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SABPA Science & Technology Forum VIII: Breakthroughs in Stem Cell Research and Clinical Applications
Date: March 13, 2010 (Saturday)
Location: Institute of Americas, UCSD (directions available at www.sabpa.org)
Registration: www.123signup.com
$20 for online registration
$10 for students and post-docs
$40 for on-site registration, online registration ends March 10, 2009
Stem cell research, after nearly a decade’s progress, has achieved a landmark milestone in January 2009, with FDA’s permission of the first human clinical trial of embryonic stem cell therapy sponsored by Geron Corporation. Based on the original studies of Dr. Hans Keirstead’s group at UC Irvine, this therapy has been shown to restore limb function in rats with neck spinal cord injuries, and is being tested on human patients with thoracic spinal cord injuries. This marks the maturity of stem cell research in certain fields. In addition, more stem cell therapies are in the pipeline to move to the clinical stage in the near future. Besides the progress in clinical studies, tools and technologies in stem cell research are also gaining momentum in recent years. The power of stem cell research is not only limited to regenerative medicine, but also can be utilized to generate disease models for drug discovery. For instance, through the use of iPS cell technology, skin cells from patients may be converted to any mature cell types that carry all the genetic information for a particular disease. These disease cells provide valuable tools for the discovery of novel drugs. This SABPA forum has invited opinion leaders from academia and industry to address the progress, challenges, and future directions of this rich and vibrant field.
Confirmed speakers:
Lawrence Goldstein, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Director of the UCSD Stem Cell Program
Hans S. Keirstead, Ph.D.
Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board, California Stem Cell, Inc
Associate Professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Director of Bill & Sue Gross Stem Cell Center, UC Irvine
Anne Bang, Ph.D.
Director, Stem Cell Research, Novocell Inc., San Diego
Dan Shoemaker, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer, Fate Thereapeutics. San Diego
Wendy Levin, MD, MS.
Associate Director, Oncology Translational Medicine, Pfizer Inc.
Yang Xu, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology, UCSD
Stephen M. Chang, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer at Stemgent Inc., San Diego
For more information, please visit sabpa.org or contact Li-Ming Liang, VP and Chair of External Relations at liangliming@gmail.com
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Mar 16th, 2010 (Tue) |
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
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CONNECT Financial Forum: ESOPs – A Flexible Tool for Emerging Growth Companies
Category: CONNECT General CONNECT Financial Forum: ESOPs – A Flexible Tool for Emerging Growth Companies
Sponsored by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, LLP and Union Bank
Employee ownership appears to increase production and profitability, and improve employees' dedication and sense of ownership. At this Financial Forum, four expert ESOP panelists will discuss the ESOP mechanics and benefits, and offer solutions to challenges companies face with their employee stock ownership plans.
Learn about:
--ESOPs and how they work
--How ESOPs can retain talent, spur performance and boost company growth
--How ESOPs can help start-up companies control their destiny
--How ESOPs can be used to buy out minority shareholders including financing techniques
When:
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Time:
3:00-3:15pm Welcome
3:15-4:30pm Panelist Presentations
4:30-5:00pm Q&A with Panelists
5:00-6:00pm Networking Reception
Where:
Hilton Garden Inn San Diego Del Mar
3939 Ocean Bluff Ave
San Diego, CA 92130
Phone: (858) 720-9500
Pre-registration: $45
On-site registration: $65
Register Here
Panelists include:
--Martin Staubus, Senior Consultant, The Beyster Institute
--Lynn DuBois, Partner in the Employee Benefits Group of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, LLP
--Chris Kramer, Managing Director, Strategic Equity Group
--Elisabeth (Betsy) Schutz, ESOP Lending Specialty Group, Union Bank
For more information, please contact Taylor Peterson, Director, Innovation Programs at tpeterson@connect.org or 858-964-1341.
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MIT Enterprise Forum presents D&K Engineering
Category: San Diego MIT Enterprise Forum Managing Growth from Single Site to International Multi-Sites
Case Presentation with D&K Engineering
What challenges would you brace yourself for if your company recently doubled growth and was on-track to triple worldwide growth within the next 5 years? With this level of growth, how would you develop a streamlined global product development engine to provide the best possible solutions for your clients? These issues along with the fact that D&K Engineering is prohibited from discussing its impressive client list due to confidentiality agreements will be presented by the CEO and President of D&K Engineering to a panel of experts and the audience at the March Forum. Join the discussion!
