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Eight Repeat Entrepreneurs To Watch In SoCal

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One complaint we sometimes hear from venture capitalists visiting Southern California for the first time, is the difficulty of finding experienced entrepreneurs and executives. The firm has backing from such investors as Google Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, and OReilly AlphaTech Ventures.

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Calacanis: First Angels In New Angel Group

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Jason Calacanis , CEO of Santa Monica-based Internet search site Mahalo , has signed on several angels for his new angel group, the Open Angel Forum - Los Angeles. Tags: jason calacanis mahalo angel investment venture capital keiretsu forum openangel executive.

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Calacanis/Keiretsu Tiff Heats Up With Lawsuit

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A personal campaign by Santa Monica-based Mahalo.com 's CEO, Jason Calacanis, to put pressure on for-profit angel investment firms to stop charging entrepreneurs to pitch, has ramped up, as Calacanis said Tuesday that he has been informed that Keiretsu Forum is filing a lawsuit against him.

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Open Angel Forum Eyes Boston

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The Open Angel Forum , the new angel investment group started by Mahalo's Jason Calacanis, has set its eyes on Boston for a new chapter of the group. Calacanis started the Open Angel Forum late last year, saying he was tired of seeing groups charging entrepreneurs thousands of dollars to pitch their deals to questionable investors.

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Open Angel Forum Expands To Colorado

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The Open Angel Forum , the new angel investment group run by Mahalo's Jason Calacanis , is expanding into Colorado with a new event, the group said Friday. The Colorado chapter is being headed up by David Cohen of TechStars , a Boulder-based incubator and Internet seed investment effort by local Colorado angels and venture investors.

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Open Angel Forum Looks To Expand

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The Open Angel Forum , the angel investment group started by Mahalo's Jason Calacanis, is looking to expand, according to the group. The Open Angel Forum was started by Calacanis to offer up a non-fee, open pitch forum for entrepreneurs, after he got fed up with fee-based angel groups. READ MORE>>.

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Announcing The Socaltech 50: Southern California's Up-and-Comers

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Docstoc, Ken Rutkowski of MeTAL, Mark Suster of Upfront, Jason Calacanis of Mahalo--but we had to pass them up, too, in favor of some of the new folks to the scene. event socaltech50 awards entrepreneur entrepreneurship feature dfr2013' There are also many movers and shakers here in the industry -- Jason Nazar at.