Angel Funding: When, Where and How?

For this month's Tech on Tap, we are partnering with Burbank Tech Talks to bring to you "Angel Funding: When, Where and How?"

Thinking about Angel funding for your company now or in the near future? Know someone who has developed a hot new product or software application and is looking for funding?

Hear Pasadena Angels founding member and CPA business advisor Jim Schaefer explain the Angels’ investment process and offer tips on gaining Angel funding. Jim is managing partner of Mark Schaefer Associates, CPA’s and has taught entrepreneurship classes at Cal State Long Beach. He will describe how Angel investors evaluate companies, provide suggestions for pursuing Angel funding and share his experiences about business start-up successes and failures.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Jim Schaefer, CPA, MBA is managing partner of Mark Schaefer Associates, a boutique CPA firm with a specialty in early stage technology and fast growth companies. He advises entrepreneurs, CEO’s and managers on financial issues including business funding, financial plans and projections, business valuations, mergers and acquisitions and management information systems. Jim’s special emphasis is in business strategies for increasing revenue, controlling costs and managing financial matters.

He is a founding member and past secretary of the Pasadena Angels, a 100 member angel investment group. Jim currently serves on the Board of MADIA Tech Launch that promotes the region’s technical, scientific and industrial workforce. He was a member of the Advisory Board and chair of the mentoring committee of the Business Technology Center incubator in Los Angeles County. Prior to joining Mark Schaefer Associates, he worked for one of the large international CPA firms now part of PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

VENUE: Underdogs is a chill sports-centric subterranean haunt with burgers and more, plus shuffleboard, darts and other games. Thank you for hosting, Underdogs!

PARKING: 90 minute free parking available at the Marketplace Parking Structure at 120 South Maryland Avenue.

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