Archive for the 'Angels' Category

Nami Media Entrepreneurship Award and Interview on socalTECH

Friday, February 8th, 2008

A few days ago, we learned that Nami Media had been selected as a Finalist for the PricewaterhouseCoopers Entretech Entrepreneursip Award 2008. Only three finalists made our category of emerging companies with annual revenues of $1-$8 million, and after attending the presentations, I can say that Nami is definitely the company which has come the […]

Radio Interview on U Gotta Get Funded

Friday, March 23rd, 2007

Yesterday I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Tony DeMaio for the emerging Internet radio company, BigMediaUSA, for his program Ugotta Get Funded. A number of Pasadena Angels have been interviewed about the Angel funding process, but my topic was really how angels specifically assist companies (besides investment) and how small companies can attract […]

Assima Buys IMS Learning

Friday, March 9th, 2007

Selling your “baby” is always done with mixed emotions, but in this case, I am excited to finally reveal that the British company Assima Ltd. has purchased IMS Learning A/S as of 1/1/07, the company I co-founded in Copenhagen in 1994 and ran on a daily basis until 2000.  I wanted to mention a few lessons […]

Angel Funding Process - better than herding cats

Friday, December 8th, 2006

Angel funding for growing companies is a mysterious process to most entrepreneurs.  Somewhere between hitting up your rich uncle and begging for a loan at the bank, a professional angel group can provide $250,000 to $1.5m in equity funds to accelerate growth and make it attractive to later stage investors.
Realistically, getting a group of angels […]

Technology Transfer - the Antikythera Machine

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

Finally, the ancient Greek astronomical gizmo, the Antikythera Machine, made it to the front page of the world’s press.  This bronze and iron gear “calculator” was built around 2,100 years ago, found in a shipwreck in 1901, and just recently decoded by researchers who discovered it to be a highly complex and accurate predictor of […]