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Bikestation Installs In Covina

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Long Beach-based Bikestations , an angel-backed startup developing modules used for storing bicycles at train stations, bus stations, and elsewhere, said today that it has contracted for install of a center, at the Covina Metrolink station. Bikestation is angel backed by the Tech Coast Angels.

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AgileNano Gets Funding From TCA

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Sorrento Valley-based AgileNano, which is developing technology for minimizing military and sports injuries, has raised a Series A funding from the Tech Coast Angels, the TCA said today. Amount of the financing was not disclosed.

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Interview with Dan Tamkin, Unified Dispatch

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Back in 2003 and 2004, we were focused on the international market, and started outsourcing to India and the Philippines for call center services. In terms of tactics, we went from 20-odd people at the company to just three people, myself and two developers. The original company found that getting IVR deployed was actually very hard.

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Schlep & Fetch: Delivering Anything and Everything, On Demand

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Fetch and Schlep just raised a round of funding from the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. We did this all on our own for the first three years, and just recently went to friends, relatives, and the Pasadena Angels, who really got excited, and syndicated us to the Tech Coast Angels.

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Interview with Adi Jaffe, All About Addiction

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One of Southern California's biggest assets are the number of world class, local universities researching and developing technology and knowledge across a large number of disciplines. What our company is doing, is it is developing an online tool for people to find addiction treatment to meet their needs. Adi Jaffe: It is tough.

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The Odd Couple: Angels and Accelerators

Steve Reich

As a Pasadena Angel, I wanted to be shocked, but I wasn’t. The Angel funding process can be arduous. But as a community, we have to figure out how Angels can effectively participate in the development of accelerator-based companies. Building ties between accelerators and Angels is a key part of the solution.

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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

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Although Catalyst folded with the dot-com crash, Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and user-generated content. . Leila first developed the idea behind Samasource while working as a management consultant at Katzenbach Partners (now Booz & Co.),