socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2013

How do you keep up with everything that''s happening with your favorite interests, brands, and personalities on your mobile phone? Yapert raised a funding round a few weeks ago from the Tech Coast Angels, Desert Angeles, and Pasadena Angels for its mobile apps, which consolidates news and information about your favorite interests.

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socalTECH

MAY 4, 2010

For our Insights and Opinions section today, we're sharing a piece from Joe Platnick , a member of the Pasadena Angels, who addresses the issue of those--ahem--as le angels. Are they respectful of entrepreneurs. Tags: platnick insights opinions pasadena angel investor.

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AUGUST 10, 2012

Southern California has the one of the largest gathering of organized angel investment groups, and a huge crop of startup accelerators: there's only one problem, which is they don't naturally work together. As a Pasadena Angel, I wanted to be shocked, but I wasnt. The Angel funding process can be arduous.

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MARCH 31, 2014

Bitvore is based in Irvine, and is backed by serial entrepreneur Yuri Pikover, as well as other angels. Jeff Curie: I''ve been a startup guy here in Orange County for a long time. I was hired to head up strategy, marketing development, and product management. Why did you start in that market?

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Orange County Startup News IBM 245

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FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Over 500 startups applied last quarter to Launchpad LA’s accelerator, but only eight were chosen. Meet the Graduates: · Connectifier, which connects recruiters to potential job candidates, consists of 4 ex-Google employees and local angel investor, Terrence Yang, has dubbed Connectifier one of the best startups of 2012.

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GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

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JULY 6, 2009

In this morning's Insights & Opinions section, where we feature insights from local thought leaders, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors, and others, we have an article from Joe Platnick of the Pasadena Angels , talks about getting a quick "yes or no" from angel investors. READ MORE>>.

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Steve Reich

JULY 20, 2013

In a nutshell, new SEC rules will REQUIRE entrepreneurs to register with the SEC BEFORE approaching investors. Worse yet, Angels will no longer be able to “self certify” as accredited investors–we will have to show W2′s or proof of our net worth, and most of us will never be willing to share such personal information.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

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Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

Steve Reich

MARCH 2, 2013

A number of tech companies, such as Bluebeam and Materia, are quietly building powerful businesses, and many startups are in Old Town. Still, Pasadena never hits anyone’s radar as a hot tech destination. There is a bit of a startup feel to the sessions–we meet in borrowed space–IdeaLabs, Materia, CalTech.

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

How did you end up at Unified Dispatch? Dan Tamkin: I was brought in by some of the venture capitalists and angels behind Unified Dispatch, after I did a prior company turnaround at Computer Motion, the first medical robotics company, where I had been CFO, and which had just been sold. We ended up buying Unified Dispatch Inc.

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Outsource Development Startup Outsource Altadena 190

Steve Reich

AUGUST 9, 2012

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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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

For our Insights and Opinions section today, we have an article from Joe Platnick of the Pasadena Angels , who delves into some of the criteria for selecting an angel group. 8. Are they respectful of entrepreneurs. 9. Do they help entrepreneurs, regardless of whether or not they invest. 7. Advice.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Pasadena-based Foodme (www.foodme.com) is one of the first, external startups funded out of Idealab's New Venture Group, and is looking to help connect restaurants with customers using a CPA model. The firm so far has signed up a number of restaurants in the Pasadena area. How do users do that? READ MORE>>.

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Idealab Pasadena Pasadena Angels Demand 217

Steve Reich

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

We never did really figure out how to monetize the app itself, but the team kept up a weekly email dialogue with active users. No great fortunes were established, but it was nevertheless a substantial success, given the 95% failure rate for startups. For entrepreneurs? Is a team who takes a moderate outcome giving up too early?

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Steve Reich

JANUARY 20, 2013

.” But inevitably, it happens to some startups. The one group of investors you can count on to support you in a crisis are your Angels, and I saw two examples over the Holidays. Even in a crisis, Angels typically rally around their companies, rather than using the maximum leverage to drive harder deal terms.

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Steve Reich

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

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. Someone has to do the heavy lifting of advocating, organizing, and building enthusiasm about your company within their Angel group.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Matthew spoke to us to give us a better idea of what the company offers and why it was started. Personally, I've been an entrepreneur for 15 years, running companies with P and L responsibility for divisions, and watched with frustration as the Internet has grown up around us. What's the idea behind Zubican?

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Steve Reich

JUNE 11, 2012

Originally funded by the Pasadena Angels , the Company is now backed by “A” list VCs, and growing phenomenally, with tens of thousands of customers. The Founders at Swing by Swing keep up a running email dialogue with their users and circulate the key conversations to their whole team. Pick up the phone.

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Customer Custom Software Review SaaS 97

Steve Reich

AUGUST 15, 2015

The reality is that many successful companies have more than 20 angels in the cap table. MindBody (MB on Nasdaq), just went public with a $500mm market cap, and they had a significant number of Pasadena Angel as investors. The key to managing your Angels? A strong lead and experienced Angels help, as Mr. Suster noted.

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