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Thursday, August 27, 2009 -- TCVN Deal Review. TCVN. Attend the TCVN Deal Review and learn how to put money into your piggy bank. Is your business "starved" for capital? Need to raise funds? Entrepreneurs interested in becoming the market leaders in their industry or anyone interested in seeking equity funding should attend See http://www.tcvn.org...

Thursday, April 9, 2009 -- TCVN Workshop LA. Join us for a workshop on managing offshoring successfully, your guide to reducing software development costs and increasing quality. Please bring your questions. Our software development and offshoring guru Jack Bicer will also provide guidance for your specific circumstances.

Thursday, April 2, 2009 -- TCVN Workshop Orange County. Join us for a workshop on managing offshoring successfully, your guide to reducing software development costs and increasing quality. Please bring your questions. Our software development and offshoring guru Jack Bicer will also provide guidance for your specific circumstances.

Thursday, March 26, 2009 -- TCVN Building The Team. Forum on building your team will be conducted by Tom Miller, president of Persuasive Business Plans,where he has a significant record of accomplishment helping clients tell compelling stories that attract money and people to accelerate business success. Prior to his consulting career, Tom served as an executive with several entrepreneurial firms in California and held various line and staff positions with a Fortune 500 firm, including an engineering effort that resulted in 2 U.S.

Thursday, June 25, 2009 -- TCVN: Calling on Angels. Let's approach some angels. But, what are they looking for in a company? Should you approach institutional or individual angels? Are they looking for the same thing or are there differences in their investment decision?

Thursday, May 28, 2009 -- TCVN: Early Capital Sources. Raising money is a must for start-ups and the growth of their businesses. Please join us for this first in three sequential Forums on the various funding sources available to early stage start-ups in Southern California For this Forum, our panelists will provide an engaging discussion focusing on how you should approach raising money from the very beginning, with an emphasis on friends and family.

Thursday, February 12, 2009 -- TCVN Workshop LA. This workshop is specifically designed to address key issues in the formation, organization and execution of any early stage company. Mr. Robert Ochtel, founder of the Traverse Angels, will be presenting business planning processes and methodologies from his recently published book: Business Planning, Business Plans and Venture Funding.

Thursday, February 5, 2009 -- TCVN Workshop Orange County. This workshop is specifically designed to address key issues in the formation, organization and execution of any early stage company. Mr. Robert Ochtel, founder of the Traverse Angels, will be presenting business planning processes and methodologies from his recently published book: Business Planning, Business Plans and Venture Funding.

Thursday, November 20, 2008 -- TCVN: The Doctor is In. At this special TCVN Forum, there will be no talking heads. We are going to try something new! So humor us, and come see what we have planned for you! In anticipation of the new year, we will start by giving each start-up a physical exam - we will break into small groups and put each start-up under the microscope - let's see what we find!