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JUNE 21, 2019

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. TenOneTen Ventures is an early stage, seed investor here in Southern California. Why did you decide to move to venture capital?

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MARCH 6, 2009

Joe Platnick , a member of the Pasadena Angels , talks about whether fees are ever appropriate to present to an angel investors group. Joe writes: Imagine going to a VC or bank and receiving a bill for a few thousand dollars for your first meeting. Imagine also that the requests for.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. Quick caveats: having fewer investors (3-5) is better than many investors (10-15) and PLEASE make sure you hire a great lawyer who has experience in doing start-ups to avoid pitfalls that will make VC harder down the line. They might be as hard as raising VC.

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APRIL 17, 2012

I recommend that you start by writing down the attributes you would want people to think about when they think about your brand. Idealab, led by Bill Gross, who founded Overture, CitySearch and MANY other business [Pasadena]. Think about venture capital. Not versus every other VC but versus many.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

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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MARCH 11, 2011

All of that are in this week’s episode of This Week in VC. It was a pleasure to write them myself. But if you have some spare time and want to hear from one of the most innovative (in the truest sense of the word) people you’ll ever hear from – I think you’ll enjoy watching this episode of This Week in VC.

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MAY 16, 2010

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 2008 at 11am.

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