Speakers:
Scott Dennis - CEO, D&K Engineering
Alex Kuncyznski - President, D&K Engineering
Moderator:
Lewis Haskell - Tiger 21
Panelists:
Jim Ruder - formerly VP, Hewlett Packard
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
5:00pm Networking Reception
6:00pm Case Presentation
7:30pm Audience Q&A
8:00pm End
Location:
Provide Commerce
4840 Eastgate Mall
San Diego, CA 92121
Cost:
Non-members $50
MIT Alums $25
CONNECT Members / Active EiRs $25
Full-time Students $15
MITEF Members FREE
Register Here
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CONNECT FrameWorks Workshops present: Understanding the VC Term Sheet
Category: FrameWorks Workshops In partnership with McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Program Overview:
What is the meaning of the various terms in a VC term sheet mean? What terms are currently “market?” What are the practical effects on a company of accepting VC funding? Join CONNECT, Finistere Ventures and McDermott Will & Emery LLP as they provide guidance on the art of negotiating a VC term sheet and how these terms affect a company.
Benefits of Attending:
• Understanding the terms of art in a VC term sheet;
• Recognizing the most important terms in a VC term sheet;
• Understanding which terms in a VC term sheet are negotiable which are not; and
• Realizing the pros and cons of accepting VC financing.
Who should attend:
Founders, CEOs, and managers who are seeking venture funding, as well as scientists and technology experts considering a business start-up in need of venture financing. Please no competing attorneys.
About the Presenters:
Peter N. Townshend, partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP, is a recognized expert on issues relating to technology start-up companies and venture capital. He has lectured at U.C. Berkeley, U.C. San Diego, Santa Clara University, and San Jose State University, and has been quoted in the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, the San Francisco Chronicle, TheDeal.com, Entrepreneur Magazine, Washington Post, and Reuters. He is a regular lecturer on topics relating to technology start-up companies, angel and venture capital, and technology start-up company mergers and acquisitions.
George Colindres, partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP, is an expert on issues relating to technology start-up companies and venture capital, including angel and VC equity and debt financing, secured loan and lease financing, mergers and acquisitions, technology licensing and clinical trial agreements. His articles have been published in BioPharm, IP 360 and The M&A Lawyer.
Event Details:
Date: March 17, 2010
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. (Registration begins 8:00 a.m.)
Location: The Offices of McDermott Will & Emery LLP
11682 El Camino Real, Suite 400
San Diego, CA 92130
Note: A light breakfast will be provided for participants.
Contact: Linda Wells
Email: lmwells@connect.org
Phone: 858-964-1319
Fees: Pre-Registration $45.
At the Door $65.
Register at:
Register Here
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Mar 18th, 2010 (Thu) |
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
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CEOSF: Using Relationships to Navigate the Key Challenges of the CEO
Category: CEO Strategy Forum CONNECT CEO Strategy Forum
In partnership with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
Presents:
Randy Woods
President & CEO
Sequal Pharmaceuticals
Program Overview: (INVITATION ONLY)
Using Relationships to Navigate the Key Challenges of the CEO
One of the most important things that you can have as a CEO are good relationships. Building and maintaining these relationships can be instrumental in the success of your business. In fact, the right relationships can be not only vital to your company, but also garner you a significant competitive advantage.
This month, Randy Woods, President & CEO of Sequal Pharmaceuticals will share some of his relationship secrets that have led him to have success in fund raising, partnerships and managing over the course of his career.
Event Details:
Date: March 18, 2010
Time: 3:30 pm
Place: The Offices of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
4365 Executive Drive, Suite 1500
San Diego, CA 92121
Note: There will be a light reception after the program.
Contact: Bethany Kraynack
Email: bkraynack@connect.org
Phone: 858-964-1312
INVITATION ONLY
About the Speaker
Randall E. Woods is a Founder, President and CEO and a member of the Board of Directors of Sequel Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Woods served in the same capacity at NovaCardia prior to its acquisition by Merck & Co. Mr. Woods brings to Sequel 36 years of experience in the biotech/pharmaceutical arena. Mr. Woods served eight years as the CEO of Corvas International, Inc., a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company focused on cardiovascular disease and cancer. Prior to Corvas, Mr. Woods was President of Boehringer Mannheim's US Pharmaceutical operations and spent over 20 years at Eli Lilly & Company in various sales and marketing positions. Mr. Woods served as the Chairman for the Advisory Board of the UC San Diego's Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center and is the current Chairman of the Board of Directors of BIOCOM, Southern California's largest life science industry association. He also serves on the Board of Arena Pharmaceuticals and is a Founder and Chairman of the Board for Selexagen Therapeutics, developing the next generation of targeted therapies for cancer. Mr. Woods has a Bachelors Degree in Biology and Chemistry and a Masters Degree in Business Administration.
