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Business-owning Households More Likely Than Others to Have Higher Income
and Wealth

Does small business ownership help increase a household’s overall well-being? One way to look at this is to examine how the income and wealth of households owning small businesses changed in the most recent economic expansion and recovery period. That task was undertaken in a study just released by the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy.

“The report released today finds that households owning small firms in the 1998-2007 period were more likely than other households to be in the top 50 percent in income and wealth,” said Susan M. Walthall, Acting Chief Counsel for Advocacy. “It will be important to continue to examine this data series to assess the well-being of small businesses in the current economic environment.”

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Dream It! Plan It! Do It!
Are you ready to change the world with your dreams? Founded in 1998, the Global Entrepreneurship Institute (GEI) is a non-profit 501(c) 3 educational organization with the specific mission of advising and educating entrepreneurs around the world. Working as a global business incubator GEI facilitates introductions to investors, professional service providers, and other entrepreneurs. Using our exclusive Roadmap to Entrepreneurial Success we have helped entrepreneurs raise over $100 million and create companies that are worth hundred of millions of dollars.

We can provide you the experience, expertise, and contacts to help take your company to the next stage and beyond. We look for great ideas in all business sectors. We like to keep an open mind and consider unique opportunities. We know that successful founders surround themselves with successful people. We support your dreams to build your own team and run your own business. We look forward to meeting you and helping you succeed!

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The 5th Annual Tech Coast Angels Los Angeles Fast Pitch Competition takes place on February 24th at UCLA Anderson School of Management. CEOs of 12 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.

Steve Streit, CEO of TCA-funded Green Dot, will give the event keynote beginning at 3 P.M.. The program will include a CEO panel discussing funding war stories, a angel and venture capitalist panel giving tips on how to get funded, and the Fast Pitch competition itself. A light dinner and refreshments will be served after the program at a networking event attended by hundreds of investors, entrepreneurs and other industry experts. More details about the event agenda will be available in mid-January.

CEOs who want to be a Fast Pitch competitor should submit an application now. Applicants will be initially reviewed by Tech Coast Angels members starting in mid-January. More than 20 CEOs will be invited to participate in coaching sessions in February.
>>Apply Now: TCA LA 2010 Fast Pitch 

About Tech Coast Angels
Tech Coast Angels is the largest angel investor group in the U.S. Its members provide funding and guidance to more early-stage, high-growth companies in Southern California than any other investment group. TCA members invest in companies in a wide range of industries, including the life sciences, biotech, IT, services, retail, Internet, financial, software, media, consumer products and tech startups. TCA members give companies more than just capital. They also provide counsel, mentoring and access to an extensive network of potential investors, customers, strategic partners and management talent. TCA has more than 250 members, including its venture capital affiliates, in five networks in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Westlake/Santa Barbara and the Inland Empire.
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The Global Entrepreneurship Institute (GEI) is a non-profit 501(c) 3 educational organization with the specific mission of advising and educating entrepreneurs around the world. Working as a global business incubator GEI facilitates introductions to investors, professional service providers, and other entrepreneurs.

We Are Here To Help You With Your Business Plan and Your Ideas
Using our exclusive Roadmap to Entrepreneurial Success we have helped entrepreneurs raise over $100 million and create companies that are worth hundred of millions of dollars. Let us help you. Our Experts and Advisors contribute valuable real-world knowledge, networking contacts, and fresh ideas to your venture team. Our Online Incubator Program is particularly valuable for new entrepreneurs, who may not have the access to expensive business advisors.

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Online Incubator Program
Online access to your private workspace where you can visit and work one-on-one with your Mentors and Experts. Working in our private Online Incubator you will have access to structured educational content and lesson plans that focus on the most important business drivers to entrepreneurial success. It’s like attending an online course.
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We are a nonprofit organization that supports educational activities at universities and colleges around the world. We provide comprehensive resources for educators seeking to integrate entrepreneurship across their campuses including: advancing knowledge through research, and disseminating knowledge by means of the internet, researching and writing books, producing newsletters, editorials, monographs, seminars, lectures, conferences and the like.

