Los Angeles-based SeatBoost, which offers up a service which lets passengers use their mobile phones bid on seat upgrades, says it has received an investment from International Airlines Group (IAG).

There is such leverage in high gross profit margins once a company is past breakeven. Every dollar of gross profit falls to the bottom line, increasing net profit faster with each transaction. A ten ...

Frank Peters of the Frank Peters Show, is back with another top ten list--a bit less controversial than his last list of Top Ten Lies Angels Tell. This time, Frank gives the Top 10 Ways to Win a ...

Frank Peters runs his podcasts at the Frank Peters Show, and is chairman of the Tech Coast Angels. Frank's given us permission to cross post his podcasts here on socalTECH. Trouble in Venture Capital?

Three Keys to Obtaining Venture Capital is designed to help first-time entreprenuers understand the venture capital process and provides a useful step-by-step tool for creating a business plan.

This may be news, but boards of directors can offer bad advice. A typical board is composed of five persons in a company that has received outside funds from professional investors. Two members ...

The halcyon days of start-up companies and the venture community attraction to them hit a hard stop as the COVID-19 lock down spread across the U.S. earlier this year. As the first half of 2020 nears ...

I was a panelist at the recent Digital Hollywood conference. The topic was Venture Funding, Investment and Mergers. One question made me really think. In the context of a busted deal, we were asked ...

Andrew Warner is founder of Mixergy, which runs a popular series of technology networking events in Los Angeles. Andrew has recently been interviewing interesting entrepreneurs and thought leaders.

Who would have guessed that Los Angeles’ life science industry was percolating with so much energy? Well, those of us in the trenches of LA life sciences know. But based on the dearth of news coverage ...

We are concerned in the venture capital community by the bill known as the "Tax Extenders Bill", which was passed in the House of Representatives last week. The provision on changing the tax treatment ...

To maintain sanity, select a maximum of three social media to engage in—any three—and ignore the rest. (It's allowed.) If you are an individual, select ones that are easy to learn and use, like ...