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Financing a Start-Up

Tech Coast Venture Network

Remember, help is only a mentor away. At TCVN, you are never alone. If you are pre-revenue, have pre-sales, letters of intent and/or customer commitments. Come to the table with a reasonable equity offer based on your company’s true value. Virginia Lorimor, CPA. Chief Excellence Officer. WIN Opportunities, Inc. www.WINopp.com.

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DreamItAlive | Create Your Virtual Dreamboard

Tech Zulu Event

Ash Kumra is an inspirational speaker, mentor, founder of DesiYou, Inc. and Chairman of the Board for Tech Coast Venture Network (TCVN). After returning home she looked at her Dreamboard again, and “I realized that I went to the exact location of the pictures on my Dreamboard and didn’t even know it!

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Raising Seed Capital Now: 10 Tips

Tech Coast Venture Network

“Most have a strong desire to mentor and help build companies.” TCVN News' Keep your presentation jargon-free,” says Anita Brearton, who chairs Golden Seeds’ Boston branch. Be coachable. “Angels aren’t focused only on ROI,” says Tech Coast Angels’ Sudek.

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