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What’s the Real Deal with AngelList?

Both Sides of the Table

I know it was over heated when a deal where I wrote one of the first checks on (as an angel, not VC) went out on AngelList. An investor called the founder, spoke for 30 minutes on the phone and committed to funding having never met the team. If I were a founder I would personally start with these kinds of seed funds.

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Zachary Bogue And Matt Ocko Launch Data Collective, An Early Stage Fund For Big Data Startups

techcrunch.com

She attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, majoring in Writing and Art, and moved to New York City shortly after graduation to work in the Media industry. After four years of living in New York and attending courses at New York University, she returned to Los Angeles in. → Learn More.

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Inaugural Open Angel Forum Was a Success

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The event last night in Los Angeles was great. Local angel investors totaled 18 people including Matt Coffin , Brett Brewer , Kamran Pourzanjani , Jarl Mohn and many others that young entrepreneurs would be blessed to work with. Also present were NorCal angels including Ron Conway , Chris Sacca and Shervin Pishevar.

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Southern California #Angels and Their Investments

Scalable Startup

Southern California Angels on Twitter and Facebook. Are you a southern California angel (or do you know one) who’d like to be on our list? Click here to add an angel. Jason Calacanis (Los Angeles). Matt Coffin (Los Angeles). Sample Investments: [link].

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This Week in VC with Rick Smith of Crosscut Ventures

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If you’re an angel investor you prefer a “priced&# rounds because you want to lock in a lower price given that you’re taking more risk up front. We then had a full session with Rick Smith, founder of Crosscut Ventures (along with Brian Garrett).

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Launchpad LA – 10 Startup Companies to Watch

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There were prominent founders of business like PriceGrabber, LowerMyBills and MyLife. The team has experience in building startups (Doug Ludlow was formerly a founder in a TechStars company) and have all worked at local Los Angeles based startups. We had executives from the studios like Fox, Warner Bros and Disney.

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The Premiere Showcase of San Diego Startups

Business Plan Blog

Co-founder Giovanna Scheidler embodied the excitement with a big smile and not only took the judges, but the crowd as well, winning the audience award by a mile. We even met up with Dustin Bradley, a client and founder of FlipManager.com. Visit the Tech Coast Angels website for more information.