You are invited by New York Angels Education Committee & Goodwin LLP to an after-work session where a panel of experts will provide key insights to help start-ups fund their aspirations. Targeted specifically for entrepreneurs, youll hear what angel & early-stage venture capital investors look for when being pitched.
There will be refreshments, snacks & plenty of time for Q&A & networking!
Target Audience: Entrepreneurs
Desired Learning:
-How to best structure your company
-Candid assessment of the product/service vis--vis the competition
-Safeguarding your intellectual property
-Proof of concept & pivots
-Realistic revenue streams & valuations
-Exit strategies
PANELISTS:
Brian Cohen is Chairman of New York Angels, one of the most active angel groups in the world. He was the first investor in Pinterest, & numerous other industry leading startups. He is the Founding Partner of New York Venture Partners, a seed stage venture capital firm dedicated to providing an ecosystem of financing, mentorship, & strategic marketing consulting to the best entrepreneurs. Brian advises entrepreneur students at NYU & Columbia University, & is the author of What Every Angel Investor Wants You To Know: An Insider Reveals How To Get Smart Funding For Your Billion Dollar Idea. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Boston University. Brian is a Board Member of BUILD.org, headquartered in San Francisco Bay Area, with operations in Washington, Boston, & now in New York City, since 2015.
Carol Curley is the Chief Investment Officer of The Charian Group, an early stage investment vehicle. She is an active member of New York Angels, & is also currently a Managing Director at Golden Seeds, an investment firm focused on women-led businesses. Carol currently serves on the Advisory Board of Penn/Wharton Entrepreneurship & on the Investment Committee of Chestnut Street Ventures. She has previously served as an Advisor to the Prosper Startup Accelerator in St Louis; a mentor to the Pipeline Angels; the New York Advisory Board of Astia; the Board & Executive Committee of Investors Circle, a network of socially-responsible private investors; the Board & Investment Committee of The Dallas Womens Foundation, & the Board of The Womens Opportunity Fund, a non-profit microlending enterprise. Carol writes about topics impacting early-stage investing through her blog - https://womeninvest.nyc
Steve Davis is a partner in Goodwin Laws Business Law Department & a member of the Technology Companies Group & the Life Sciences, Capital Markets, & Clean Tech Practices. He has extensive experience in several areas of corporate practice with a focus on venture capital, corporate finance & securities, mergers & acquisitions, private equity & corporate counseling. Steve is also a key contributor to the Goodwin Founders Workbench, an online resource for start-ups, emerging companies & the entrepreneurial community. He serves as an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School in Start-Up Law & is a Lecturer in Venture at the Columbia Business School. Steve joined Goodwin in 2008.
Heather Zhuang is an Investor at Two Sigma Ventures, an early stage fund based in NYC that seeks companies who are delivering change through data-driven science & engineering, to any industry vertical. Prior to joining TSV in 2015, Heather was a quantitative researcher at Two Sigma Investments, where she developed algorithms to model the financial markets, & sort colleagues into lunch groups for fun. She also worked on strategic data analytics & reporting projects for HR, legal, & accounting. Heather credits her fascination with science & technology to black holes, bad weather in the MidWest, & Age of Empires. In her spare time, she's exploring technologies that could augment people-to-people communication, & "missing" data that should be collected for the public good. Heather studied Economics & Statistics at Harvard, & is a National American Miss titleholder.
MODERATOR:
Nathan Sambul provides marketing strategy & communication services, with expertise in market research, advertising, public relations, knowledge management, & consumer behavior. He is a mentor & investor in start-up operations in the U.S., France, & Israel. He is also a visiting professor in strategic marketing to the MBA programs at ISM (International School of Management) & ISEG (l'Institut Suprieur Europen de Gestion) both in Paris. He is the author of Top Trader's Guide to Technical Analysis, published by Dearborn Financial Publishing, & was the editor in chief of The Handbook of Private Television, published by McGraw-Hill.
