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Raising Seed Capital Now: 10 Tips

Tech Coast Venture Network

. “While most angel groups don’t post a list of members, they do publicize the companies they’ve funded on their websites,” says Richard Sudek, a member of Tech Coast Angels , a group in southern California whose members invested about $6.2 When asked questions during a screening, do not respond defensively.

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First Ever Startup Weekend Orange County Live!

Tech Zulu Event

He received his MS degree in Electrical Engineering, from the University of Southern California and his MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management where he was a Deutschman Venture Fellow. Through Tech Coast Angels, he has screened in excess of four hundred start-up companies. Amir Banifatemi.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. They had a prominent NorCal investor already so I thought a SoCal lead would make sense – that I could help them in a more hands-on way. Something happened and it was clear to me that this IE issues was just a smoke screen.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. They had a prominent NorCal investor already so I thought a SoCal lead would make sense – that I could help them in a more hands-on way. Something happened and it was clear to me that this IE issues was just a smoke screen.

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Embrace Losing

Both Sides of the Table

It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits ;-). Something happened and it was clear to me that this IE issues was just a smoke screen. It just so happened that the consultant they hired to chose a software vendor worked for a company that had owned one of our competitors.

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

It’s your job to find a continued way to stay on the radar screen of the VC. One of the best sales coaches I ever worked with used to talk to me about “testing prospects.” We’re the largest fund in Southern California. They then lament the fact that the process died shortly thereafter.

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