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Staff Ranker: Helping Hospitality Businesses Better Manage Workers

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We spoke with George Collado , CEO and founder of the company, to hear about how his own battles trying to manage a number of restaurants was the genesis of the company''s product. George Collado: It''s employee management software. I just didn''t have any idea, and it was too cumbersome to do all these reviews.

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Q3 Venture Investments For SoCal Total Around $1.0 Billion

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Q3 has traditionally been a slower, venture funding quarter in Southern California, due to summer vacations and a slower work schedule for both high tech companies and venture firms during the summer months. in investments, followed by Retail Products, at $140M, and Software, at $77.8M. billion invested in Q2.

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Echo Labs Wins “Quick Pitch” Contest with Digital Hybrid Microscope

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By popular acclaim, San Diego-based Echo Laboratories founder Eugene Cho claimed top honors, and a $15,000 check, for his two-minute presentation last week in the 10th annual “Quick Pitch” competition, hosted by San Diego’s Tech Coast Angels. Crowd Gathers for San Diego Tech Coast Angels “Quick Pitch” Competition.

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StartupDemo Is Shaping Up Nicely

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Tech Coast Angels is ever-mindful that some of the world’s greatest companies began with angel investments and we take our commitment to that tradition seriously. The nearly 300 members of TCA collaborate with each other on due diligence and then make individual decisions regarding potential investments.

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Angel Funding Advice

Both Sides of the Table

I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. Product : You should build a product or a prototype. Great companies are built by having great products.

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TechZulu Live from StartupDemo

Tech Zulu Event

StartupDemo is an opportunity for early stage startups to showcase their new products and/or services. It is an opportunity to get frank feedback from VCs, angels, peers and the technolust. Mixergy and AsAble are also joining us to bring you an amazing VC/Angel Panel. Adrenaline Fueled Angel. Mark Suster , GRP Partners.

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Language Weaver's Mark Tapling On Growth, Exits

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It's been awhile since we last caught up with Los Angeles-based Language Weaver (www.languageweaver.com), a venture-backed firm which develops language translation software, so we sat down the other day with Mark Tapling , the President and CEO of the firm, to hear more about where the company is nowadays--plus its strategy for growth and an exit.