We Are The Trusted Source For Educating & Supporting Entrepreneurs
Our mission is to spread wealth creation around the world by encouraging entrepreneurship and sharing knowledge to those who support and educate entrepreneurs. Our books and course materials are used in the Top 10 of the best graduate programs in the USA that teach entrepreneurship, and 8 of the Top 10 best undergraduate programs in the USA that teach entrepreneurship.

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We are a nonprofit organization which supports educational activities including: advancing knowledge through research, and disseminating knowledge by means of the internet, researching and writing books, producing newsletters, editorials, monographs, seminars, lectures, conferences and the like. We are continuously conducting research and producing projects in the fields of global entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial management practices, business planning, and venture capital.

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Open to All Entrepreneurs Interested in Company Startup and Angel Funding

A “Meet the Angels” mixer designed to encourage and support new entrepreneurs, will be held January 18, 2010.
This event is sponsored by the Tech Coast Angels (TCA), the nation’s largest angel investment network. The mixer is the second in TCA’s new program of “Meet the Angels” mixers launched after the success of the first event, which generated demand from attendees for more mixers.

It will be held in Aliso Viejo, California from 5:00pm-7:00pm. It is an open and free event to entrepreneurs seeking information about angel funding, startups or other aspects of early-stage company development.

According to Stu Roberts, president of TCA’s Orange County Chapter, “Entrepreneurs have questions about funding their startups and our mixer is the perfect place to start collecting information by interacting with and hearing directly from angel investors. We want our customers, the entrepreneurs, to learn what companies TCA is funding and provide them with an informal setting to answer their questions.”

The last TCA Mixer held in November was attended by more than 100 entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs are encouraged to RSVP as soon as possible  as space is limited. Address and directions are listed on the website.
>>Register for TCA Mixer 

Roberts continued, “TCA is working hard to provide entrepreneurs with the tools and opportunities to fund their dreams. We encourage all entrepreneurs to join us for this informal event.”

About Tech Coast Angels
Tech Coast Angels is the largest angel investor group in the U.S. Its members provide funding and guidance to more early-stage, high-growth companies in Southern California than any other investment group. TCA members invest in companies in a wide range of industries, including the life sciences, biotech, IT, services, retail, Internet, financial, software, media, consumer products and tech startups. TCA members give companies more than just capital. They also provide counsel, mentoring and access to an extensive network of potential investors, customers, strategic partners and management talent. TCA has more than 250 members, including its venture capital affiliates, in five networks in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Westlake/Santa Barbara and the Inland Empire.
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Reduced Investment and Job Creation to Blame for High Unemployment

By James Sherk 

Abstract: The unemployment rate in America jumped from 4.9 percent in late 2007 to 10 percent in November this year. The conventional wisdom that unemployment is rising because more people are losing their jobs is only partly true. Job-loss rates have increased, but the largest force driving unemployment is the sharp drop in private-sector job creation. The massive stimulus bill championed by President Obama did nothing to “create or save” millions of jobs. Heritage Foundation labor-policy expert James Sherk explains why any “jobs bill” that relies on govern­ment spending without improving the investment and entrepreneurship climate will fail.

