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

socalTECH

For Friday''s interview, we spoke with Terry Kay ithe new Chairman of the Pasadena Angels (www.pasadenaangels.com) on the group, and its relevance in the technology funding world today. 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 Challenges (& Opportunities) of Starting a Tech Company in LA

Jason Nazar

I recently hosted a panel at the Twiistup Conference about LA tech companies. I have some pretty specific thoughts on the differences between companies in the two cities, as I wrote about in my previous post A Tale of Two Tech Cities. Challenge #1 – Tech Companies are Not Typically Started by Technologists.

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Interview with Minnie Ingersoll, TenOneTen Ventures

socalTECH

Minnie Ingersoll: I grew up here in Southern California, in Pasadena, and have been in the Bay Area for a number of years, and just became a new partner at TenOneTen Ventures. Minnie Ingersoll: A few things, but most recently I started by own company, in 2013. What were you doing before joining TenOneTen?

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Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Winter Presenting Companies at Caltech

Tech Zulu Event

Months of submissions and the amazing help from our judges , the Spotlight is shinning down on awesome companies that were born right out of Southern California. And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Winter Companies: Spotlight Companies. We write and create our own content for the game.

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Interview with Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin, Lynda.com

socalTECH

That's kind of like getting a job at Harvard--the Art Center College of Design, which is in Pasadena, is one of the most respected art colleges in the world. So, I ended up writing that first book, and Bruce helped me with the research, and that was one way we got to know each other before we were even dating. It was going crazy.

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Here’s How to Cancel a Meeting the Right Way

Both Sides of the Table

A few days before the meeting the CEO asked me to change the meeting to 11:45 because “he was going to be wrapping up a meeting in Pasadena at 11am” and it would take 45 minutes to get to Century City where my offices are. “No problem,” I replied. The meeting was set for Wednesday, May 8th at 11am.

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The Curse of a Modest Exit

Steve Reich

You hear about extreme outcomes all the time—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?