Many of us in the technology, media and VC world sit on panels at lot.  Many I sat on two panels in the past week – once at LeadsCon (** see appendix if you’re interested in a back story here) and today at the America’s Growth Capital conference.  So Well, maybe we got a bit too friendly on this panel But I actually first met Saar on a LAVA panel in LA.  Afterwards Many of them are painfully boring.  It’s It’s a shame since it’s such a golden opportunity for you to build awareness with your audience for who you are and what you

The Los Angeles Venture Association has launched a new entrepreneur and startup focused event next month, at their Meet the VC event, which will allow entrepreneurs to get to meet pretty much every one of the local (and some non-local) venture funds in a “speed dating” session. Entrepreneurs tell me that one of the biggest barriers of entry to funding is getting face time with venture capitalists; it looks like LAVA is looking to overcome the lack of time (on the side of venture capitalists) and the lack of connections (on the entrepreneur side) with this,

Tuesday, December 2, 2008 -- LAVA Holiday Party and PwC "Shaking the MoneyTree". Please join LAVA, PricewaterhouseCoopers and a distinguished panel of industry experts and local VCs for their insights on the results of the Q3 2008. PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree Report based on data from Thomson Reuters. The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States. As a collaboration between PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, based upon data

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 -- LAVA's Annual VC Breakfast. Come meet LAVA's newest VC board member firms and their representative. Find out what does it take to secure Venture Capital for your company. Moderated by Scott Alderton, Stubbs Alderton, and Markiles LLP; panelists include Greg Martin, Redpoint Ventures and others. Find out what they are looking to invest in. Learn about the hottest trends and the mistakes NOT to make.

socalTECH is a media sponsor of the LAVA Special Event: Meet the VCs on November 17th. The event features an interactive networking roundtable at which more than 30 venture capitalists from California, who will talk with local entrepreneurs about deal flow and the types of investments they're looking to fund. This This program provides education about the capital raising process, perspectives on the current market and useful tools and insights into the current state of the venture It's a can't miss opportunity for aspiring entrepreneurs looking to connect with investors in Southern California technology companies.

It’s a big week for venture capital focused technology conferences, and Southern California startups — and we’re not done yet. Tomorrow is VentureNet in Costa Mesa, the Technology Council of Southern California’s annual venture pitching event, which promises to be an interesting local take on the venture capital conference. VentureNet’s selection committee includes Southern VentureNet is put on by a local, volunteer organization which is less focused on technology celebrity, and more on getting worthy technology startups funded.

Just a quick reminder, we’re coming up to LAVA’s “ Meet the VC ” event next week on November 17th — an excellent opportunity to get to meet all of the venture capitalists in Southern California–and a few from outside the area–in one place. More information on the event is on LAVA’s web site. (socalTECH socalTECH is a media sponsor of the event).  It really is a great opportunity to connect with the investment opportunity her

Thursday, May 28, 2009 -- LAVA hosts PricewaterhouseCoopers' Shaking the MoneyTree. Please join LAVA, PricewaterhouseCoopers and a distinguished panel of industry experts and local VCs for their insights on the results of the Q1 2009 PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree Report based on data from Thomson Reuters. See [link] (mor

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 -- LAVA hosts PricewaterhouseCoopers' Shaking the MoneyTree. Please join LAVA, PricewaterhouseCoopers and a distinguished panel of industry experts and local VCs for their insights on the results of the Q3 2009 PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree Report based on data from Thomson Reuters. The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States. As a collaboration between PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, based upon data from Thomson Reuters, it is the only industry-endorsed research of its kind.

LAVA. Please join LAVA, PricewaterhouseCoopers and a distinguished panel of industry experts and local VCs for their insights on the results of the Q4 2009 PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree Report based on data from Thomson Reuters. The MoneyTree Report is a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States. Tuesday, March 9, 2010 -- Shaking the MoneyTree 2009 Q4 Review. As a collaboration between PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, based upon data from Thomson Reuters,