Scalable Startup

JUNE 7, 2012

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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JANUARY 15, 2010

If you want some tips on getting access I wrote a post on how to access VCs but the same logic applies to angels. The event last night in Los Angeles was great. Also present were NorCal angels including Ron Conway , Chris Sacca and Shervin Pishevar.

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JULY 15, 2010

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. If you’re an entrepreneur, all else equal you prefer convertible debt because the deal is priced at a later stage when you’re worth more.

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Scalable Startup

APRIL 6, 2015

The frenzy at these higher levels, and the continuous stories of first time entrepreneurs in their early 20s who magically start these amazing companies is creating a demand at the bottom of the funding market, like the pyramid schemes in Southern California in 980 (see below). Look out for this trend, put your wallet away.

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AUGUST 29, 2012

We sat down for an hour to talk about why what GaiKai built was able to overcome its much better funded rival and to dispel the myth that great engineering teams don’t exist in Southern California. 30:30 Mike Jones is one of the five most prolific angel investors in southern California.

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Business Plan Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Tech Coast Angels is the largest network of angel investors in the US and is the number one source of startup funding in Southern California. Visit the Tech Coast Angels website for more information. Overall the evening was a huge success. We’re already looking forward to next year’s event.

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APRIL 17, 2010

Walk into any Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Southern California and you can’t miss their digital screens. Dustin is respected and liked by many in the LA tech scene so it was nice to see him go “white hat.&# Angel investors were clambering to put money in. Watch this space.

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Scalable Startup

JULY 19, 2011

Southern California, The “Silicon Basin” - - With the convergence of social media, the Internet, and digital entertainment, Southern California is now humming as a great startup region. Venture Capital from Northern and Southern Cal is flowing into the L.A.

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OCTOBER 17, 2009

But I’m no longer an entrepreneur – I’m a VC at a $200 million fund called GRP Ventures , the largest active fund in Southern California. Many angels were forced to fold given their tremendous losses in real estate and the stock market. I’m a big fan of having angel investors, don’t get me wrong.

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Scalable Startup

APRIL 18, 2012

Southern California is going to reach the tipping point. A year ago I wasn’t so sure but now it’s getting crazy. Craig Page @CraigDPage hosted a party 2 weeks ago in Santa Monica that celebrated 500 startups in the SM/Venice ecosystem known as Silicon Beach these days, and he may not be far off.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

In my ongoing quest to get you good transcripts of the wonderful interviews we’ve done in the past, I present you with one amazing interview here with Tom McInerney – a friend, co-investor, former entrepreneur turned angel investor and “wizard of Oz&# behind the scenes at the uber hot startup Klout.

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Up and Running

MARCH 16, 2016

Southern California. One look at sites like socalTECH, which covers tech news for Southern California, and you can see that there’s an ongoing flurry of startup and VC activity in this region. See Also: 17 Venture Capital Blogs You Should Be Reading.

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Scalable Startup

MAY 1, 2013

Audacity is required to build an innovative startup, to invent something new, try to do things others say you cannot do, and Southern California needs many more audacious people in its tech and media startup ecosystem. In the history of Southern California, there has always been a large slice of creativity involved also.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Initially, she cast a wide net, focusing on any angel investors who would meet with her locally in Southern California. Having something that not a lot of angels are interested in is a huge disadvantage,” she says. See Also: How to Raise Startup Funding from Unlikely Angel Investors.

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