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Does your company have a “dirty cap table?”
By Dave Berkus, Chairman Emeritus, Tech Coast Angels How it happens When you seek professional investors, whether organized angels or venture capitalists, one of the early questions you are asked is “How have you financed the business so far?” Investors
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June 1, 2020
Leadership for the Pandemic and the New Normal
By Dan Rosen, Tech Coast Angels member and Chair of Alliance of Angels The COVID-19 Pandemic has caused every startup to assess how to survive and plan to thrive in the “new normal.” No one knows what the new normal
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May 15, 2020
Tech Coast Angels Fuels Southern California’s Startup Ecosystem in 2019; Posts Record Investments, Record Membership, and Five Exits
Angel network grew investments by 91% to a record $19.1 million in 52 companies, created new chapter funds, grew membership by 15% to 458, and achieved five exits For PR Web, click here IRVINE, Calif. – May 7, 2020 –
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May 7, 2020
Three questions to answer about your COVID response
By Dave Berkus, Chairman Emeritus, Tech Coast Angels Most of us are affected by this current crisis. Many businesses threatened with closure forever. Small businesses are the most vulnerable, even though most have furloughed employees. Rent and other fixed costs
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May 1, 2020
Cash control during these strange times
by Dave Berkus, , Chairman Emeritus, Tech Coast Angels And these are indeed strange times, especially if you haven’t lived through 2000-2002 and 2007-2008 recessions and difficulty in finding money from banks and investors. The simple economic truth Here is a
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April 15, 2020
How Angel Investors Survive the COVID-19 Economic Crisis
By Dan Rosen, member Tech Coast Angels and Founder of Alliance of Angels After publishing my companion piece, “How Startups Survive the COVID-19 Economic Crisis” in this blog on March 15, I have received a number of comments about how
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April 1, 2020
How Startups Survive the COVID-19 Economic Crisis
By Dan Rosen, member Tech Coast Angels and Founder of Alliance of Angels Being trained as a scientist, and having lived through several investment cycles, I’ve been asked to share my perspective on the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
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March 15, 2020
Tech Coast Angels Orange County Inaugural Fund Provides Local Entrepreneurs with Startup Capital
For PR Web, click here IRVINE, Calif. – March 10, 2020 — Tech Coast Angels Orange County (TCA OC) today announced its inaugural annual fund, TCA OC Fund 20, created to provide an additional source of capital for entrepreneurs and
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March 10, 2020
When Entrepreneurs Should Seek Seed Funding
By David Friedman, President , Orange County Tech Coast Angels As an angel investor, I have been asked numerous times by entrepreneurs: when is the best time to seek seed funding? I tell them it is broken down into two
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March 1, 2020
What’s the minimum information to give your fellow investors?
By Dave Berkus, Chairman Emeritus, Tech Coast Angels Every investor wants regular information from companies taking their money. And most of us investors are frustrated by the lack of regular communication – unless of course – the company needs more
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December 15, 2019
Tech Coast Angels Expands $1M+ Investments in San Diego Companies to Four in 2019
For PR Web, click here SAN DIEGO and IRVINE, Calif. – December 4, 2019 — Tech Coast Angels – San Diego (TCA-SD) today announced its most recent $1M+ investments in two local companies, Mercato and Discover Echo (formerly Echo Labs).
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December 4, 2019
Should a leader support constant change?
By Dave Berkus, Chairman Emeritus, Tech Coast Angels The worrying that always precedes a change When a new CEO or manager is hired into a company, for a while lots of energy flows from the top and new ideas seem
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December 1, 2019
What Angels Want to Hear
By David Friedman, President, Orange County Tech Coast Angels At the Meet the Angels event in Irvine, CA last month I had the privilege to talk with many of the 170 would-be entrepreneurs in attendance. I hosted about 25 of
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November 15, 2019
Tech Coast Angels Members Feature Prominently In Southern California Business Journals’ 2019 Most Influential Lists
For PR Web, click here IRVINE, Calif. – November 13, 2019 — Tech Coast Angels (TCA) today announced that many of its members were recognized for their community impact and business influence in the most recent lists published by
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November 13, 2019
2019 John G. Watson Quick Pitch Competition Achieves Sold-Out Success with $75,000 in Prizes Awarded to Three Companies
Ten Southern California startups vied for prizes at renowned annual event, sponsored this year by Tech Coast Angels, Connect w/ SDVG, Cox Business, the John G. Watson Foundation, and PeakSpan Capital For PR Web, click here IRVINE and SAN DIEGO,
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November 5, 2019
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