Join us April 22nd for a keynote speech by David S. Rose, one of the foremost angel investors and serial entrepreneurs. David will share his vision of the Future of Startup Financing as he is uniquely positioned to do. He will also be able to discuss his new book available April 28 on Amazon.com :
Angel Investing: The Gust Guide to Making Money and Having Fun Investing in Startupswill be the first complete, up to date, guide to the subject, including what angel investing is, how one gets started, how to find deal flow, evaluate opportunities, negotiate terms, join an angel group, structure investments, work with venture capital funds, and, of course, use the Gust platform to do all of the above.
We expect a strong turnout and have reserved a large room at Brooklyn Law School.
Attendees have a chance to get free books from our Focal Press Sponsor including: Games as Service, Blogging for Photographers, HTML 5, Vintage Games. We may also provide several free copies of David's new book onsite (or ship them to randomly selected attendees).
Sorry, no food or drinks are allowed in this room.
Cash admission is charged at the door. Discounts for more than one attendee on the same rsvp.
About David S. Rose:
David S. Rose is a serial entrepreneur who crossed the aisle to become one of the country's leading angel investors... and then crossed back to found Gust, filling a major need in the rapidly growing world of early stage investing.
As an entrepreneur, David has founded half a dozen companies since his first one at the age of ten, and has personally raised tens of millions of dollars of venture, strategic and institutional capital. He was named to the Inc 500 list as CEO of one of the country's fastest growing private companies, and has been described as a 'world conquering entrepreneur' by BusinessWeek.
As an angel investor, David founded and chairs New York Angels, one of the largest and most active angel investment groups in the US. He has personally invested in over 70 early stage companies, and serves on the boards of directors of KoolSpan, Magnify Networks, Social Bomb, comiXology, and Pond5.
Outside of Gust, David is Managing Principal of Rose Tech Ventures, Chairman of Egret Capital Partners, and Track Chair for Finance, Entrepreneurship and Economics at Singularity University. He has been dubbed "The Pitch Coach" by BusinessWeek for his work with early stage entrepreneurs, a "top dog in tech"; by Crains New York Business, and "patriarch of Silicon Alley" by Red Herring magazine.
His new book will be released April 28: The Official Gust Guide to Angel Investing.
David writes about early stage investing and entrepreneurship on Quora and Twitter as @davidsrose and on his blog, rose.vc/angelnotes.
