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The Surprising Benefits of Conflict
Tech Coast Venture Network
AUGUST 7, 2015
Many people dread conflict and actively avoid situations that might be conflict prone. Unfortunately, this is nearly impossible if you want to be successful at work. Fortunately, there are some surprising benefits of conflict. Think of a time you got into an argument with a romantic partner. Remember how the conflict was horrible while you were in the middle of it.
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Why PR?
Tech Coast Venture Network
AUGUST 11, 2015
As long-time PR pros and communications advocates, we’ve grown accustomed to questions like “What is PR?” or “Why do we need PR?”. By definition, public relations (PR) is the practice of managing the spread of information between an individual or an organization and the public; but the strategic communication process that occurs in today’s PR world requires so much more than just information management.
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Start-ups…The Ultimate Risk-Reward Game.
Tech Coast Venture Network
AUGUST 11, 2015
In my youth I read a Jack London tale about a scruffy teen who hung around the wharf in Oakland. He did whatever work he could find as he was alone, no family or resources. The time line was in the 1930’s. Not a great time in American history. The Great Depression, the Dust Bowl and other circumstances made just living very difficult. Not all this teen’s activities were above the law.
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10 Examples of Companies With Fantastic Cultures
Tech Coast Venture Network
AUGUST 11, 2015
Having great company culture is no longer just an option. Today’s workers consider it as much as they consider salary and benefits. In fact, fantastic company culture is almost expected along with other traditional benefits. While the culture that works for one company might not work for another , you can learn a lot from companies who are doing it right, and get started on company culture hacks of your own. 1.
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Do Things That Don’t Scale
Tech Coast Venture Network
JUNE 16, 2016
Graham calls it “doing things that don’t scale” because part of the definition of a startup is having a scalable technology. So what has changed? Playing Startup. Doing a startup is relatively popular. You know it is when universities start offering “entrepreneurship” programs. As is true for all things popular, there are people who actually do startups and those who play startup.
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Do Things That Don’t Scale
Tech Coast Venture Network
JUNE 16, 2016
Graham calls it “doing things that don’t scale” because part of the definition of a startup is having a scalable technology. So what has changed? Playing Startup. Doing a startup is relatively popular. You know it is when universities start offering “entrepreneurship” programs. As is true for all things popular, there are people who actually do startups and those who play startup.
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SAVE THE DATE!
Tech Coast Venture Network
FEBRUARY 12, 2015
Saturday, November 14th From 4:00PM to 9:00PM at The Beall Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship – UCIrvine.
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How To Stick By The Resolutions That Will Kick-Start Your Business Growth
Tech Coast Venture Network
JULY 10, 2015
Check out this Forbes article written by our every own Ash Kumra and Seline Shenoy!
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The Surprising Benefits of Conflict
Tech Coast Venture Network
AUGUST 7, 2015
Many people dread conflict and actively avoid situations that might be conflict prone. Unfortunately, this is nearly impossible if you want to be successful at work. Fortunately, there are some surprising benefits of conflict. Think of a time you got into an argument with a romantic partner. Remember how the conflict was horrible while you were in the middle of it.
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Why PR?
Tech Coast Venture Network
AUGUST 11, 2015
As long-time PR pros and communications advocates, we’ve grown accustomed to questions like “What is PR?” or “Why do we need PR?”. By definition, public relations (PR) is the practice of managing the spread of information between an individual or an organization and the public; but the strategic communication process that occurs in today’s PR world requires so much more than just information management.
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Start-ups…The Ultimate Risk-Reward Game.
Tech Coast Venture Network
AUGUST 11, 2015
In my youth I read a Jack London tale about a scruffy teen who hung around the wharf in Oakland. He did whatever work he could find as he was alone, no family or resources. The time line was in the 1930’s. Not a great time in American history. The Great Depression, the Dust Bowl and other circumstances made just living very difficult. Not all this teen’s activities were above the law.
