This is part of my ongoing series, “ Pitching a VC .” 8221;  Getting a meeting with a prominent angel or VC is difficult enough.  Some Some advice on how to do that was covered in this link – Getting Access to a VC .  This I spoke about the topic on Fox Business News yesterday in a great session with TechCrunch50 winner RedBeacon This post covers the day after.  The Day After (the waiting game begins)

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA).  This morning we heard from Jamie Montgomery, CEO of the venerable Montgomery & Co investment bank who is at the heart of what is going on in M&A for venture backed companies.  They Montgomery & Co Projects Deal Volume to Grow by 167% in Just 2 Years with No End to Growth in Sight

I attended the Los Angeles Dealmaker event that featured several angel and seed-stage investors on the panel:  Jarl Mohn, Scott Sangster ( Organic Startup ), Rob Hayes ( First Round Capital ), and Thomas McInerney (TGM).  The The audience of entrepreneurs were witness to some candid discussion on how to make contact, structure deals, and manage relationships with angel investors as well as some of the differences between angel investors and venture capital investors. If you attend many of these events, you often hear the question, “How am I supposed to contact an angel investor or venture capital investor?”

Much of this frustration is directed toward Venture Capitalists; they seem to fund so few opportunities, their criteria for investment is somewhat mysterious, they have a reputation for tough negotiation and low valuations, etc.The purpose of this note is to give you insight into how a venture capital company works, how its partners are compensated and why they operate the way they do. Venture capital funds are typically organized as a Limited Partnership (the “Fund” or the “LP”) managed by a General Partner (the “GP”).

I recently appeared on Fox Business News covering the topic of raising Venture Capital.  If If you’re in the market or thinking about VC in the future the following video may be of interest to you – click here to view.  Video If you want to learn more about “Pitching a VC” make sure to check out the entire series here . Video is about 7 minutes.  If The main summary of my interview is that VC may only right for you IF:

Last time I looked I couldn't find a good cheat sheet on writing an effective executive summary (ES). We don't read executive summaries, either. On the other hand, if you're asking for $6M then you're wasting my time, I'm an angel investor and our sweet spot is $1, $2 or maybe $3M; go to a Silicon Valley VC if you really need that much. I guess that means I must write one.

There’s a number of areas entrepreneurs have to know about pitching their companies to investors — how to do an “elevator pitch,” how to put together a good PowerPoint presentation, and know how to best present their business in an executive summary. Frank put together a great “cheat sheet” on writing an executive summary. I am often asked about good examples of all three, but, until a post this week by Frank Peters of the Frank Peters Show (a great podcast on technology, technology companies, angel investing, and more) — I didn’t have a good

high-tech community like this also has many bloggers and Web-based news outlets that cover our companies, venture capital, and events -- plus a number of advisers who help technologies entrepreneurial companies grow. For example, here's a page on that site that summaries my recent blog posts: [link] Southern California is a hotbed of technology companies that are leaders in their sector. This includes MySpace, CitySearch, Ticketmaster, eHarmony, and thousands of lesser known technology companies.

I attended the Los Angeles Dealmaker event that featured several angel and seed-stage investors on the panel:  Jarl Mohn, Scott Sangster ( Organic Startup ), Rob Hayes ( First Round Capital ), and Thomas McInerney (TGM).  The The audience of entrepreneurs were witness to some candid discussion on how to make contact, structure deals, and manage relationships with angel investors as well as some of the differences between angel investors and venture capital investors. If you attend many of these events, you often hear the question, “How am I supposed to contact an angel investor or venture capital investor?”

I attended the Los Angeles Dealmaker event that featured several angel and seed-stage investors on the panel:  Jarl Mohn, Scott Sangster ( Organic Startup ), Rob Hayes ( First Round Capital ), and Thomas McInerney (TGM).  The The audience of entrepreneurs were witness to some candid discussion on how to make contact, structure deals, and manage relationships with angel investors as well as some of the differences between angel investors and venture capital investors. If you attend many of these events, you often hear the question, “How am I supposed to contact an angel investor or venture capital investor?”