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The Odd Couple: Angels and Accelerators

Steve Reich

At a recent accelerator event on the West Side, a friendly young founder told me that he had been coached by his mentor not to talk to Angel groups. As a Pasadena Angel, I wanted to be shocked, but I wasn’t. The Angel funding process can be arduous. The entrepreneurs in startups are trained to go fast and run lean.

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Interview with Dan Tamkin, Unified Dispatch

socalTECH

It's a story you hear too many times: a venture or angel funded firm just can't figure out its business, runs low on cash, can't get another round of funding, and soon all that's left is a few chairs and servers. In terms of tactics, we went from 20-odd people at the company to just three people, myself and two developers.