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The MIT Club
of Central Florida |
Raising money for a company requires a good sense of what is
hot in the marketplace, what the competition is doing, who is
likely to invest, how to find the investors, and the customs
and formalities of the fund raising process.
VC Kevin Ooley of Lovett Miller & Angel Investor Bill Grimm
will share their insights on what attracts their funding interest.
CEOs Bill Johnston of Alinean, & Greg Marchswinski of Red
Lamba
will share their fundraising stories.
IT Enterprise Forum Webcast
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
The evening will also include a live webcast of the
MIT Enterprise Forum’s “Forecasting Markets–The
Capital Update for 2006” broadcast
held @ MIT in Cambridge, MA. The program discusses:
- What the current climate is for entrepreneurs looking for
capital & venture
funding;
- How a company should approach its financing strategy;
- The steps one entrepreneur took to raise capital in today's
economy; and
- A forecast of the public markets for the coming twelve months.
The Enterprise Forum's panel of experts includes:
Bob Crowley as moderator (President of the Massachusetts Technology
Development Corp.), Ned Hazen (MD, Lighthouse Capital Partners),
Martin Hensel (CEO, Texterity), and Claire Wadlington (Partner/CFO
FA Technology Ventures).
Location
Disney/SBA National Entrepreneur Center
315 East Robinson Road, Orlando, Fl 32801
(407) 420-4848
For Information & Online Registration, visit http://alum.mit.edu/calendar
(see 1/26/06 – MIT/UCF Entrepreneurship Live!)
Cost: Register by Jan 22nd: $15, Jan 23rd – 26th: $25
(College faculty & students: only $10 with valid ID)
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