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Orange County Fundingpost VC and Angel Investor Conference

SoCal Tech Calendar

At our next event, the panel of Investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing: How to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check! Exhibitor passes include: - 3 tickets - Table top to display product / service - 4-minute speaking slot at the end of the normal 60- second pitches.

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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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A Chat With Kelly Perdew: Moonshots Capital And Its First Dedicated Fund

socalTECH

In 2014, a West Point buddy of mine, and also a serial entrepreneur, Craig Cummings started working together to find entrepreneurs we liked, to help them an invest in them, along with Luis Villalobos of the Tech Coast Angels. That really helps to catalyze the process for entrepreneurs, and helps to get others involved.

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How GridTest Is Helping To Build The Next Electric Car, With Neal Roche

socalTECH

What are GridTest's products used for? Our product has gone to China, Taiwan, Australia, and Europe. Instead, I found some early, lead investors from the Pasadena Angels, who connected me with the Tech Coast Angels and Maverick Angels. They all have slightly different connectors and standards.

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Innovation and Geography

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? Some events, like a recent Tech Coast Angel event at UCLA are really worth it. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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Interview with Jonathan Lehmann and James Chung, KarmaGoat

socalTECH

We also pitched at the finals of the Tech Coast Angels Fast Pitch, and got a very warm reception there. There were lots of people very intent on the execution of the product, really looking into the details of design and flow. That gift of livestock can help families out of extreme poverty.

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Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Winter Presenting Companies at Caltech

Tech Zulu Event

We write and create our own content for the game. Everything happens in the browser (no software to download) and the finished product looks amazing on large screens! Tech Coast Angels is actively seeking great startups to fund. Rapid Fire Trivia is a game owned and operated by Danger Room Gaming.

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