Thursday, November 5, 2009 -- Tech Coast Angels Happy Hour. The Tech Coast Angels is having its first ever "entrepreneur happy hour", and I would like to invite you to attend - something new for Orange County. Come down and hang with us, the Angels at TCA, and let's chat about your business plan or anything you want to know about Tech Coast Angels at our newly formed "TCA Entrepreneur Happy Hours". The goal is to create an open forum in which local Orange County entrepreneurs can have easy and informal access to TCA angels.

Los Angeles-based Mobile-XL , an angel-backed developer of mobile phone applications, said today that the firm has partnered with Nairobi, Kenya-based KenyaBuzz , which operates a local event service in Kenya. Mobile-XL, which is angel backed by the Tech Coast Angels, said that information from KenyaBuzz will now be available to mobile phone users via its XLBrowser product. READ MORE>> ...Tags: Financial impact of the deal was not disclsoed. Tags: mobilexl application kenya mobile information news africa wireles

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

Monday, January 18, 2010 -- Orange County Tech Coast Angels mixer. Come down and hang with us, the angels at TCA, and let's chat about your business plan or anything you want to know about Tech Coast Angels at our newly formed "TCA Entrepreneur Happy Hours". Our goal is to create an open forum in which local Orange County entrepreneurs can have easy and informal access to TCA angels. See http://www.seedtrack.org/events... mor

Look forward to the discussion. Any aspects of the business you are particularly working on now? Poogling events/webinar, radio show expansion and social media relationships and events. It seems like a lot of what you are doing is about providing valuable information that accompanies the work that you do. I’ve got to imagine this makes tracking marketing spend challenging. Anything else you doing from a marketing standpoint that's working well? Our radio show, Tech News, powered by Make It Work has been a great success. I’ve recently had a chance to reconnect with Eric David Greenspan ( LinkedIn , Twitter ) He’s the CEO of Make It Work a high quality, personal, high touch technology service provider for homes and small businesses.

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.

According to the site, its new section--Style Me--will offer fashion tips, stories, and information on the latest fashion trends. MyShape is venture backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, the Pasadena Angels, and the Tech Coast Angels. READ MORE>> ...Tags: Pasadena-based MyShape , the venture backed, online clothing retailer focused on matching women to clothing based on body shape and measurements, said today it has launched a new feature focused on providing fashion advice. Tags: myshape ecommerce fashion clothing

We brought together Peter Cowen of Groundwork Equity , Mark Suster of GRP Partners , Rick Smith of Crosscut Ventures , and Richard Yen of Saban Ventures -- all of who will be on the judging panel for the Tech Coast Angel's Fast Pitch on February 24th, to give us a their hints and tips about pitching to venture capitalists. Peter Cowen: It is a two minute fast pitch, and it's an amazing opportunity to be in front of several VCs and funds, plus the Tech Coast Angels, an angel group that continues to invest in roughly a deal a month.

Los Angeles-based Mobile-XL , an angel-backed developer of mobile phone applications, said today that it has linked with telecom carrier Orange in the country of Cameroon. The firm provides news, information, email, chat, and other content via mobile phone, and has a number of deals inked with African telecom carriers. Mobile-XL is backed by the Tech Coast Angels. According to Mobile-XL, Orange will offer the firm's XLBrowser software to customers starting in October. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed.

Los Angeles-based Docufide , which develops systems for electronic transfer of school transcripts between high schools and colleges, said this week that it has inked a deal with the Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI). The firm is backed by the Pasadena Angels, Tech Coast Angels, and other angel investors. Docufide will provide its electronic transcript exchange system to CEPI, which serves Michigan's K-12 public schools and students. Financial details of the win were not disclosed.