AsAble.com, empowering startups

As a reminder for startup entrepreneurs, your opportunity to submit your pitch to the Perfect Pitch competition is ending tomorrow Sept 2nd.  Submit for a chance to win a paid trip to the Perfect Business conference and exposure to amazing investors.

Among the amazing reputable judge panel are some of the investors that have been hosts of AsAble.com events, such as Paige Craig, Don Dodge…

We are excited to announce that as a part of Social Media Week, Mixergy & AsAble.com are hosting a VC/Angel investors panel at Startup Demo event on the evening of Sept 22nd at Wokcano. This is in partnership with Schmoozd and Techzulu.  Register to attend this FREE event here.  There will also be a startup demo.  Apply to demo here.

The event will be streamed live on this website.  If you can’t attend, make sure to tune in to watch.

Panel speakers:

• Paige Craig, aka. Adrenaline Fueled Angel
• Allen Morgan, Mayfield Ventures
• Stewart Roberts, President of Orange County of Tech Coast Angels
• Mark Suster, GRP Partners

Very grateful that Allen will be flying in from Menlo Park for few hours for the panel.

Moderator:

• Giang Biscan, PhD., Producer of Mixergy & AsAble.com

Topic discussion:

• Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors
• Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media
• How startup can leverage social media to get investors attention

If you have questions for the panels, please feel free to leave a comment here.  We will acknowledge your name & company name if your question is used during the discussion.

Our hosting partners:

Stewart Roberts

Stewart Roberts is president of Tech Coast Angels’ Orange County and is a board member overseeing all five southern California chapters. Tech Coast Angels is the largest angel investment group in the country and more than one billion dollars have been invested in TCA-funded companies since 1997. So far in 2010, $19 million has been invested across 14 new and follow-on deals. Three portfolio companies exits, Green Dot’s IPO (NYSE: GDOT) yielding over 110 times return, SDL’s acquisition of Language Weaver for $42.5MM, and an IPO for Trius Therapeutics (NASDAQ: TSRX) all point to a dynamic year for TCA.

Stewart has served as CEO, board member, consultant and investor in and for multiple startups. In 2003 he co-founded TIX China a Shanghai based trading company overseeing a client portfolio spanning three continents. In the 1990s he worked on Wall Street where he held jobs at Brenner Securities and Morgan Stanley. In his spare time he and his wife are involved in CASA, as court appointed volunteer advocates for abused and neglected children.

This event has finished. Look out for our upcoming live show soon.

YOU are invited! Yes, YOU – anyone in the startup and social media community – and their friends.

We are blessed with gorgeous summer days in Los Angeles . What would be more appropriate than to kickoff the Social Media Week in LA with a fun day in the sun? Grab your sun lotion, swim suit, towels and join us.

To RSVP: http://labeachparty.eventbrite.com/

No stiff elevator pitch, no business card shuffling, no superficial speed networking. Jump into the actions with beach volleyball, tag football, and other interactive games or simply just hang out & sun bath. This is where real bonding is formed.

When: Sunday Sept 19th from 11am.

Where: Santa Monica beach (1642 Oceanfront Walk, Santa Monica CA) – at the Volleyball court on the south side of the Pier, next to the life guard headquarter.

What: A beach party. Food & snacks will be provided. Please note that alcohol is not allowed on LA beaches. On a totally unrelated note, we will be providing red plastic cups. For soft drinks, of course.

Who: This event is hosted by AsAble.com, HighlyRelevant, Coloft and Stratalux. We are honored to be a part of Social Media Week in LA.

Tom Grasty is the founder of Stroome, a collaborative video editing community.  In the interview, Tom discusses how his background in journalism helped him identify the opportunity to create Stroome.com.  A first-time entrepreneur, Tom also talks about the video editing niche, how journalists can really benefit from using his platform, the collaborative nature of Stroome.com, and how he and his business partner went about getting funding for their company.  You can follow Tom on Twitter @tomgrasty.

Here is the interview:

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Stay wonderful.

This interview was conducted by Justin Hong, Associate Producer of AsAble.com.