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CONNECT FrameWorks Workshops present: Attracting Angel Capital: Tips from Frontline Experts
Category: FrameWorks Workshops In partnership with San Diego Tech Coast Angels and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati
Program Overview:
In the current economic and venture capital climate, angel investment is one of the most critical sources of start-up capital. Angel networks are the source of the majority of this funding. These national and local groups are comprised of high net worth individuals who meet -- formally or informally -- to vet and discuss deals and learn about the best new business opportunities. Each network works in a slightly different way: some solicit applications via the group’s website while others require an introduction. Some charge fees for applications or presentations and others are free to apply. Along with capital, angel networks bring additional added value. The majority of members are successful business people with valuable industry contacts, experience, management knowledge, and creative ideas. Researchers inexperienced with entrepreneurship and start-ups with a lean management team value angels' contributions as company directors and advisors.
Hear stories of success and lessons from failure, from a panel including active angel investors, attorneys who work closely with startups, and entrepreneurs who have received angel funding.
What you will learn:
• Who are angels? What motivates them and why do they join angel networks? How do they differ from and work with venture capital firms?
• What do angels look for in a funding application? What’s the role of IP?
• How does Tech Coast Angels work? How do companies apply, get screened, and get funded?
• What are typical structures for angel investments? What are the implications for the company?
• What happens after funding?
• What does the process look like from the company’s perspective?
Who should attend:
Founders, CEOs, and managers who are seeking funding, as well as scientists and technology experts considering a business start-up in need of Angel financing.
About the Presenters:
Jack Florio, Board Member, Tech Coast Angels
Jack is Senior Vice President with Brinson Patrick Securities Corporation, a New York based investment banking boutique serving the equity capital raising needs of small cap to Fortune 500 publicly traded companies. He is also Vice President, Marketing and Communications and an active Life Science investor with San Diego Tech Coast Angels, the largest angel investor network in the United States.
Previously Jack had a 30-year career with Eli Lilly and Company where he held a number of senior management positions in the US and abroad until 2001.
Jack arrived in San Diego in April 2001 and has taken on full and part time senior management roles in seven different biotech and medical device companies in the US, Europe, and China..
Jack also is very active in the community in a variety of roles including working with CONNECT on Springboard panels and other programs. Jack is currently on the boards of the San Diego Chapter of the American Liver Foundation, the San Diego Venture Group and BIOCOM as well as Amplyx Pharmaceuticals and IYIA Technologies.
Marty Waters, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Martin (Marty) Waters represents numerous public and private growth companies, primarily in the life sciences and telecommunications industries, in a general counsel capacity. He also handles a wide variety of complex commercial transactions for clients, including public offerings of equity and debt securities; friendly and hostile mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures; licensing transactions; venture capital financings; equipment leasing transactions; and the formation of partnerships, strategic alliances, and joint ventures.
Jon Carder, founder and CEO, Mojo Pages
Jon Carder has a proven track record of starting, growing and managing highly successful Internet marketing companies. His previous company, Client Shop, was named San Diego’s fastest growing company. ClientShop employed over 160 people with offices in the US and internationally. ClientShop facilitated over 1 million consumer loan requests for $10 billion in loan value and was successfully sold to IdeaLab in 2006. Mojopages leverages the same executive team and is a natural progression of the internet marketing expertise developed at ClientShop.
More Speakers to be announced.
Date: March 23, 2010
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (Registration begins 7:30 a.m.)
Location: The Offices of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
12235 El Camino Real
San Diego, CA 92130
Note: A light breakfast will be provided for participants.
Contact: Linda Wells
Email: lmwells@connect.org
Phone: 858-964-1319
Fees: Pre-Registration $45.
At the Door $65.
Space is limited, register early!
*Registration will close on or before March 22nd.
Register Here
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Mar 23rd, 2010 (Tue) |
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
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Frontiers in Science & Technology: A Non-Invasive Wireless Window into the Brain
Category: Frontiers in Science & Technology CONNECT Frontiers in Science and Technology
In partnership with Morrison & Forester LLP
presents
A Non-Invasive Wireless Window into the Brain
Presented by:
Philip Low, Ph.D.
