"Investor Guidance on Business Plans & Presentations"
Note: Meeting at Emerging Enterprise Center at Foley Hoag, 1000 Winter Street, Suite 4000, Waltham, MA. PRE-MEETING DINNER at 5:15 PM (sharp) at Bertucci's, Waltham. Directions.
Register Online!
Meeting Overview:
The business plan is your primary vehicle for conveying an organized thought process to investors about your business, team, and pathway to success. Entrepreneurs need well conceived business plans to raise capital and grow their business.
Panel:
Jerry Bird, VP - MTDC
www.MTDC.com
MTDC is an early-stage VC firm for Massachusetts technology start-ups.
Since 1980 it has invested over $70 million in over 120 companies.
Investments are typically in the $250K - $500K range. Jerry Bird has
over 22 years of investing and financial experience. Prior to joining
MTDC he was President of Claflin Capital Management and a partner at Brook
Venture Partners and Nova MedVentures. He was on the boards of
e-Travel which was sold to Oracle, and Andover.net which went public in 1999
and then merged with VA Linux. He received an MBA degree from the Tuck
School at Dartmouth.
David Verrill, Co-Founder of Hub Angels
www.HubAngels.com
Hub Angels is a Boston-area Angel Group with over 50 members.
They have invested over $10 million in 12 companies since 2000.
Investments are usually in the $350K - 1M range. David Verrill spent a
decade connecting industry with research at MIT, was Manager of
International Sales & Business Development at Xerox Adaptive Products, and
founded two businesses in technology consulting and third party marketing.
He received an SM degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Sean Marsh, General Partner, Point Judith Capital
www.
PointJudithCapital.com
Point Judith Capital is an early stage VC firm that invests mainly
in communications, information, Internet, and healthcare technology
companies. Sean Marsh leads Point Judith's communications and Internet
investing. He represents his firm on the boards of Multiply, Optasite,
Music Nation, PermissionTV, and Vaultus Mobile Technologies. At
Village Ventures he was instrumental in raising over $50M in limited partner
cpaital for various investment funds and over $100M of venture capital for
portfolio companies. Sean graduated from Bowdoin College with a BA in
Economics.
Moderator:
Alan Silver, PartimeCFO,
www.PartimeCFO.com
Alan Silver has been the part-time CFO for over 50 technology
start-ups over the last 12 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. He has an MSM degree from the MIT
Sloan School of Management, is Treasurer of the IEEE Boston Entrepreneurs'
Network, and has been a panelist at MIT Enterprise Forum Start-up Clinics.
Site and Cost:
5:15 PM Pre-meeting
Dinner
Bertucci's Restaurant
475 Winter St., (exit 27B off Route 128), Waltham, MA ("pay-as-you-go")
7:00 - 10:00PM
Meeting Presentation
The Emerging Enterprise Center at Foley Hoag, 1000 Winter Street, Suite 4000, Waltham, MA
There is a $20.00 fee for nonmembers of ENET. Register Online!
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