Join Pismo Ventures for a fireside chat with Richard Sudek, Super Angel, Chairman Emeritus of Tech Coast Angels and Chief Innovation Officer and Executive Director, UCI Beall Applied Innovation - the Cove. How are the Cove and Richard's vision supporting the SoCal entrepreneurial ecosystem?
About Richard:
Sudek earned a Ph.D. in management and master’s degrees in business administration and organizational behavior at Claremont Graduate University. His research focuses on the angel investment decision process, examining how and why angel investors choose their investments. Sudek received a B.S. in Information and Computer Sciences from UCI in 1981. He founded Nadek Computer Systems, a data networking design business and served as its CEO for 17 years. Sudek has been an active angel investor through direct investment and angel funds in over 100 startup companies since 2000. He has served on the Angel Capital Association board, a national trade group, and is Chairman Emeritus of Tech Coast Angels (TCA), the largest angel organization in the U.S. investing $235+ million in over 400 startup companies. In addition, these companies have attracted over $1.8 billion in follow on investments. Through TCA, Sudek has screened over 1,000 startup companies. Sudek currently sits on the TCA Board of Governors, as well as boards of engineering and high-tech firms.
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