SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 6, 2012

On March 30, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act enacting a new excise tax on medical device sales. on sales of medical devices after December 31, 2012. Wednesday, April 11, 2012 -- Are You Ready for the Medical Device Excise Tax? The new excise tax is imposed at a rate of 2.3%

OCTANE 113

OCTANE Education Sales Company 113

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 4, 2012

At the inception of a company the entrepreneur typically focuses on product development, RandD, customer relationships and sales and marketing.Often, accounting and taxation are overlooked. Thursday, May 10, 2012 -- Accounting and Taxation for Startups.

OCTANE 100

OCTANE Startup Equity Sales 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 12, 2010

You'll learn about sales projections, inventory, and expenses and get "back to the basics" with refreshers on financial statements and ratios. Thursday, March 18, 2010 -- Planning for Financial Success. Financial success: the cornerstone of any business.

OCTANE 100

OCTANE Sales Entrepreneur 100

Tech Coast Venture Network

APRIL 22, 2010

Once you have some skin in the game, if you personally can’t get to some level of revenues in the business, or at a minimum, pre-sales or letters of intent, then on to round two – asking family and friends for help. Groups like Tech Coast Angels and Octane hold pitch sessions to hear entrepreneurs sell their businesses.

Startup 124

Startup Tech Coast Angels TCVN Incubator 124

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

Join local organizations like OCTANe , TechStars or Launchpad LA. There are more sales oriented tools like JigSaw that tech savvy people hate but sales savvy people love. Don’t worry if they can’t help in your daily business. There are other ways you can get help. It creeps people out.

Angel 291

Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291