1512, 2019

What’s the minimum information to give your fellow investors?

December 15, 2019|Comments Off on 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 – […]

112, 2019

Should a leader support constant change?

December 1, 2019|Comments Off on 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 […]

1511, 2019

What Angels Want to Hear

November 15, 2019|Comments Off on 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 […]

111, 2019

How much of a business should go to investors?

November 1, 2019|Comments Off on How much of a business should go to investors?

By Dave Berkus, Chairman Emeritus, Tech Coast Angels

Financial History and Projections

Let’s start with the basics. If you are investing in a going business with a track record of revenues, then

1510, 2019

Can you name the two most powerful words for business?

October 15, 2019|Comments Off on Can you name the two most powerful words for business?

By Dave Berkus, Chairman Emeritus, Tech Coast Angels

Here’s a puzzle where the answer come first.

“Help me.”

Over the years I have heard many stories from entrepreneurs, students, news reporters, even my children, […]

110, 2019

Could the company have created a “dirty cap table?”

October 1, 2019|Comments Off on Could the company have created a “dirty cap table?”

By Dave Berkus, Chairman Emeritus, Tech Coast Angels

Oh, I know. When an entrepreneur started the business, s/he took investments from friends and family in small amounts just to get  started.  Of […]