Entrepreneur Invest Keiretsu 
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OCTOBER 5, 2009
Jason Calacanis , CEO of Santa Monica-based Mahalo.com and co-producer of the TechCrunch50 conference--not known for pulling his punches--publicly targeted angel group The Keiretsu Forum today for their presentation fees. In Calacanis' personal blog, he called for bloggers to launch a public campaign against Keiretsu.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 13, 2009
A personal campaign by Santa Monica-based Mahalo.com 's CEO, Jason Calacanis, to put pressure on for-profit angel investment firms to stop charging entrepreneurs to pitch, has ramped up, as Calacanis said Tuesday that he has been informed that Keiretsu Forum is filing a lawsuit against him.
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socalTECH
OCTOBER 9, 2009
Jason Calacanis, the CEO of Santa Monica-based Mahalo , is continuing his crusade against angel groups and others who charge startups to pitch their groups, saying that he's now calling on groups to stop charging fees, and post what fees they were charging to entrepreneurs on their web sites.
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 19, 2009
Calacanis--who started the group as an outgrowth of his crusade against pay-to-pitch angel groups like The Keiretsu Forum--said in his blog today that he has signed up Matt Coffin , Sky Dayton , and Bill Woodward as members of his group.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
Maverick is based in Westlake Village, to be more specific, which once hosted a Keiretsu Forum chapter. Is Maverick Keiretsu reincarnated? Will a little competition be good for entrepreneurs? Is Maverick part of the evolution of angel investing? Is Maverick part of the evolution of angel investing? READ MORE>>.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 15, 2014
I then got my MBA at University of Chicago so I secretly pull for local entrepreneurs as long as they don’t make me visit in the Winter any more. People often say, “Great entrepreneurs will build a community and the capital will follow.” But no community can become complacent with the wins that it has.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 13, 2011
Here are some basic principles: Angels invest in people, more often than they invest in ideas. Angels like to “touch and feel” their investments, so they are generally only interested in local opportunities. As an entrepreneur, simply enter your location online, and it will list the angel and VC organizations near you.
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