SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 5, 2019

The panels of seasoned and newer investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing: How to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check! As an additional benefit, entrepreneur 1/4 page summaries will be given to the investor speakers and attendees.

San Diego 100

San Diego Venture Capital Angel Summary 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 7, 2019

The panels of seasoned and newer investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing: How to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check! As an additional benefit, entrepreneur 1/4 page summaries will be given to the investor speakers and attendees.

Orange County 100

Orange County Venture Capital Angel Tech Coast Angels 100

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

LA generally doesn’t have an appetite for this kind of investment at early stages. So if you’re out to create content businesses there is no better time and no better place than here. The community has matured – The LA / Southern California market has many people who are now on their second and third companies.

Company 290

Company Companies Technology Startup 290

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

You could argue that choosing the name “first round” paints them into a corner in case they want to ever do a late stage fund, but I suspect they named it FRC precisely because they wanted to excel at early-stage investing. IA Ventures – Roger Ehrenberg was doing angel investing before he became a VC. In Summary.

Startup 304

Startup Venture Capital Los Angeles Woodland Hills 304

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

In SoCal we have Crosscut Ventures, Matt Coffin, Mike Jones, Klaus Schauser, etc. They know that the money they invest may be lost. Make sure these people understand the nature of early-stage angel investing. How much do they like to invest? They exist in every town. They have advice to share. What were they looking for?

Angel 291

Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

And no wonder, lately he and his partners are on a tear, investing out of their $200+ million VC fund. They recently exited their investment in Gaikai for $380 million while their rival OnLive (who had raised > $200 million) just went through bankruptcy. I’ve laid out my policy on seed investing pretty clearly and publicly.

Rustic Canyon 279

Rustic Canyon Venture Capital Southern California Userplane 279

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Executive Summary. As with any sales campaign you need to: Qualify your buyers early so you focus your scarce resources on people likely to buy your product. Partners make investment decisions. If you want to watch the video version summary of my advice on fund raising it’s here. Do they have money to invest?

Develop 366

Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 9, 2014

Design as an afterthought Mistakenly, many early-stage startups often don’t see value in investing in design early on, believing it is a luxury which can be bolted on later like some kind of magic stardust. Get some customers and investment will come a lot easier. Forget funding and find a customer that will pay for your product.

Startup 78

Startup Design Customer Custom 78

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

There are probably 30 or so funds in the US that have similar backgrounds so while we feel great about our track record, our team and our performance but it’s hardly enough to say why you MUST invest in Upfront. So this is the mistake as I could boil it down for you. We do a lot of deals in San Francisco.

Sales 150

Sales SaaS Startup Venture Capital 150