Founder, Chairman & CEO, NeuroVigil, Inc.
Adjunct Professor, Stanford School of Medicine
Visiting Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Affiliate, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Program Overview:
Severe neuropathologies are usually diagnosed after significant, largely irreversible brain damage has already occurred. Dr. Low's goal is for people to reliably have access to their own brain health in real time, well in advance of the onset of cognitive symptoms. To this end, he has developed groundbreaking computational techniques which do not require data from loud and costly brain scanners or multichannel electrode arrays which restrict a person's overall ability to freely interact with the world. Instead, these algorithms allow for a rapid quantification, analysis, and classification of data from a single channel of electroencephalogram (EEG); prevent the need for manual analysis; and use the dynamic range of sleep EEGs as a window into brain activity.
These new techniques have made possible the identification of known brain patterns in unexpected places, such as in birds, as well as novel brain patterns in humans including a novel human sleep state. Dr. Low will discuss these findings and cover new approaches NeuroVigil has developed to dramatically simplify the collection of single-channel data in humans and other species, including the iBrain, enabling widespread comparative analysis of neural activity as well as early testing of novel pharmaceutical drugs.
Who Should Attend:
Scientists, engineers, physicians, healthcare leaders, venture capitalists, technology and life sciences professionals, services providers, and business leaders.
About the Speaker:
Dr. Philip Steven Low received his undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago where he studied Mathematics, Neuroscience and Physics, and invented novel neurosurgical techniques undermining the role neuroscientists have attributed to the Neocortex. He did is graduate work at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, which he attended on the recommendation of the late Francis Crick, Nobel Laureate of DNA fame. At Salk, Dr. Low invented the SPEARS algorithm and authored one of the shortest Ph.D. theses on record, "A New Way to Look at Sleep: Separation & Convergence," a one-page solution to a longstanding problem in brainwave analysis. The experimental and computational methods Dr. Low has developed challenge our understanding of brainwaves during sleeping and awake states in humans and across species. His work has been featured in technical and popular articles including, CNN, The MIT Technology Review, The Huffington Post, The New Scientist, The Economist, The New York Times, etc., and has garnered awards from the National Science Foundation, Merck & Co., The Ray Thomas Edwards and Kavli Foundations for Innovative Research, as well as five awards from the Sloan and Swartz Foundations and an extraordinary ability recognition in the field of brain signal detection from the United States Government.
To bring his innovations to the market, Dr. Low founded NeuroVigil, Inc., an award-winning wireless neurodiagnostics company comprising several nobel laureates and founders of Fortune 500 companies. The company, which develops the iBrain, a wireless iPod for the brain, and assists many of the world’s top pharmaceutical companies with outpatient drug evaluations, won the 2008 annual Draper Fisher Jurvetson 250K Venture Challenge, the UC San Diego 50K Entrepreneurship Competition and delivered the IN3 MedTech Investment in Medicine Summit Keynote Address. The company is backed by some of the world’s savviest entrepreneurs, including Qualcomm’s Irwin Jacobs.
Event Details:
Date: March 23, 2010
Time: 12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m.
Location: AMN Healthcare
12400 High Bluff Drive # 100
San Diego, CA 92130
Note: Lunch will be provided for participants.
Contact: Bethany Kraynack
Email: bkraynack@connect.org
Phone: 858-964-1312
Fees: CONNECT Members: $15
Non-Members: $25
Students: $10
At the Door $35
Register Here
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CONNECT FrameWorks Workshops present Introduction to IP
Category: FrameWorks Workshops In partnership with Sughrue Mion PLLC
Program Overview:
An understanding of intellectual property is essential to companies, universities, entrepreneurs, researchers and inventors. Anyone involved in innovation--from gene therapy treatments to surfboard designs--needs to know what their IP is and how to protect it.
This introductory survey will provide you with the ability to identify intellectual property and determine how to best protect it--including patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. The program will also focus specifically on the patent process, including strategies for protecting your IP on a budget and recent legal changes that affect IP rights.
What you will learn:
• Identifying IP and choosing the appropriate mode of legal protection;
• How the patent process works - from filing to obtaining a patent;
• Recent changes in patent law and how they affect your industry
Who should attend:
Founders, CEOs, entrepreneurs, in-house legal counsel, researchers, innovators and any person involved in developing new technologies.
Please, no competing attorneys.
About the Presenters:
Karen Dow is a partner in the San Diego office of Sughrue Mion, PLLC where she focuses on patent prosecution and client counseling. Ms. Dow has more than 20 years of patent experience in biotechnology and pharmaceutical issues, including work as patent counsel for Eli Lilly and Company and Triton Biosciences. More..
Ruthleen Uy prepares and prosecutes applications relating to the computer software, mechanical and electrical arts. Such work has included applications directed to areas of computers including computer hardware and computer architecture, telecommunications, mobile communications, voice processing, medical imaging, and networks. More..
Scott Davison is an associate in the firm’s San Diego Office, where he counsels clients in all areas of intellectual property protection. Mr. Davison prepares and prosecutes patent applications in a variety of technologies including medical devices, biotechnology, optics, imaging, signal processing, telecommunications, networking, semiconductors, software and business methods. More..
Date: April 8, 2010
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. (Registration begins 7:30 a.m.)
Location: Sanford - Burnham Institute (formerly SKCC)
10905 Road to the Cure
San Diego, CA 92121
Note: A light breakfast will be provided for participants.
Contact: Linda Wells
Email: lmwells@connect.org
Phone: 858-964-1319
Fees: Pre-Registration $45.
At the Door $65.
Register Here
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Apr 22nd, 2010 (Thu) |
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM |
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CONNECT Entrepreneur Hall of Fame Awards Honoring Peter Preuss
Category: Entrepreneur Hall of Fame CONNECT Presents
THE ENTREPRENEUR HALL OF FAME AWARDS
Peter Preuss to be honored with CONNECT’s highest award – the Entrepreneur Hall of Fame.
Program Overview:
Join CONNECT for our prestigious Hall of Fame Luncheon honoring computer software pioneer and philanthropist Peter Preuss. Hall of Fame brings together San Diego’s biotech and high tech leaders and educators to honor individuals who have achieved distinction in their career for founding, leading or advancing a San Diego life sciences or technology-based business or organization. Such entrepreneurs have contributed to the business sectors that shape our local economy, improve our quality of life and continue to inspire future generations of innovators and entrepreneurs.
An expected sold-out audience of 250 will celebrate the achievements of this visionary leader. Peter will tell his story through a live interview with Cox’s 4 San Diego anchor Jane Mitchell. Peter created revolutionary change in the computer software industry as president of Integrated Software Systems Corporation (ISSCO) which he founded in 1970. ISSCO software transformed computing by giving businesses the capability to do complex graphics without the need for professional programmers. Peter built ISSCO into the nation’s leading independent maker of computer graphics software for mainframe and mini-computers. As a community builder, he created The Preuss School to educate and inspire today’s underprivileged students into becoming tomorrow’s innovators. As a philanthropist he has been instrumental in the development, growth and success of such organizations as CONNECT, The Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (formerly Burnham Institute for Medical Research) and The Preuss Foundation for Brain Tumor Research (among many others). Preuss was appointed to a full term as Regent of the University of California in 1996 and his professional, civic and community impact has been extensive. Please join us in honoring him for his achievements.
Benefits of Attending:
High-level networking with the elite San Diego business, academic, life sciences and technology communities.
Be there first-hand as Peter Preuss shares his inspirational story during a live interview.
Position yourself among San Diego’s business leaders and demonstrate your commitment to our innovation economy.
Who should attend:
Business leaders in the San Diego life sciences, research and technology industries.
Date: April 22, 2010
Time: 11:30am – 1:30pm (Registration begins 11:00am)
Location: Estancia La Jolla
9700 N. Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037
Contact: Taylor Peterson
Email: tpeterson@connect.org
Phone: 858-964-1341
Fees:
Individual Cost:
CONNECT Member $150
CONNECT Non-member $175
Table of 10 Cost:
CONNECT Member $1,500
CONNECT Non-member $1,700
Young Innovators Table: $2,500
(See below for more information about the Young Innovators Program)
Register Here
For more information, please contact Taylor Peterson at tpeterson@connect.org or 858-964-1341.
Sponsored by Cox
About the Young Innovators Program:
The CONNECT Young Innovator Program, launched in 2004, is an endeavor to support and encourage San Diego’s next generation of great innovators and entrepreneurs. The program provides San Diego students the opportunity to attend CONNECT’s highly visible community events as the personal guest of the region’s leaders in business and academia. Through the Young Innovator Program, local high school and college level students receive personal interaction with San Diego’s key high-tech and life science innovators and entrepreneurs. CONNECT is currently offering Young Innovator sponsorships at the annual Most Innovative New Product “MIP” Awards and Hall of Fame luncheon events.
