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MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point

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skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Monday, March 12, 2007 MyShape Article - Analyst Misses the Point The NY Times did a piece today on MyShape, a start-up in Pasadena - Log in Your Measurements, and the Clothes May Fit. I really think MyShape has a great concept.

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Reflections on 2016: Louise Wannier, True Roses

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Wannier is a longtime Southern California entrepreneur, having founded MyShape, Enfish, and co-founding Gemstar, the maker of VCR Plus. Wannier founded MyShape, the first Online Personal Shopping platform. All this holiday season, we have been sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. In 2006, Ms.

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Inaugural Open Angel Forum Was a Success

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Last night I attended the inaugural Open Angel Forum event started by Jason Calacanis , a fellow LA resident. Jason started the Open Angel Forum in response to his frustration that entrepreneurs were being charged by some angel organizations to present at their events. He wrote an excellent blog post on this topic.

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Tech Coast Angels: 7 New Deals, 17 Follow-On Investments In 2009

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The TCA said that firms that received funding this year included WiSpry, Paradigm Select Assets, MicroPower Technologies, Outside Labs, Mobile XL, Cyber-Rain, Loop'd Network, Vigilistics, Numira, YouMail, Amplyx Pharmaceuticals, Benchmark Revenue, Masher Media, h2scan, MyShape, LeisureLink, PharmaSecure, ElephantDrive, and UsedCardboardBoxes.

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TCA Hits $1B In Investments

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The group, which makes investments in local technology startups, said that $99M of that came from the TCA's members, with the remainder coming from venture capital firms and other private equity investors. The TCA also said that it invested $75M in 2008, across 15 first-time financings and 16 follow-on rounds.

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Angel Funding Advice

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Good idea & plan: You must start with a good idea and a PowerPoint deck (my outline is here , scroll down mid way). And a great product starts with the founder. Their name alone is enough to get meetings set up. So if you’re casually reading and don’t really care about angel financing – abort now!

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Realistic Entrprenuers Guide to Venture Capital

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He has been the CTO for several start-ups, most notably eHarmony. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? . ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO?