At a recent accelerator event on the West Side, a friendly young founder told me that he had been coached by his mentor not to talk to Angel groups.  As a Pasadena Angel, I wanted to be shocked, but I wasn’t.  The Angel funding process can be arduous.  The conflict is built in.  So what do we do?  MORE >>

The group has launched Ask The Angels. Pasadena Angel Joe Platnick describes the blog: Each week one (or more) of our team members will be writing about a topic of particular interest to entrepreneurs. And they’ll also be available to answer your specific questions on a wide array of topics. Kuo, publisher of socalTECH.com. MORE >>

Meet the Graduates: · Connectifier, which connects recruiters to potential job candidates, consists of 4 ex-Google employees and local angel investor, Terrence Yang, has dubbed  Connectifier one of the best startups of 2012. Over 500 startups applied last quarter to Launchpad LA’s accelerator, but only eight were chosen. MORE >>

The firm, which recently completed a $2.0M, Series E funding round from the Pasadena Angels and Tech Coast Angels, said Belz will represent both of those angel groups on its board. ondax executive andrea belz optical holographic gratings pasadena angels angel investor caltechREAD MORE>>. MORE >>

The one group of investors you can count on to support you in a crisis are your Angels, and I saw two examples over the Holidays. Over a few short weeks during the Holidays, groups of Angels, one  led by Dave Berkus, raised enough money to secure the futures of these companies. Emergency cash is never free, even from Angels. MORE >>