Southern California from Scott Sangster , the incoming President of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Tech Coast Angels , the biggest angel investment group in Southern California. Scott sat down with us last week and gave us some hints and tips about finding angel investment nowadays, and how the economy has affected local angel investors.
It It seems that the economy hit angel investors pretty badly over the last couple of years, along
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Friday, October 2, 2009
Luis Villalobos , the founder of the Tech Coast Angels , the largest and arguably the most influential angel group in Southern California, has passed away. Villalobos was instrumental in creating the Tech Coast Angels, which has been one of the most active groups in both investing, as well as mentoring aspiring entrepreneurs across Southern California. "His His passing Villalobos was 72, and had been in the intensive care unit at St. Joseph's in Orange for treatment of a lung infection.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
The Orange County Chapter of the Tech Coast Angels is promoting a program to help jumpstart small companies, O.C. Tech Coast Angels, the new program will provide seed funding, strategic planning, and execution of day-to-day functions of startups. The San Diego branch of the Tech Coast Angels launched their own TCA Seed Track effort way back in December of 2006, initially focused on both technology and SeedTrack, building off of earlier efforts by the group's San Diego and other chapters. According to the O.C.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
The Tech Coast Angels is stressing its mixer program, seed investment efforts, and a new website, as it kicks off a 2010 program, according to the angel investing group. According to the Tech Coast Angels' Richard Sudek, Chairman of the TCA, the group is looking to hold bi-monthly mixers which will help entrepreneurs connect with its angel investors, after a successful mixer in late 2009. The group also said it is focusing on its SeedTrack program, which is specifically focused on seed stage funding and extensive mentoring. The angel
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Friday, November 14, 2008
San Diego-based BrightQube, an angel-backed stock photo search site, has updated its web services to make it easier for photo buyers to find images. According to BrightQube, the changes are intended to help simplify the process of buying stock photographs--photos which are licensed by photography providers for use in publications, marketing, web sites, and other uses. The firm is angel backed by the Tech Coast Angels and the Pasadena BrightQube rolled out its new web site earlier this week, adding such features as pop-up search tips, new navigation options, filtering, and other features.
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
I'm happy to announce the launch of the Los Angeles Tech Content Community . The goal is to create a place where it's relatively easy to find current content and highly relevant content surrounding Los Angeles Technology. To be clear Los Angeles Tech is a jump off point. This is the beginning of a content community that collects and organizes the best content from blogs and web sites. The content comes from other places.
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Friday, August 14, 2009
Last night I attended a DealMaker Media (whom I love because they always host such great discussions) panel on raising angel money moderated by Dan Gould and with panelists Rob Hayes (First Round Capital, more seed or A round than angel), Scot Sangster (with OrganicStartup and the best spokesperson for Tech Coast Angels that I have met to date), Tom McInerney (TGM) and Jarl Mohn (who invests on his own “account” and whose track record is truly humbling).
recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Digital Family Reunion is bringing all of the LA Tech/Business/Media scene together next month, for a nice holiday party at the Skirball Center! The DFR is helping to set an engagement platform to advance the conversation between these like-minded, yet diverse communities by asking the question: “If we knew how connected we all are, how would that change everything?” Los Angeles, CA 90049
Howdy Campers!
It should be a blast having so many great LA communities together, sharing their thoughts and having some great holiday fun!
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Irvine-based Bikestation , a developer of facilities for bicycle commuting, has scored an investment from the Tech Coast Angels angel investment group, the TCA said this morning. According to the Orange County arm of the Tech Coast Angels, the investment was led by Raulee Marcus. Bikestation develops infrastructure, including lockers, changing Amount of the investment in Bikestation was not announced. The firm operates facilities in Long Beach, Santa Barbara, Palo Alto, and Seattle, and says it is opening facilities in Washington, DC; Salt Lake
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Sid Mohasseb, one of the Tech Coast Angels, just emailed out about a new “entrepreneur happy hour” the group is running in Orange County, which got me thinking about how entrepreneurs should (or shouldn’t) approach angel and venture investors. I’m sure there are many opinions out there, but based on my time working with angels and investors, here’s some of my random advice for would-be entrepreneurs going to the event (or similar ones):
1. Don’t start your conversation telling them the terms of your fundraising effort.
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