socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

For our interview today, we caught up with Al Eisaian , CEO of Pasadena-based IconApps (www.iconapps.com), which is developing mobile applications for the iPhone market. Al Eisaian: We spent all of 2009 doing research with moms, having moms come into our Pasadena office and researching what things they wanted in the app.

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Mobile .Net Pasadena Software Review 168

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

It was a pleasure to write them myself. And while they historically had come up with 100% of their ideas and created the companies themselves, they are increasingly open to funding people with great ideas who want to build businesses with IdeaLab provided the companies will stay be in LA (and preferably Pasadena). Overture (Goto.com).

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

I recommend that you start by writing down the attributes you would want people to think about when they think about your brand. Idealab, led by Bill Gross, who founded Overture, CitySearch and MANY other business [Pasadena]. The way I think about branding anything is simple: Define the Attributes You Want to Project.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Instead, I found some early, lead investors from the Pasadena Angels, who connected me with the Tech Coast Angels and Maverick Angels. Another challenge with fundraising, is with a hardware company it takes much more seed and Series A funding that a software company, and when you go to an angel group they write pretty small checks.

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socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2019

Minnie Ingersoll: I grew up here in Southern California, in Pasadena, and have been in the Bay Area for a number of years, and just became a new partner at TenOneTen Ventures. We write checks from $500K to a million dollars, and we like to fund engineers turned entrepreneurs. Tell us a bit about yourself? I wanted to be part of that.

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Steve Reich

JULY 20, 2013

Please–call your Congressman, write your Senator, and post a comment at the SEC’s website. Angel Investing Entrepreneurs Pasadena Angels Raising Captial' And did I mention that pitch events will become a form of illegal solicitation? Here is the Angel Capital Association’s take: SEC regs. Why is all this happening?

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Steve Reich

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

DuWayne Peterson, founding chairman of the Pasadena Angels, told me we should be targeting companies that needed modest capital to hit a 3-5x outcome. The investors that backed the company I mentioned would cheerfully write checks to fund the team’s next venture. Angel Investing pasadena angels' For investors? For entrepreneurs?

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Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

When he had the idea for his company, he didn’t write a long business plan or try to raise money to hire an agency to build a website for him. There’s Santa Monica, Westside, Hollywood, Downtown LA, the Valley, and Pasadena.

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Steve Reich

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

was launched with nearly $2mm in Angel funding from the Pasadena Angels and Tech Coast Angels. They have to be aggressive, and they have to be willing to write a check. LeisureLink, Inc., How did we do it? We had an advocate in each Angel group who aggressively lead the effort. How do you find that Angel partner?

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Steve Reich

AUGUST 15, 2015

.” Everyone has a vision that one or two “Super Angels” will write million dollar checks and all will be well. MindBody (MB on Nasdaq), just went public with a $500mm market cap, and they had a significant number of Pasadena Angel as investors. It’s good work if you can get it!

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 30, 2012

We write and create our own content for the game. Where: Baxter Hall | CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125. The end user, regardless of the mobile device from which the website is being accessed, will see a mobile version of the your site! Rapid Fire Trivia is a game owned and operated by Danger Room Gaming.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2010

That's kind of like getting a job at Harvard--the Art Center College of Design, which is in Pasadena, is one of the most respected art colleges in the world. So, I ended up writing that first book, and Bruce helped me with the research, and that was one way we got to know each other before we were even dating. It was going crazy.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

The key to getting money is that the people writing the check trust you. I can’t really speak generically to this because the Tech Coast Angels / Pasadena in SoCal have produced Green Dot, MyShape and many other successes. Do you work in the comedy industry and know all the venue owners or comedians? How much to raise?

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

If u see an article or write a blog post, email us or leave a comment below with a link to your story and we’ll add it in. Investors attending included: Benchmark, New World Ventures, True Ventures, Anthem Venture Partners, Rustic Canyon Partners, IdeaLab, GRP Partners, Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, and Maverick Angels.

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Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67