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10 Examples of Companies With Fantastic Cultures
Tech Coast Venture Network
AUGUST 11, 2015
Having great company culture is no longer just an option. Today’s workers consider it as much as they consider salary and benefits. In fact, fantastic company culture is almost expected along with other traditional benefits. While the culture that works for one company might not work for another , you can learn a lot from companies who are doing it right, and get started on company culture hacks of your own. 1.
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Tech Coast Venture Network
OCTOBER 8, 2013
'BUSINESS PITCH COMPETITION. Friday, November 8, 2013 from 5:00 – 9:00 PM. Please join us for our annual fast-pitch competition offering entrepreneurs unprecedented opportunity to compete for funding, gain visibility and network with investors. The event will feature a catered dinner, top shelf cash bar, live music, prizes, complimentary parking and exclusive networking with prestigious Orange County entrepreneurs and business professionals.
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TCVN names new Chairman and President
Tech Coast Venture Network
FEBRUARY 25, 2011
'Irvine-based Tech Coast Venture Network has named Ciaran Foley Chairman of the Board, replacing Bart Greenberg, who has been Chairman since August. 2005. Kevin McDonald is the new TCVN President, a position Foley held for the past year and Greenberg held before that. TCVN, a nonprofit technology group, was founded in 1984 to educate and assist entrepreneurs and emerging growth companies in Orange County and to connect them with money, advice and other resources to help their businesses grow.
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TCVN March Workshop: Buy-Sell Agreement
Tech Coast Venture Network
MARCH 3, 2011
'We had a terrific morning workshop today covering buy-sell details for startups. The workshop, led by Bart Greenberg was well attended with over 25 registrants and just shy of that number packed the HaynesBoone offices. Thanks to everyone who braved getting up early to get your startup fix. From the smiles on everyone’s faces, it was worth it!
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A Look At Useful Sites for Entrepreneurs
Tech Coast Venture Network
MARCH 6, 2011
'Wally Eater, one of our esteemed and longtime Executive Committee members, brought this Wall Street Journal article to my attention. It presents some excellent sites for entrepreneurs and is well worth a look. [link].
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LA Leads In Entrepreneurs, Says Report
Tech Coast Venture Network
MARCH 9, 2011
'A new study released by the Kauffman Foundation this week shows that the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) has the highest number of entrepreneurs per 100,000 people, of the top fifteen largest MSAs. According to the study of entrepreneurial activity in the United States, LA-Long Beach-Santa Ana had 620 entrepreneurs for every 100,000 people, beating out such areas as New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island (360 per 100,000), San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (5
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Raising Seed Capital Now: 10 Tips
Tech Coast Venture Network
MARCH 9, 2011
'Investors and entrepreneurs who won at the fundraising game during and after the Great Recession offer advice on landing equity money. By Monica Mehta. After years of cloudy skies in Startupland, the sun is peeking out, and investors are tipping their toes back into the wading pool. Last year, venture capitalists and angels who co-invested with them placed $7 billion into seed and early-stage deals, an 11 percent increase from 2009, according to the most recent PricewaterhouseCoopers/National V
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March Forum FastPitch Winner: Stephen Meade, My Wet Rock, LLC
Tech Coast Venture Network
MARCH 29, 2011
'Congratulations to Stephen Meade of My Wet Rock, LLC, winner of our March Forum FastPitch $100 prize! We had a terrific program in March with The Dr. Is In. Ciaran Foley presented The Power of Random, a look at our serendipity can be harnessed in our everyday business lives for the positive. This was followed by our FastPitch event and The Dr. Is In – a roundtable, colleague-drive self-examination of businesses.
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113 2011 Harvard Business School/ USC-Marshall Business Growth Conference
Tech Coast Venture Network
APRIL 6, 2011
'TCVN is proud to support the HBS/USC-Marshall BGC this year with a special TCVN code for attendees. Enjoy! This year, the Harvard Business School/ USC-Marshall Business Growth Conference is proud to announce four outstanding keynote speakers: Warren Bennis, founding chairman of USC’s Leadership Institute; Henrik Fisker, CEO of Fisker Automotive; James F.
