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First Time Entrepreneur Workshop 6/22/19

SoCal Tech Calendar

The program is open to entrepreneurs that are starting companies in areas that are likely to draw venture capital investment. LAVA is extremely pleased to announce its next First Time Entrepreneur training program. The program is not open to service providers. You are encouraged to apply today for one of the 25 slots open in our workshop.

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First Time Entrepreneurs Workshop

SoCal Tech Calendar

At the workshop you will learn how to: Determine the value of your company, put together a capitalization table, understand how VCs screen potential investments, understand the differences between trademarks, copyrights and patents and when you need them, work with co-founders, and network at startup events -- the right way.

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10 Preparation Steps to Win an Angel Investment

Startup Professionals Musings

The Gust Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening process. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial angel screening. Prepare an investment-grade business plan.

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10 Action Items to Keep Angel Investors Hovering

Startup Professionals Musings

But many entrepreneurs don’t realize that Angels are also extremely discerning in the projects that they will invest in, rejecting approximately 97% of the proposals submitted to them, according to the California Investment Network. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property.

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Top Ten Action Items For Angel Funding Success

Startup Professionals Musings

The AngelSoft Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening process. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial angel screening. Prepare an investment-grade business plan.

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First Ever Startup Weekend Orange County Live!

Tech Zulu Event

Maneesh works with Miramar portfolio companies to identify growth drivers, potential business partners and evaluate prospective investment opportunities. Maneesh’s prior investing experience includes an associate position at El Dorado Ventures. Through Tech Coast Angels, he has screened in excess of four hundred start-up companies.

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Gene Dolgoff's 3D Vision: Using Crowdfunding To Turn the World 3D

socalTECH

It was a series of different technologies we had ot develop and apply for patents on, and now that we have it, we're working on a prototype. It took until April of 1984, and by 1988 I had met someone to invest in it, and I started the world's first digital projector company, Projectavision. There also automatic converters.

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