What Congress Should Do To Help Entrepreneurs
According to Heritage Foundation: In order to reduce unemployment, Congress must encourage firms to innovate, invest, and take risks, and remove policies that discourage them from doing so. One policy proposed by President Obama would encourage innovation and job creation. During the election campaign, Senator Obama proposed eliminating the capital gains tax on start-up companies. Doing so would encourage more venture capital investment in new businesses. Most new businesses fail. Venture capital funds invest in many new companies and make up the losses in the many failures with large profits on the handful of start-ups that succeed. If Congress repealed the capital gains tax on start-up businesses, investors would earn greater after-tax profits on the few successful start-ups. The higher returns would encourage venture capital funds to invest in more new companies, including some riskier ventures in which they will not invest now. The greater profits from successful companies would compensate for the risk of failure from others. The net result would be more investment, more start-up businesses, and more jobs. This would increase job creation and lower unemployment.
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About The Heritage Foundation
Founded in 1973, The Heritage Foundation is a research and educational institute — a think tank — whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.
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How many technology companies are confident enough to venture outside the sheltered environment of their home country to compete against the market leaders in their own turf? Not many, especially for the new or young business ventures. Many avoid entering “the lion’s den”, so to speak, for fear that they will be eaten alive. Yet, not many realize that if they cannot survive the “lion’s den”, they may not last very long within their own nest, shares seasoned venture capitalist Gideon Tolkowsky.
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Weak consumer spending continues to be a major worry. The Small Business Optimism Index fell below 90 for the sixth consecutive quarter, indicating the severity of the downturn. The Index gained 0.3 points, rising to 89.1 (1986=100), 8.1 points higher than the survey’s second lowest reading reached in March (the lowest reading was 80.1 in 1980:2). In the 1980-82 recession period, the Index was below 90 in only one quarter. In this recession, the Index has been below 90 for six quarters, indicative of the severity of this downturn.
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National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
NFIB is the leading small business association representing small and independent businesses. A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded in 1943, NFIB represents the consensus views of its members in Washington and all 50 state capitals. NFIB’s mission is to promote and protect the right of our members to own, operate and grow their businesses. NFIB also gives its members a power in the marketplace. By pooling the purchasing power of its members, the National Federation of Independent Business gives members access to many business products and services at discounted costs. NFIB also provides timely information designed to help small businesses succeed.

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The U.S. government has spent billions of dollars bailing out troubled companies. Is it time for Uncle Sam to invest in new entrepreneurial firms as well? Harvard Business School Professor Josh Lerner makes the case for limited government involvement in his book Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed—and What to Do about It.
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Growth Company Executives Want More Government Help to Drive Corporate Innovation, According to Ernst & Young Survey. The majority (60%) of company leaders surveyed believed that the current Administration in Washington is “not” supportive of corporate innovation.

Execs say innovation criticalassert tax credits, R&D grants from D.C. would spur innovation and growth. A new Ernst & Young LLP Strategic Growth Markets survey of C-suite executives finds that growth companies see innovation as critical to their growth, but admit they are coming up short and would do more if they had additional help from Capitol Hill to support their innovation efforts.

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The Small Business Survival Index measures states that are friendly to small businesses in terms of public policy decisions. The list compiled by the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council looks at 36 government-related costs such as taxes, regulatory costs, and property costs, to determine which states have truly made an effort to be welcoming to small businesses. South Dakota tops the list as the most small-business friendly state, followed by Nevada, Texas, Wyoming, and Washington. The District of Columbia comes in as the least friendly, preceded by New Jersey and California.
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About Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council)
Works to educate elected officials, policy makers, business leaders and the public to advance initiatives that enhance the environment for entrepreneurship, business start-up and growth. Through advocacy, research, training and education, SBE Council members and staff convey the importance of entrepreneurship and small business to job creation, innovation and the overall health of the economy. SBE Council is viewed as one of the most powerful and effective organizations dedicated to protecting small business and promoting entrepreneurship.

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New Fellowship Fund for Graduate MBA Students at UC Irvine Established to Honor Leading Businessman and Tech Coast Angels Founder, Luis Villalobos

The friends and colleagues of recently deceased businessman, entrepreneur and Tech Coast Angels founder, Luis Villalobos, are establishing an endowed fellowship fund to be awarded to a graduate MBA student at the Paul Merage School of Business at University of California, Irvine.

The fellowship, entitled the Luis Villalobos Endowed Fellowship in Entrepreneurship, is designed to honor the business leader in perpetuity. According to Tech Coast Angels Orange County President Richard Sudek, “Luis spent most of his life mentoring and training new entrepreneurs. It’s appropriate that this endowment should continue his mission to help and assist young entrepreneurs.”

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