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TCVN Program: Customer Development

SoCal Tech Calendar

Thursday, January 24, 2019 -- TCVN Program: Customer Development. TCVN now features four educational tracks in four specific areas. Who is your customer? Join other entrepreneurs for a detailed workshop that will give you a different perspective on how to find and keep customers. See [link] (more)

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How to Win the Funding Game

SoCal Tech Calendar

Thursday, January 22, 2009 -- "How to Win the Funding Game" TCVN. While entrepreneurs spend countless hours defining their market and their customers, they tend not to develop deep expertise when it comes to raising capital.

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Financing a Start-Up

Tech Coast Venture Network

This is where all entrepreneurs have to start. With rare exception, you will need to finance personally (or with friends and family to the point of revenue and/or significant customer pre-order or commitment). Groups like Tech Coast Angels and Octane hold pitch sessions to hear entrepreneurs sell their businesses. SBA Programs.

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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. To help you get a jump-start with fundraising, I’ve gathered tips from active early-stage investors and entrepreneurs who managed to beat the odds by raising capital during and after the Great Recession.

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