Winning Investors With Your Pitch and Presentation

Tuesday, April 7, 2015 in Waltham at 6:30 PM
Presentations: 
Lucinda Linde
Sheryl Schultz
Ralph Sheridan

Online registration for this meeting is now closed, however, attendees are welcome to register at the door.

The investor presentation is your primary vehicle for conveying an organized thought process to investors about your business, team, and pathway to success. Entrepreneurs need well-conceived investor presentations and executive summaries to get the attention of investors and build interest in their business. Our panel consists of three successful investors who have looked at many early stage companies. They will provide advice on how to put an investor presentation together, tell you what works and doesn’t work in today’s investment climate, network with you, and answer your questions.
Panel:
Lucinda Linde is an angel investor - including many years, until recently, as a member of Walnut Venture Associates, www.WalnutVentures.com , and several years with First Light Capital. She also consults to IT start-ups. She recently has focused on ad tech, consulting to and investing in Nanigans. Lucinda has invested in, and consulted with, many early stage IT companies, including KESI (acquired by Cambrium Learning Group), Strong Numbers (now part of Intuit), HubX (acquired by SynXis), Visualization Technologies (acquired by GE Medical Systems), Viveca (acquired by Open Pages, then IBM), and Collego (acquired by MRO Systems). Lucinda co-authored the VSS Project: Report on Angel Investors for the MIT Entrepreneurship Center and HBS.
Sheryl Schultz is an active member of Golden Seeds, www.GoldenSeeds.com, a network of angels that provides early stage and growth capital to women-led businesses. She most recently ran deal flow for Golden Seeds’ Boston Forum office and served as the Boston Forum’s Co-Leader for two years. Previously, Sheryl spent over 20 years as President of SRS Associates,where she helped launch dozens of companies, 20 of which engaged her from inception through successful exit by IPO or acquisition. Sheryl is also the founder of CabinetM (a beta-stage startup that has built a discovery platform for the marketing industry), a Board Director for The Capital Network, and a Board Observer for angel-backed Crowdly and Playrific.
Ralph Sheridan is a member and active deal screener for Launchpad Venture Group, www.LaunchpadVentureGroup.com, Boston’s largest angel investment group, focused on early-stage technology-driven startup companies. He is also Managing Partner for Value Management, LLC, an early-stage technology investing and advisory firm. For 7 years he was an Investor through Common Angels (www.CommonAngels.com), where he was a member of the screening committee. He was also the Board Director for World Energy Solutions (sold on 1/5/15 to Enernoc) and CEO for 5 years for Good Harbor Partners Acquisition Corp. (which invested in IT Security and homeland defense sectors).
Moderator:
Alan Silver has been the part-time Chief Financial Officer (www.PartimeCFO.com) for over 60 technology start-ups over the last 19+ years. At Andover.net he was the part-time CFO from when the company had fewer than 10 employees until just 5 months before the company went public; it was later acquired. He has an MSM degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management, is Treasurer of Boston Entrepreneurs’ Network, and has been a panelist at MIT Enterprise Forum Start-Up Clinics.

eMinutes from April 2015
Elise Graves
Curtain Plus Rod in a Bag
Product or Service:

Curtain Plus Rod In A Bag is a, In Home Window Treatment Decor retail product. The product allows, renters, students, home owners, realtors to hang curtains over any window with out nails or screws. Curtain Plus Rod In A Bag is still in the Prototype phase, although I have six curtains in my home and I have had five clients in which I have put up curtains in their apartments in, which I have made. Each kit contains, 2 curtain panels, 1 curtain rod, 2 removable brackets. The product is very easy to use and consumer affordable. Take the brackets from the bag and place one on either the wall or window frame, on each side in which you would like your curtain to hang. Take the 2 curtain panels and place them on the rod. Take the rod with the hanging curtains and place them on the brackets. Your curtain now hangs over your window, and when you want to remove them, pull the tab in the back of the bracket for release, which leaves no damage on walls or window frames. Then you can use the matching bag for future use and storage. The products will be available in selected stores and social media. Website, Facebook, Twitter to name a few. I would like to have all products made with in the United States, creating jobs for the community giving preference to veterans. Whether you are a consumer or an investor, together we will change the world in how it views in home window decor.

Our Needs

As of now my product does not exist on the World Market. Curtain Plus Rod In A Bag. Imagine with me, being able to purchase my product in selective stores to purchase a window decor all in a kit with a matching bag, good quality, and price, and most of all, No Nails or Screws Needed! Exciting!! My company will effect different aspects of the market. Curtains. There will be a demand for curtains, I mean all kinds of curtains. Metals. I will need metal for curtain rods and curtain brackets. Creating Jobs, with in our community is very important to me. In conclusion, the consumers needs will be met by using (purchasing) my invention, it is easy, convenient, affordable, and having beautiful windows that will make any place feel like home.

Desired Feedback

The business idea

Contact Information:

Elise Graves
http//Facebook.com/curtainplusrodinabag
Sergey Kudryavtsev
Connections.vc
Product or Service:
Connections is the mobile app that helps you to build effective and reliable relationships with the most important people in your life.
Our Needs

PAM is a market of mobile apps. Y2013 =$ 67.8B; Y2016 = $145B; Annual growing rate of 28%

TAM is a market of Business&Productivity apps. Y2013 = $27.5B; Y2016 = $58.2B; Annual growing rate of 27%

According with a report by VisionMobile.com, March'14.

Desired Feedback

The business model

Contact Information:

Sergey Kudryavtsev
Connections.vc
http://connections.vc

Price: 
ENET Free; non-members $20.
Time and Location(s): 

Pre-meeting Self-pay Dinner:

5:15 PM
Bertucci's Restaurant
475 Winter St., Waltham, MA (exit 27B off Route 128)

This is a "pay-as-you-go" dinner

Meeting & Presentation

6:30 - 9:45 PM




MEETING LOCATION

Constant Contact

1st Floor Great Room

1601 Trapelo Rd., Waltham, MA

(From the north: Exit 28 off Route 128 / I95 onto Trapelo Rd. Take first right into driveway)

(From the south: Exit 28B off Route 128/I95 onto Trapelo Rd. Cross over highway, take first right after interchange)

Once in the complex, head back toward the highway, turn left, and park in front of the building. Entrance is below the large clock that faces the highway.

Detailed directions

Public Transportation Option

For those who wish to attend the ENET Waltham meeting via public transportation, there is an option available to arrive at the meeting.

There is a shuttle bus service by the private 128 Business Council from Alewife subway station on the MBTA Red Line to 1601 Trapelo Road, Waltham. You would need to arrive at the bus stop at 525pm. You want bus #142 for the Alewife (AWF) – Route A. This bus leave Alewife at 530pm and reaches 1601 Trapelo Road at 623pm. The one-way fare is $5.00 for this private shuttle ride.

The last shuttle from 1601 Trapelo Road back to Alewife leaves at 725pm. So assuming you stay for the full ENET meeting which typically ends 930pm you will have to find a ride back or call a taxi to take you back to Alewife station.

For more information on the shuttle service, go to http://128bc.org/shuttle-schedules

Reservations: 
No reservations are needed for the dinner. To expedite sign-in for the meeting, we ask that everyone -- members as well as non-members -- pre-register for the meeting online. Pre-registration is available until midnight the day before the meeting. If you cannot pre-register, you are welcome to register at the door.