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Tech Coast Venture Network Teaches Entrepreneurs How to Calculate Pre-Money Valuation

Irvine, Calif. (PRWEB) October 19, 2007 -- Tech Coast Venture Network's October Forum will present a panel of experienced seed and angel investors and a valuation expert who will discuss what is arguably the most contentious issue for entrepreneurs -- the "pre-money" valuation, that is, the value of the enterprise before the sought-after investment. The Tech Coast Venture Network's forum will be at the offices of Knobe Martens Olson & Bear LLP in Irvine, Calif. on October 25, 2007 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM.

According to Bart Greenberg, TCVN chairman and partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, the panel will address such issues as the effect of the pre-money valuation and why it is such a difficult subject; the criteria that early-stage investors and VCs use to determine the pre-money valuation; whether the issue should be of equal importance to the entrepreneur and the investors; and strategies for overcoming differences and making the investment process a "win-win" proposition, among others. "It is a great opportunity for both investors and entrepreneurs to learn more about the different approaches to valuation and, in particular, useful strategies to bridge the so-called valuation gap," Greenberg added.

Panel members include:

?    Steven Mednick, assistant professor of clinical entrepreneurship, USC Marshall, Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. Mednick comes to USC with over 25 years experience working with early stage businesses to large, complex global enterprises in the areas of corporate ventures, business development, sales leadership and corporate law. Prior to establishing his current firm, Plenum Revenue Group, LLC in 2004, he was director, corporate ventures at Silicon Graphics, Inc., where he established SGI's corporate ventures office and led its global mergers & acquisitions and licensing initiatives. Mednick is a member of Tech Coast Angels and serves on the boards of Tech Coast Venture Network and the Association for Corporate Growth, Orange County.

?    Sid Mohasseb, CEO and president, The Venture Farm. Mohasseb is a member of the Tech Coast Angels and the managing director of Venture Farm, an early stage execution and funding organization. Formerly, he was the chief executive officer of Vital Source, Inc. a distributor of electronic components head quartered in the United States with offices in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. Vital Source was created as result of a strategic acquisition and since 2002 has experienced a 20 fold growth in revenues. Previously, Mohasseb served as the chairman and CEO of Competitive Knowledge Inc (CKI), an internet company with over $48.0 million capitalization. Prior to forming CKI, Mohasseb founded the national management consulting firm of Anabasis and facilitated its merger with Straub & Associates in early 90's to create Anabasis-Straub.

?    Nevin Sanli, president, Sanli Pastore & Hill, Inc. Sanli co-founded Sanli Pastore & Hill and is responsible for the overall management of the firm, including client engagements, litigation support, expert witness testimony, strategic planning and relationship management. He is an accredited senior appraiser (ASA), Business Valuation Discipline, of the American Society of Appraisers. Sanli has valued over 1,000 businesses during his career. SPH has over 25 employees throughout California. He specializes in providing business evaluations, litigation consulting, economic and financial research, statistical and investment analysis and mergers and acquisitions. Sanli has also published a number of business valuation articles and has given expert witness testimony in litigation cases involving business valuation and frequently speaks on business valuation at professional organizations, including the Tech Coast Venture Network.

?    Frank M. Singer, president, Tech Coast Angels, Orange County Chapter. Singer has a BSME from Purdue, an MBA from the University of South Florida, and has teaching credentials in several technical and business disciplines. He holds several patents and has held executive positions at a number of Fortune 100 companies including Honeywell, General Dynamics, Becton Dickinson, and Microdot prior to acquiring several aviation related businesses. In 1986 he was awarded the first Entrepreneur of the Year award in Orange County for pioneering a joint venture in Mainland China. Currently, Singer sits on several boards, is one of the founders of the Tech Coast Angels and current president of the Orange County Chapter, chairs the American Electronics Association's Government Affairs committee, past president of the Orange Coast Venture Group, on Concordia College Dean's Advisory Board, and recently authored a book on business valuation.

The panel moderator is Stephen A. Block, Tech Coast Angels and Venture Farm. Block is a member of Tech Coast Angels, Southern California's largest angel investing group. He serves on the Orange County chapter's Executive Committee and is its representative to the TCA Board of Governors. He also is a member of the Board of Directors of Senomyx, Inc., a public biotech company based in San Diego, California. Block retired as the senior vice president and general counsel of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. in December 2003, having served in that position for 12 years. He has 36 years of broad legal, management and executive experience at Fortune 500 corporations and a major New York law firm. He has previously served on the Boards of Directors of both private and public companies and on the Board of Governors of several industry trade associations and as the president of one of those groups.

Admission for the TCVN Forum is $45 for pre-registrants and $55 at the door. For further information, contact Tech Coast Venture Network via e-mail at execdir@tcvn.org or on the Web at http://www.tcvn.org

The Program Sponsor for this Forum is Sanli Pastore & Hill, Inc. (http://www.sphvalue.com). TCVN Platinum Sponsors include The Bloomfield Group (http://www.bloomfieldgroup.com), Daly-Swartz PR (http://www.dsprel.com); Hall & Company (http://www.hallcpas.com), Jackson DeMarco Tidus Petersen Peckenpaugh (http://www.jdtplaw.com); Knobe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP (http://www.kmob.com); and Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP (http://www.manatt.com). The TCVN Web Site Sponsor is Head First, Inc.

The Tech Coast Venture Network (TCVN) is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to assisting, educating and connecting entrepreneurs and emerging companies with capital and resources. TCVN has been directly or indirectly responsible for the establishment and growth of a significant number of early-stage businesses.

Contact:

Jeffrey Swartz

Daly-Swartz PR

949-470-0075

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