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113 Mixer & Summit + TEDx Orange Coast
Tech Coast Venture Network
MAY 13, 2011
'So, I’m absolutely thrilled about this week coming up. On Monday May 16th, we’re kicking things off with an absolutely start-studded event at the Atrium Hotel in Irvine, CA. The OC Technology Influencer Mixer and Summit. Hosted by TCVN, this is a historic two-day event intended to build grassroots support for the Orange County SMB technology entrepreneur — with partner CompTIA, the world’s largest technology association.
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OC Technology Influencer Mixer & Summit 2011
Tech Coast Venture Network
MAY 15, 2011
'April 25, 2011, Irvine, Calif — Tech Coast Venture Network (www.tcvn.org) is hosting the OC Technology Influencer Mixer & Summit 2011, an historic two-day event with partners CompTIA, the world’s largest technology association, the Technology Leadership Political Action Committee and Ingram Micro. Events will commence Monday, May 16th, with an exciting evening networking mixer open to the public at the Atrium Hotel in Irvine, CA.
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Deals 3D: The New Local Value Chain
Tech Coast Venture Network
JULY 15, 2011
'There is no question that the group buying space has exploded onto the scene and is one of the fastest growing segments of interactive media and marketing today. The question is, is it here to stay? Is this a bubble? What is the landscape going to look like in a year or two? I’ll be attending this year’s BIA/Kelsey Conference “Deals 3D: The New Local Value Chain” to find out.
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113 Employee or Independent Contractor? Tips to Determine the Difference
Tech Coast Venture Network
JANUARY 14, 2011
Everyone’s favorite federal organization, the IRS , recently released guidelines to help business owners distinguish employees from independent contractors. The IRS is following up these guidelines with random audits of employee classification. Sure, classifying an independent contractor can save your business money in taxes, overtime, and workers’ compensation , but if the IRS finds the contractor should actually be an employee, that business will face stiff penalties.
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Tech Coast Venture Network
OCTOBER 25, 2010
We look at the most urgent questions being asked about the new legislation. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed in March is almost certain to make a huge difference in how most small-business owners provide health insurance for themselves and their employees. But it has proven something of a challenge to understand exactly what its impact will be for individual businesses — especially in light of the fact that many of its provisions won't take effect until 2014 or later,
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Business Partnerships – Are They All Made The Same?
Tech Coast Venture Network
SEPTEMBER 21, 2010
Have you noticed how often the words “partner&# and “partnership&# are used in the context of business? Over the years I’ve become very attuned to these words and have discovered that, depending on the circumstances and who is speaking, the definitions can be drastically different. The meaning however, is very similar. Employers sometimes call their employees “partners&# , businesses talk about having a “partnership&# with their suppliers or how they “partner&
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Tech Coast Venture Network
AUGUST 20, 2010
As a business owner, is your personal brand linked to your business brand? Personal branding is how your market yourself at networking events and while making connections. As a business owner, you always have to sell your expertise at one level or another, through impressing other businesses, clients or even possible partners, so that you can grow your business and take it to the next level.
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Tech Coast Venture Network
SEPTEMBER 7, 2010
Tags: Live Event event forum interview live social.
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7 Steps to Creating Great Business Partnerships – Part 1
Tech Coast Venture Network
AUGUST 2, 2010
Do you have a story of a bad partnership? Many of us have heard horror stories of partnership disasters. Some of us have even experienced a painful breakup of a business partnership. The cost, both financial and emotional, has left many entrepreneurs vowing never again! It has become increasingly difficult to achieve great success in today’s complex business environment by forging ahead on your own.
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100 The 3 Major Steps of the Networking Process
Tech Coast Venture Network
JULY 20, 2010
I never thought that networking could take over my life the way it did. For an introverted person, it turned out to be a fun and productive process. I find myself thriving on building relationships and helping others. Within the past two years, I discussed the topic of networking with multiple people and I received generous feedback from the attendees of my workshops and training sessions.
