Tech.Co

JANUARY 28, 2016

Interested in meeting early-stage accredited investors in Los Angeles? At the LA Angel Investor Roundtable, the panel of investors will focus on pitching to early-stage investors, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check! Then register for the FundingPost Investor RoundTable on February 4th, 2016 at 2:00pm.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 14, 2016

“This FREE course introduces the fundamentals of technology entrepreneurship, pioneered in Silicon Valley and now a large and growing part of the Los Angeles economy. If you’ve got big ideas, this free 7 session course is where you can find the knowledge and strategies to take them to the next level.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2019

A while back, I outlined “ The 10 Best Sources of Cash to Start Your Business ” for startups, listing angel investors as alternative six. By definition, an angel investor is not an “institutional investor.” Angels are typically high net worth individuals who are investing their own money, for a wide range of motives.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The 2023 SoCal Startup Day will feature startups, VCs and Angel Investors from all over Southern California, to meet, network and help startups raise capital. Oh, and of course, our surprise keynote speaker! Featuring new panels, guest speakers, networking, entertainment, demos, prizes, along with AMAZING food and beverages.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. This post is for those who want to raise angel money. At an angel round you can get away with no market validation.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 11, 2012

Tuesday, July 17, 2012 -- Los Angeles Entrepreneurs at Steingarten! Share your business experiences, discuss success strategies, and create partnerships over a multi-course dinner at Steingarten. Expand your business network and meet other entrepreneurs over a fun meal! See [link] (more)

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Course 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 2, 2012

Thursday, March 8, 2012 -- Frank Peters, Host, "The Frank Peters Show" and Chairman Emeritus, Tech Coast Angels. Entrepreneurship Course, 2012 Guest Speaker Lectures, Henry Samueli School of Engineering, UC Irvine. Free and open to the public.

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Tech Coast Angels UCI Angel Course 113

SoCal CTO

MARCH 2, 2015

What I’ve not written as much about is what to do if you are a CTO looking for your next opportunity – especially in Los Angeles. Of course, just because a CTO or VPE is listed doesn’t mean it’s working well. I have quite a few conversations like this and am having one via email right now, so it inspired me to put it in a post instead.

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CTO Hire CTO Coach Los Angeles Angel 150

socalTECH

JULY 17, 2019

Thinkful , a New York company, says it has started accepting applications from people in Los Angeles for its "living stipend" program, which pays students $1500 a month to pay for things like rent, gas, and food while they take the company's technology training--in exchange for a portion of their salaries when they graduate.

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Technology Course Startup Training 183

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Thursday, December 6, 2012 -- Tech Cocktail's Los Angeles Startup Showcase + Sessions. Hey Los Angeles, the Mixer parade is coming your way! We'll be kicking off the event with inspiring Sessions talks followed by the traditional demo style Startup Showcase; served over cocktails, of course.

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Los Angeles Angel Startup Course 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2015

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). Rose, according to his recent book, “ Angel Investing.” billion collected in 2014.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). Rose, according to his latest book, “ Angel Investing.” Neither does David S.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

“LavaLab, the University of Southern California’s product Incubator, admits the top 5% of design, business, and engineering minds to create innovative products over the course of a semester.”

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 28, 2010

He was struggling to find high quality developers in Los Angeles. Just the kind of person I like to meet. :) But I was a bit surprised when he emphasized how hard it had been for them to find a web developer in Los Angeles. There certainly are a lot of Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California that you can use.

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Web Development Los Angeles Web Develop 167

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 13, 2009

I find myself speaking at various venues in Los Angeles to tell people (most often service providers) about how I've used social media and particularly my blogs, LinkedIn, twitter and topic hubs as part of my own services business. Of course, this normally is a bit more complicated than just the technical aspects. Who's the audience?

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Social Media Los Angeles Media Angel 167

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2014

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). billion collected in 2012. billion collected in 2012. They will need more money.

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Invest Angel Funding Startup 111

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 6, 2009

He talks about a bunch of the different networking events that occur in Los Angeles and other parts of Southern California. You can use keywords like: Events in Los Angeles or Southern California Events or even Santa Monica Events. Great post by John Shiple. I guess I should confess that I used to go to a lot more networking events.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

We thought today for our interview, that we'd get an update on the angel investment environment here in Southern California from Scott Sangster , the incoming President of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Tech Coast Angels , the biggest angel investment group in Southern California. Those are fundamentals that don't change.

