PART ONE: XPX/Gesmer Fall 3-Part Series – Critical Issues for Business Success from Formation to Exit
Planting the Seeds, Early Stage Company Issues
Topics to be discussed in Part One will include how we as service providers evaluate companies to decide if we want to work with them, preparing companies for financing, team building challenges, stage-appropriate financing alternatives, value-added services, assembling the best Board of Directors and/or Advisory Board.
Where: Gesmer Updegrove LLP, 40 Broad Street 2nd Floor, Boston, MA
Time: 7:30 – 9:30 AM
Investment: Members: $20 per event, Non-Members: $40 per event
(Registrations at the door an additional $15) Seating is limited.
Our Panelists:
Craig Powell is a very successful serial entrepreneur and the force and visionary behind ConnectEDU. His passion for ensuring that all families have access to the expertise they need to maximize their educational potential, investments and experiences led Craig to found ConnectEDU. As an undergraduate at Brown University, Craig founded and operated IvyTutors, a tutoring and study-skills company. Prior to founding ConnectEDU, Craig worked as a member of the professional investment team at Nautic Partners, a $2B private equity fund in Providence, RI.
David Beisel brings real skill and insight to the venture capital community, David is one of the founders of NextView Ventures, a new micro-venture fund. Formerly with Venrock, David is also the founder of the wildly successful Web Innovators Group.
Bill Contente is a partner at Gesmer Updegrove and has a long track record of success building young companies, getting them financed and taking them through very successful transactions. Bill also represents numerous angel groups and venture capital firms and is the Chairman of the Board of Launchpad Venture Group.
3-Part Series
September 8, 2010 – Gesmer Updegrove LLP, 40 Broad Street, Boston, MA
October 7, 2010 – MFA – Moody, Famiglietti & Andronico, One Highwood Drive, Tewksbury, MA
November 4, 2010 – Harvard Club, 1 Federal Street, Boston, MA (Sponsored by Webster Bank)
Thank You to our Sponsors:
