What: FAST PITCH – LOS ANGELES 2010
When: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 3:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Where: UCLA Anderson School of Management
Agenda: here
Tickets: here

The Tech Coast Angels 5th Annual Fast Pitch Competition will take place on February 24th at UCLA Anderson School of Management. CEOs of twelve early stage companies, selected from more than 100 applicants, will have 90 seconds to pitch their companies to a panel of judges. The winner will be invited to present at a Tech Coast Angels screening session and will be considered for funding.

CEOs who want to apply to be a Fast Pitch competitor should visit www.pitchtheangels.com now to submit an application. Applicants will be initially reviewed by Tech Coast Angels members starting in mid-January. More than twenty CEOs will be invited to participate in coaching sessions in February. Coaches will include Tech Coast Angels members and other experts. The coaches will select the best twelve companies to appear onstage on February 24th.

Plan to attend on February 24th beginning at 3 p.m. The keynote presentation will be given by Steve Streit, CEO of TCA-funded Green Dot, the leading provider of prepaid financial services in the United States and the owner and operator of the Green Dot Network, the largest cash reloading network in the United States. The program will also include a panel of CEOs discussing their funding war stories, a panel of angels and venture capitalists providing tips on how to get early stage funding, and the Fast Pitch competition itself. Dinner and refreshments will be served after the program at a networking event attended by investors, entrepreneurs and other industry experts. More details about the event agenda will be available in early January.

In the meantime, CEOs, should submit applications ASAP. Review of applications will begin in mid January and company screening sessions will begin in late January, so the sooner you get your application in, the better.Tweet

What: Twiistup 007 – “Casino Royale”
When: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 6:00 PM – Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 11:55 PM (PST)
Where: Skirball Cultural Center | 2701 N Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049
Agenda: here
Tickets: here

More than just a conference, Twiistup is LA’s biggest technology EVENT. Twiistup combines a showcase for innovation, a platform for thought leaders and an audience of entrepreneurs, media and investors all wrapped in a unique, stylized environment that rivals a Hollywood production.

Twiistup 007 includes a full one and a half day program with top notch speakers including Paul Graham of Y-Combinator, Om Malik of GigaOm, Lisa Stone CEO of BlogHer, Robert Scoble, Alex Quilici co-founder of Quack.com (sold to AOL), Rick Heitzmann of FirstMark Capital and many more to be confirmed shortly.

The agenda begins Wednesday evening January 27th at UCLA with Wildcard Demo night and continues all day Thursday at the Skirball center. Thursday opens at 8:00am with breakfast service and ends at approximately 5:30pm – See Twiistup.com/agenda for more details

The program also includes the famous themed evening party – this time featuring a Casino Royale motif – from 7:30pm – midnight.
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