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At-A-Boys
Tech Coast Venture Network
JUNE 23, 2010
Last night, I took a walk on San Clemente beach. It was beautiful. I noticed a young couple playing with their small child on the swings. They were praising their child for pumping her legs to make the swing move and I suddenly realized something. When, as an adult, are we praised or thanked for the little things? When we truly and freely had out words of complement to others for their effort it can be a powerful tool.
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AT-A-BOYS (Follow Up)
Tech Coast Venture Network
JUNE 28, 2010
Virginia's Post got me thinking a lot about how entrepreneurs and business owners treat their employees. Along the same lines as Virginia's post, check out this fascinating examination of what REALLY motivates your employees/co-workers. You might be surprised. Tags: Food For Thought motivation.
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Kindergarten Financing
Tech Coast Venture Network
MAY 24, 2010
Kindergarten Financing. According to Robert Fulghum and his bestselling book “All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten,&# I should have learned how to finance a start up business in kindergarten – when I learned to share everything, play fair, and not to hit people (well, 2 out of 3’s not bad)! However, if you think about it, we innately do things as children that we stop doing as adults (e.g. being completely and totally honest once we learn the repercussions).
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124 Concerns Keeping You From Social Media
Tech Coast Venture Network
MAY 5, 2010
While social media is a hot topic for individuals and businesses, you would be surprised to learn that some businesses and individuals are simply avoiding even checking it out. In a recent survey I conducted at couple of my BreakThrough Networking Training Sessions , results showed that there are 4 main concerns that are keeping EVERYONE from checking out social media or even considering tapping into it. #1 Fear of the Unknown – My opinion is that it is only an unknown if you don’t r
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Trends for Entrepreneurs - Part 2: Privacy as Currency
Tech Coast Venture Network
MAY 8, 2010
Photo Credit: karramarro The last decade has witnessed an erosion of privacy and personal rights unlike any other in history. Increased surveillance (both voluntary and involuntary) and our willingness to participate in the wholesale bartering of personal information (profiles, location data, likes/dislikes, friend networks, etc.) in exchange for the use of free tools and targeted advertising has led to a cult-of celebrity, attention-seeking culture that has Andy Warhol's 15 minutes of fame esti
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Bootstrapping: How Cutting Down May Be the Key to A Successful Small Business
Tech Coast Venture Network
APRIL 21, 2010
Almost all of us know that starting a small business can be fun, exciting and thrilling, however it can also be downright scary. The owners of any beginning small business know the meaning of bootstrapping; keep every penny, hold on to each dollar, and in general, save until the revenue is consistently flowing in. In this way you don’t have to worry about debt as you try and get your business off the ground; you can focus on revenue increasing tasks.
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Financing a Start-Up
Tech Coast Venture Network
APRIL 22, 2010
Virgina Lorimor There are several options for financing a start-up business that tend to follow a natural course in a business’ development: Personal Investment. This is where all entrepreneurs have to start. Everyone else is going to want to know that you have some skin in the game, but don’t take yourself to the verge of bankruptcy to get your business going.
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Tech Coast Venture Network
APRIL 15, 2010
Bob Greenberg Health Care Reform. Love it or hate it, health care reform is now the law. While it will be months (or years) before we know the full impact of the historic passage of the bill, we do know the outlines of some of what will happen. Total costs are estimated by the Congressional Budget Office to be approximately $1 Trillion over ten years, while other commentators expect the cost to be as high as $2.6 Trillion.
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Trends for Entrepreneurs - Part 1: Bad Robot
Tech Coast Venture Network
APRIL 11, 2010
As computing has transformed from a cold calculator to the facilitator of communication between people, it has simultaneously morphed from an end times fall guy to a cuddly lapdog and companion, at least for now.
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Tech Coast Venture Network
APRIL 9, 2010
While networking could be an easy process for some, it definitely has proven to be an overwhelming process for others. A major part of succeeding in networking is being ready, preparing, researching and then figuring out a system/process that works for you while relieving the burden of worrying about some details, that make a BIG difference in your experience.
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