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Making The Pasadena Angels Relevant To Today's Startups, With Terry Kay

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In a world with a rash of startup incubators and accelerators, super angels, crowdfunding sites, and more, what''s the relevance of organized angel investments groups? First off, for those not familiar with the Pasadena Angels, talk about the group? He started the group because he wanted to help companies succeed.

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The Curse of a Modest Exit

Steve Reich

You hear about extreme outcomes all the timeā€”the huge exit or a company shutting down. Recently, I got to observe a much more rare event: a company exiting at a modest valuation. The company in question built mobile apps for a particular sport, and had 3 million downloads with nearly 2 million active users. For entrepreneurs?

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How GridTest Is Helping To Build The Next Electric Car, With Neal Roche

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What is happening in the electric vehicle market, is there are lots of new models coming out, and lots of companies building charging stations for both residential, commercial, and public charging stations. How did the company start? That was the genesis for the idea for the company, which was to build tools for that new market.

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The Secret to Success with Angel Investors

Steve Reich

was launched with nearly $2mm in Angel funding from the Pasadena Angels and Tech Coast Angels. We had an advocate in each Angel group who aggressively lead the effort. It’s critical to identify a lead investor who is truly excited about your company. LeisureLink, Inc., How did we do it?

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Counting Angels

Steve Reich

How many Angels do you want in your cap table? Mark Suster wrote a great piece in July giving his answer: “If all else fails, angel-load away! If you canā€™t raise from a few strong angels, from seed funds or from a VC then raising from a ton (letā€™s say 20+) angels is a perfectly acceptable strategy.

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