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TCVN names new Chairman and President

Tech Coast Venture Network

Kevin McDonald is the new TCVN President, a position Foley held for the past year and Greenberg held before that. TCVN, a nonprofit technology group, was founded in 1984 to educate and assist entrepreneurs and emerging growth companies in Orange County and to connect them with money, advice and other resources to help their businesses grow.

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Legal Issues for Start-ups

SoCal Tech Calendar

Now its time to get to the legal nitty-gritty  set up the company, build the team with equity incentives, get the contracts in order, and everything else youre not thinking of (but a good lawyer will tell you). Thursday, March 8, 2012 -- Legal Issues for Start-ups. How do I protect the great new name we have for the start-up?

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Financing a Start-Up

Tech Coast Venture Network

Often, this also involves a HELOC (Home Equity Line of Credit) if you’re a home owner with equity. Understand how to value you company (more to come in a future blog!) Come to the table with a reasonable equity offer based on your company’s true value. At TCVN, you are never alone.

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Raising Seed Capital Now: 10 Tips

Tech Coast Venture Network

Investors and entrepreneurs who won at the fundraising game during and after the Great Recession offer advice on landing equity money. “Most have a strong desire to mentor and help build companies.” While I didn’t take the job, I did express to him my intent to start my own company. TCVN News'

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