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<H2 CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>Brea</SPAN>kfast with an Investor: Murat Aktihanoglu, Managing Director,</H2>
<H2 CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator</SPAN></H2>
<H2 CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>Thursday, October 19th, 8.30 am 10 am</SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></H2>
<H2 CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>Our thanks to </SPAN><A HREF="https://kettlespace.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">Kettlespace</A> <SPAN>for hosting. Continental Breakfast included.</SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></H2>
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<H2 CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>Hosted by Bonnie Halper, Editor, </SPAN><A HREF="http://startuponestop.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow"><SPAN>StartupOneStop</SPAN></A><SPAN> Newsletter; </SPAN></H2>
<H2 CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>Contributor, <A HREF="https://www.thememo.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">The Memo</A></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></H2>
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<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN><STRONG>About our guest Investor:</STRONG> Murat Aktihanoglu (and its pronounced Akti-<I>han</I>-o-lu, in case you were wondering; in Turkish, the g is always silent) is a computer scientist, entrepreneur, investor & author. He is the co-founder & Managing Director at ERA (<SPAN><SPAN CLASS="MsoHyperlink">http://eranyc.com</SPAN></SPAN>), an early-stage investment fund & technology accelerator in New York City with a portfolio of 139+ & growing companies since 2011, (and were proud to have been selected as one of the first mentors for the program).</SPAN></P>
<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>Were hosting Murat again, as </SPAN><STRONG>ERA is now accepting applications for its Winter 2018 NYC Accelerator Program</STRONG><SPAN><STRONG>,</STRONG> so we want you to have an opportunity to meet him, & get your questions answered. ERA invests $100K in seed funding & gives entrepreneurs access to NYCs leading mentor network & community, including exposure to 350+ industry leaders & 139 alumni companies. The accelerator works with companies intensively throughout the 4 month program, & continues to support them all the way through an exit. Since 2011, ERA Alumni have raised $250M & grown to more than $1.3B in combined valuation.</SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN>Deadline: Nov. 6th, Program Start: Jan 8th. Apply here: </SPAN><SPAN><A HREF="https://www.eranyc.com/apply/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow"><SPAN>https://www.eranyc.com/apply/</SPAN></A></SPAN></P>
<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>FYI, Murat is also the founder of Entrepreneurs Roundtable, a non-profit that helps entrepreneurs & startups in New York, Turkey, Japan, S.Korea, Norway, Ireland & more. Which means that he travels a lot & were lucky that he found the time to grace us with his presence, & expertise: he is also a Mentor at New York City Venture Fellows Program; Advisor at </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.thinkbeyondplastic.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow"><SPAN>Think Beyond Plastic Innovation Forum</SPAN></A><SPAN>; Partner for US State Department's </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.state.gov/e/eeb/cba/entrepreneurship/gep" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow"><SPAN>Global Entrepreneurship Program</SPAN></A><SPAN>; & Advisor to </SPAN><A HREF="http://startupfdn.org/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow"><SPAN>The Startup Foundation</SPAN></A><SPAN>, </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.mitef-nyc.org" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow"><SPAN>MIT Enterprise Forum New York</SPAN></A><SPAN>, </SPAN><A HREF="http://girlsintechnyc.com" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow"><SPAN>Girls In Tech</SPAN></A><SPAN>, & </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.turkishwin.com/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow"><SPAN>Turkish Women's International Network</SPAN></A><SPAN>. </SPAN></P>
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<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>We keep the group small so that everyone has a chance to interact with our guest. </SPAN></P>
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