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2010 Cleantech Open Competition Breakfast Briefing

SoCal Tech Calendar

Thursday, March 25, 2010 -- OCTANe and Cleantech Open: 2010 Competition Breakfast Briefing. The mission of the Cleantech Open is to find, fund, and foster the big ideas that address today's most urgent energy, environmental, and economic challenges. Are you an "Ecopreneur" with an early stage clean technology company?

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Southern California Accelerator Report Card: Q1 2013

socalTECH

Capital raise ability is one of the ideas behind the whole trend towards accelerator--to help. On top was OCTANe Launchpad , the Orange County-based accerator for startups in the technology, life science, and clean technology industries. For our first list, we tallied the venture capital raised by portfolio companies of. Our analysis.

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Financing a Start-Up

Tech Coast Venture Network

Groups like Tech Coast Angels and Octane hold pitch sessions to hear entrepreneurs sell their businesses. and remember ideas alone have NO value. Remember, help is only a mentor away. Angel Investors & Venture Capital. Here are the basics that you need to know: Be prepared with a professional, polished presentation.

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