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Making The Pasadena Angels Relevant To Today's Startups, With Terry Kay

socalTECH

In a world with a rash of startup incubators and accelerators, super angels, crowdfunding sites, and more, what''s the relevance of organized angel investments groups? First off, for those not familiar with the Pasadena Angels, talk about the group? He started the group because he wanted to help companies succeed.

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The Curse of a Modest Exit

Steve Reich

You hear about extreme outcomes all the timeā€”the huge exit or a company shutting down. Recently, I got to observe a much more rare event: a company exiting at a modest valuation. The company in question built mobile apps for a particular sport, and had 3 million downloads with nearly 2 million active users. For entrepreneurs?

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How GridTest Is Helping To Build The Next Electric Car, With Neal Roche

socalTECH

What is happening in the electric vehicle market, is there are lots of new models coming out, and lots of companies building charging stations for both residential, commercial, and public charging stations. How did the company start? That was the genesis for the idea for the company, which was to build tools for that new market.

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The Secret to Success with Angel Investors

Steve Reich

was launched with nearly $2mm in Angel funding from the Pasadena Angels and Tech Coast Angels. We had an advocate in each Angel group who aggressively lead the effort. It’s critical to identify a lead investor who is truly excited about your company. How do you find that Angel partner?

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Counting Angels

Steve Reich

.” Everyone has a vision that one or two “Super Angels” will write million dollar checks and all will be well. The reality is that many successful companies have more than 20 angels in the cap table. No VCs, no flocks of Angels. It’s good work if you can get it! Send that email.

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Silicon Beach Fest Celebrates Tech Startups and Hollywood in LA | Pics, Highlights and Whatā€™s Next!

Tech Zulu Event

Silicon Beach Fest, created by Digital LA and presented by engage:BDR, is the first startup / entertainment fest in LA with programming by tech community team effort including companies (Digital LA, engage:BDR, StartEngine, TechZulu, PromoJam, PageWoo, venues (Hotel Erwin, Viceroy Hotel, Cross Campus, Coloft, CoWorks, Working Village, io/LA).