MIT Satellite Broadcast -- Talk to an Angel: Crucial Connections to Early Stage Capital -- June 22nd

Talk to an Angel:  Crucial Connections to Early Stage Capital

 

* The June 22^nd program starts at 5:30 pm at Fisher Plaza, 140 4th Avenue, Seattle  
    * Networking Session – 5:30 to 6:15, Broadcast – 6:15-7:15, Local Q&A 7:15 – 8:00 pm. 
    * Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door  
    * Street parking available or in the building for a fee  
    * Register online at www.mitwa.org. For more information call 206-283-9595.

 

There will always be entrepreneurs with new ideas and new ventures.  And there will always be people – angel investors - ready to help finance these startup companies and play a major role in helping to fuel one of the engines driving the US economy. 

 

Join the MIT Enterprise Forum for an evening of real-world, tactical information geared to both the entrepreneur on how to “do the deal” and for the investor on how to determine if he or she is making a good investment.  Produced in association with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Angel Capital Education Foundation, program attendees and viewers will learn:

• How to find angels
• What is and isn’t a good fit
• When to work with a VC instead, or with both angels and VCs together
• How to pitch
• How to work together after funding

Through dialogue amongst the panelists, attendees will hear and learn about the principles and best steps to follow, real-world case studies, and how different sectors necessitate different approaches.
 
The national panel presentation will be followed by a Seattle panel. 

 

Featured national panelists include James Geshwiler GM ’00 (moderator), Managing Director of CommonAngels; John May, Managing Partner of New Vantage Group, and Chair, Angel Capital Association; Cynthia Fisher, CEO, BioMed 20/20 Technologies; David Friend, CEO & President, Carbonite; and Bob Greene GM ’88, Managing Partner, Contour Venture Partners.

Featured Seattle panelists include Emory Thomas Jr. (moderator), Publisher of the Puget Sound Business Journal; Todd Dean, Seattle/Northwest Chapter President, Keiretsu Forum; Dan Rosen, Chair, Alliance of Angels and CEO of Dan Rosen and Associates; Dan Shapiro, CEO, Ontela; Martin Tobias, CEO and Chairman, Imperium Renewables and Founder, Northwest Energy Angels.

 

* The June 22^nd program starts at 5:30 pm at Fisher Plaza, 140 4th Avenue, Seattle  
    * Networking Session – 5:30 to 6:15, Broadcast – 6:15-7:15, Local Q&A 7:15 – 8:00 pm. 
    * Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door  
    * Street parking available or in the building for a fee  
    * Register online at www.mitwa.org. For more information call 206-283-9595.