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Ken Deemer was there at the beginning of Tech Coast Angels; he was the 2nd chairman and the original website designer. Listen to Ken describe his strategy for angel investing. He was a founder of Los Angeles Social Venture Partners which supports local innovative non-profits; he's the treasurer on the national board, too. One of Ken's social venture interests: charter schools.

In other news recently, the Kauffman Foundation and the Angel Capital Education Foundation (ACEF) jointly announced today that ACEF will become an independent, charitable education and research organization focused on the growing field of angel investing, details.

What I'm reading: Marc Averitt of Okapi Venture Capital has begun a blog about the Venture Capital Ecosystem in and around Orange County, check it out.

Why have I been delinquent with a recent podcast? It was a week off with the kids so many might forgive me a little time away, but I was working and freezing in Florida last week. I recorded a dozen interviews of an oral history nature and posted them to my more personal site; check them out at cdmBeach.com. Before I found my groove here with entrepreneurs and VCs I dabbled with interviews across the spectrum of the business and arts communities in southern California. I'll be posting some of my favorites from time to time.