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First Ever Startup Weekend Orange County Live!

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As you all know TechZulu is a huge supporter of Startup Weekend, and when we had the chance to be part of the very first Orange County (my home town) Startup Weekend we jumped on board. He joined Miramar in 2006. Maneesh’s prior investing experience includes an associate position at El Dorado Ventures.

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TCA's OC Arm Pumps Seed Program

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The Orange County Chapter of the Tech Coast Angels is promoting a program to help jumpstart small companies, O.C. TCA said it would invest no more than $100,000 in companies applying to the program, which it said it just launched. SeedTrack, building off of earlier efforts by the group's San Diego and other chapters.

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Southern California Leads In Green Businesses, Says Report

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The Next 10 report found that California accounted for 24 percent of total global investment in clean technology, with a total of $11.6 billion invested in cleantech venture capital in the state since 2006. Tags: next10 southern california clean cleantech energy power solar investment jobs employment.

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Vizio and the Story of the Sleeping Giant

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I am currently at the annual VC in the OC program held in Irvine CA by OCTANe , an organization that connects people and ideas to resources and capital in Orange County. The company brought on retailers Circuit City, Sears and Kmart in 2006 followed by mega retailer Walmart in 2007. All this success in less than five years.

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Interview with Curtis Staker and William Goldbach, Confident Technologies

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It was funded in 2006 with about $8M in investments, and we were fortunate to have the benefit of that investment in the development of the intellectual property. Curtis Staker: I was actually invited into the opportunity by a pretty dynamic guy, Jay Kear, who is Orange County.

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TechZulu Live from StartupDemo

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This Panel is filled with investing super stars who will be going over must have content for all the startups and entrepreneurs out there. Stewart Roberts , President of Orange County of Tech Coast Angels. Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media. Be sure to tune in at 5:30pm PT.

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StartupDemo Was a Huge Success!

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Stewart Roberts , President of Orange County of Tech Coast Angels. Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media. They make it easy to collect investment funds, track ownership, and provide targeted updates to investors. Allen Morgan , Mayfield Ventures. Mark Suster , GRP Partners. The Startups.