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Tech Coast Angels Technical Review Angel Southern California 182

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

This is the fourth article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). Markets like these are very kind to angel investors because you get taken out early and see a nice pop on your investment. This is the same with angel investing. How’d that work out?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Los Angeles-based software company QualityWorks said this week that it is offering up a free, bootcamp for people in the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) community, to learn about software testing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Yet as I mentor entrepreneurs around the country, it still seems to be one of the least understood approaches to startup funding, with more myths than accredited angels and professional venture capital investors combined. angels crowdfunding entrepreneur investor' Donation good-cause model.

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socalTECH

JUNE 10, 2015

Lee Schneider is the author of a new book, Chronicle of a Startup Town: Los Angeles , which delves into the people and reasons on why Los Angeles has become one of the epicenters of the startup and technology industry. We have aerospace, we have medical technology, and of course we have media communications.

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Writing 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Venture capitalists (VCs) have long been seen as the top of the pyramid for startup funding sources, but in fact angel investors now fund over 60 times as many companies, according the Center for Venture Research. Individual angel investors have been filling the gap, and now match VCs in total amount invested.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 2, 2020

When it comes to venture capital, Los Angeles is a city on the rise. While Los Angeles has a lot going for it, that also means it potentially has a lot to lose in the current economic downturn. How do you think COVID-19 will change entrepreneurial activity in Los Angeles?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2021

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). Rose, according to his classic book, “ Angel Investing.” They will need more money.

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Tech.Co

JULY 18, 2016

It’s no secret that Los Angeles is home to a bevy of celebrities. startups wanting to get recognized, Tech.Co’s Startup Showcase in Los Angeles on July 26th is the perfect opportunity. startups wanting to get recognized, Tech.Co’s Startup Showcase in Los Angeles on July 26th is the perfect opportunity.

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Los Angeles Angel Startup Newsletter 70

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2013

I see now emerging a new wave of investors, popularly known as “super-Angels,” micro-VCs, or “super-seed” investors. Due to the struggling economy as well, traditional individual Angel investors haven’t been able to fill the gap. So, in effect, VCs need to come in at what was formerly the Angel stage to grab the gems and hold them.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Developing skills-based online courses and credentials is the easy part. The hard part is getting employers to pay attention.

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Education Technology Course Develop 277

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2022

Quite a while back, I outlined “ The 10 Best Sources of Cash to Start Your Business ” for startups, listing angel investors as alternative six. By definition, an angel investor is not an “institutional investor.” Angels are typically high net worth individuals who are investing their own money, for a wide range of motives.

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Invest Angel .Net Startup 153

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Papaya is a Los Angeles-based startup with a mission to do just that. The company’s mobile application lets users take a photo of any bill and then its artificial intelligence-powered “bill-understanding technology” makes sure it gets paid (after a user has provided payment details, of course). Paying bills is hardly a fun thing.

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Mobile Artificial Inteligence Startup Course 208

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2014

Finally I realized that Venture Capital and Angel investors are actually humans, despite some views to the contrary. Of course, previous successes provide more direct evidence of a network of the right people. angel investors business Elon Musk entrepreneur startup traits' Exudes integrity, humility, and stability.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2017

A while back, I outlined “ 10 Tried-And-True Strategies For Funding New Ventures ” for startups, listing angel investors as alternative six. By definition, an angel investor is not an “institutional investor.” Angels are typically high net worth individuals who are investing their own money, for a wide range of motives.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2013

A while back, I outlined “ The 10 Best Sources of Cash to Start Your Business ” for startups, listing angel investors as alternative #6. By definition, an angel investor is not an “institutional investor.” Angels are typically high net worth individuals who are investing their own money, for a wide range of motives.

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Angel Funding Startup Invest 101

TechCrunch LA

JULY 21, 2020

Now the two women are co-founders of Angel City, leading a gaggle of venture capital, sports, and celebrity investors, alongside Angel City co-founder and President Julie Uhrman, in bringing a National Women’s Soccer League team to Los Angeles by the Spring of 2022. Image Credits: Angel City.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 19, 2021

Earlier this month, Los Angeles became the latest city to task its various departments with prepping a feasibility study for deploying new software and monitoring technologies to better account for its carbon footprint. Los Angeles has tried to address its carbon footprint in the past, but the efforts weren’t very successful.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2021

Los Angeles-based Bright said on Thursday that it has raised $15M in a celebrity-packed funding round, for its online, livestreamed classes. The company sells access to online, live courses run by celebrities and experts on different areas, which allow people to interact with those celebrities while learning about different topics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Venture capitalists (VCs) have long been seen as the top of the pyramid for startup funding sources, but in fact angel investors now fund over twice as many companies, according to a classic Crunchbase article. Individual angel investors and crowdfunding have been adding to the momentum, some say exceeding VCs in total amount invested.

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