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High Tech Night @ the Opera
Category: Community Events San Diego Opera presents:
High Tech Night @ the Opera
Opera: La Traviata
Date: Friday, April 23, 2010
Time:
6:30pm - Pre-opera networking reception
8:00pm - La Traviata
9:00pm - Dessert reception
Location: Civic Theatre
3rd & B Streets
San Diego, CA 92101
Cost: $155 - $275 per person.
Special Event Package Required.
Visit: www.sdopera.com
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The Power of Angel Investing Seminar - Presented by the San Diego Tech Coast Angels
Category: CONNECT General Program overview:
The San Diego Tech Coast Angels (SDTCA) are pleased to offer a full-day seminar on angel investing to the San Diego community. This seminar was developed by the Kauffman Foundation, the leading center for entrepreneurial education in the country and is now offered by the Angel Capital Education Foundation. This seminar has been delivered on over 100 occasions in four countries. TCA licensed this product from Kauffman in 2002 and successfully delivered the seminar ten times in San Diego.
Who should attend:
All individuals who are interested in learning about the specifics of angel investing
Successful entrepreneurs who have exited their businesses and have interest in staying involved in early stage companies
High net-worth individuals with senior business/entrepreneur experience and an interest in investing in early stage companies.
Entrepreneurial support professionals, university faculty and policy makers who are preparing their client entrepreneurs for the angel investing process
Subjects covered in the curriculum:
How angel funding fits in
Is angel investing right for you?
Angel portfolio strategy
Due diligence
Structuring the deal
Valuation
The post investment relationship
About the presenters:
This seminar features local experts in high growth ventures and early stage investing opportunities, including seasoned angel investors with diverse investment experience, tax and legal experts, and angel-financed entrepreneurs.
John May is chair-emeritus of the Angel Capital Association (formerly a program of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation), and is a lead instructor for their "Power of Angel Investing" seminars. He is the co-author of two books, Every Business Needs an Angel (Crown Business: 2001) and State of the Art: An Executive Briefing on Cutting-Edge Practices in American Angel Investing (Darden Publishing: 2003). He is on the investment committee of Verde Ventures (Conservation International), and is a Batten Fellow at the University of Virginia’s Darden Business School. John has lectured on angel investing in over 20 foreign countries.
DATE:
May 10, 2010 - Monday
TIME:
7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
*Breakfast, Lunch, and Cocktail
Reception Included
LOCATION:
The Offices of Mintz Levin
3580 Carmel Mountain Road
Suite 300
San Diego, CA 92130
COST:
Free - New SDTCA Members who have joined in the past 12 months AND have never attended the seminar before.
$125 - New members of OC, LA, WS/SB, IE TCA who have joined in the last 12 months AND have never attended the seminar before.
$250 - Member of any TCA network or CONNECT
$350 - General Registration
First come, first serve!
Space is limited, so please register today!
Register Here
For additional program information, please contact Laura Parsons at 858.964.1302 or lparsons@connect.org
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May 20th, 2010 (Thu) |
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
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Connect with CONNECT
Category: Connect with CONNECT Connect with CONNECT
San Diego's Premier Networking Event
Lead Sponsor: Mintz Levin P.C.
Support Sponsor: Hilton Garden Inn
Program Overview
CONNECT invites you to attend our signature networking reception, which attracts more than 350 leaders from San Diego's most innovative industries. The theme of this event is Convergence, and our purpose is to bring together all of San Diego’s industry clusters who setup displays of their innovative technology. Bring a handful of business cards and take advantage of this unparalleled opportunity to renew your life sciences and high tech connections and meet business leaders from all San Diego's technology clusters.
Who Should Attend
CEOs, capital providers, VPs, directors, senior managers and other professionals who are interested in maximizing their connections within the community. Innovators, entrepreneurs, academic faculty and students who are looking for a one-stop introduction to the vast array of industries and business opportunities in San Diego.
Date:
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Time:
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Place:
Mintz Levin P.C.
3580 Carmel Mountain Road
San Diego, CA 92130
Event will take place in the outdoor courtyard.
Cost:
$15 for Students
$30 for CONNECT members
$55 for Non-members
$65 Day of event (walk-ins)
Register Here
Questions?
Please contact Taylor Peterson at 858.964.1341 or tpeterson@connect.org
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