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Interview with Mike Napoli, Tech Coast Angels

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In your opinion, are your angels more or less active this year? And, the equity markets are certainly a more challenging environment. The Tech Coast Angels had great exit last year in Green Dot - anything which, in hindsight, made this one a home run? Mike Napoli: It's quality versus quantity.

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Raising Seed Capital Now: 10 Tips

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Investors and entrepreneurs who won at the fundraising game during and after the Great Recession offer advice on landing equity money. Meet angels via the entrepreneurs they’ve funded. “Don’t enter the process blind,” says Jamie Rhodes, an investor in Austin with Central Texas Angel Network , which invested $5.5

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Incubating LA's Biotech Future, With Richard Koffler, Greenwings Biomedical

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The incubator-- Greenwings Biomedical (www.greenwingsbiomedical.com), is led by Richard Koffler , a serial entrepreneur and angel investor in Los Angeles. It consisted of what today would be called an accelerator, which involves sprinkling a few dollars and coaching on other people. That ended up being the wrong model.

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Interview: Venture Capitalists On Pitching

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We brought together Peter Cowen of Groundwork Equity , Mark Suster of GRP Partners , Rick Smith of Crosscut Ventures , and Richard Yen of Saban Ventures -- all of who will be on the judging panel for the Tech Coast Angel's Fast Pitch on February 24th, to give us a their hints and tips about pitching to venture capitalists.