42 Articles match "Los Angeles","Tech Coast Angels"

The Latest from the Southern California Tech Central Community

Thursday, March 18, 2010
There is no cost but you must physically be based in or move to Los Angeles for the 6 months of the program.  Applications Encourage the most successful LA tech entrepreneurs who had previously started companies to get involved as mentors, instructors or just informal advisors John Morris from the Tech Coast Angels was encouraging me to do something similar.  We Today we  announced Launchpad LA V2 . Full press release with more details is here .  We
 
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Los Angeles-based Mobile-XL , the international mobile information services firm backed by the Tech Coast Angels, said this week that it has linked a deal with Oberthur Technologies to include its XLBrowser Content Platform on Oberthur's line of SIM cards. Tags: mobile-xl mobilexl mobile information tech coast angels oberthu Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. The firms said that including Mobile-XL's software on its SIM cards will give Oberthur's customers access to new, sports, yellow pages, education, and other content.
 
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."
 

The Best from the Southern California Tech Central Community

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,
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.
The Tech Coast Angels talk about improving your chances for long-term success in the lead article of the November SCribe Newsletter.  Lessons For Entrepreneurs From Tech Coast Angels 10 Tags: Company News Events Guest Article Internet Marketing Member Profiles Venture Capital business threats email is cool entrepreneurs Gideon Informatics los angeles corporate real estate Newsletter non-compete provisions Check this out, along with our other feature articles and links to the upcoming event schedule. Here Here are quick links to the feature
The Tech Coast Angels talk about improving your chances for long-term success in the lead article of the November SCribe Newsletter.  Lessons For Entrepreneurs From Tech Coast Angels 10 Check this out, along with our other feature articles and links to the upcoming event schedule. Here Here are quick links to the feature articles in this issue: Lessons
Last month we Launched Los Angeles Tech and in the announcement we provide the Hot List for the first half of January 2009. When I drill down on that term, you can see why with posts like: Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals Lops A Third Of Company THQ Lays Off 100 Employees, Closes San Diego Office Citrix Cuts 10 Percent; Santa Barbara Hit And it's also interesting to see what geographies are being associated with "Layoffs" more often than others: Layoffs Woodland Hills Layoffs San Diego Layoffs Santa Monica Layoffs Los Angeles I guess this is
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! Los Angeles, CA 90049 Girls In Tech Tech Coast Angels Howdy Campers! It should be a blast having so many great LA communities together, sharing their thoughts and having some great holiday fun!
Los Angeles-based Mobile-XL , the international mobile information services firm backed by the Tech Coast Angels, said this week that it has linked a deal with Oberthur Technologies to include its XLBrowser Content Platform on Oberthur's line of SIM cards. Tags: mobile-xl mobilexl mobile information tech coast angels oberthu Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. The firms said that including Mobile-XL's software on its SIM cards will give Oberthur's customers access to new, sports, yellow pages, education, and other content.
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 group
The annual Tech Coast Angels Fast Pitch for Los Angeles is coming up next week, on Wednesday, and I’ll be moderating a panel during the event. The event–if you haven’t attended before–lets a group of 12 early stage companies pitch their companies to the audience. The pitch has to fit into 90 seconds, and is always entertaining to watch and learn from.
The Los Angeles startup space continues to grow with its latest addition, Launchpad LA . Founded by local VC Marc Suster , Launchpad LA hopes to provide mentorship to the next generation of Los Angeles based entrepreneurs. Having worked with the greatest CEOs in Los Angeles (Jason Calacanis, Jason Nazar and Mike Jones) I can personally tell you how valuable good mentorship can be. Looks like LA is getting something similar to Northern California’s  Y Combinator , an organization that can help train and fund the best ideas from the area. This