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Venture Capital Speaker Series & Networking
New York Entrepreneurs, Startup & Business Coalition
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DownToDash
Tuesday, August 14, 2018 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM (EST)
New York, NY
6:30- 6:45 pm- Meet & Greet
6:45- 7:45 pm- Speaker Address + Q&A
7:45- 8:30 pm- Networking
Agenda:
Introduction
Raising Venture Capital Funding & Panel Discussions
What do VCs want in the founder?
What is the best way to get in touch with Angel Investors or VCS?
What are the biggest mistakes founders make when pitching VCS?
Advice on how founders should calculate & justify their valuation at an early stage.
Q&A with audience
Speakers:
Allison Williams - Newark Venture Partners
AllisonWilliams is Director of NVP Labs, a "bridge-to-seed" accelerator program at Newark Venture Partners. NVP Labs invests in early-traction B2B businesses that have strategic alignment with NVP's corporate LPs (Audible/Amazon, Prudential, Dun & Bradstreet, Panasonic, RWJBarnabas & others). Before moving to venture,Allisonbecame a seasoned leader with CEO & COO experience & a proven track record of driving expansive growth in startup technology companies. As founder & CEO at Yarly, in two & a half years,Allisonassembled a talented technical team, built a cross platform mobile application, established a nationwide distributed salesforce & achieved profitability. In mid-2015, Yarly was acquired by YesVideo, a top competitor which powers over 30,000 retail locations, andAllisonwas retained as an advisor. Since then,Allisonhas been COO of a multi-national influencer brokerage software company (top clients include L'Oreal & Heineken) as well as Head of Strategy for a leader in the live streaming video space (top clients include Univision & Monumental Sports).Allisonis a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School & Columbia Business School.Allisonadvises startups on a variety of areas from strategic planning to product/market fit to fundraising. If interested in connecting, please connect over LinkedIn or Twitter, @allisonstrousew.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/allisonstrousewilliams/
Matthew Hartman - Betaworks Ventures
Matt Hartman is a partner atbetaworks ventures. Prior to joining betaworks, Matt built ReferBoost (licensed toApartments.com), & was at Hot Potato (acquired by Facebook). He began his career building the technology platform for Trammell Crow Company (acquired by CBRE) & is the inventor of Patent #8189781 related to the protection of digital images. Matt studied Cognitive Science & Computer Science at the University of Pennsylvania & holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. You can find Matt's writing & contact information athttp://hrt.mn
Diane Henry - Technology Angel Investor & IndependentInvestorwithRogueCapitalCollectiveRogue is an angel investment vehicle created by founder turned startup strategist & seed investor, Diane Henry. Prior to Rogue, Diane dedicated 10 years to the successful operation & expansion of her Manhattan based commercial real estate company, landing her in Forbes Company to Watch. After bootstrapping her first business & effectively navigating her team through multiple market meltdowns, including the crisis of 2008, she brings her combination of agile, purposeful leadership & entrepreneurial grit to her advisory work with young companies. She speaks frequently on topics related to leadership, entrepreneurship, innovation, product development & technology ethics. Diane is a graduate of New York University.
John Ason - Angel Investor
John Ason has been an angel investor for over 21 years specializing in early stage prerevenue companies. He has made over eighty eclectic investments in the areas of ecommerce, technology, advertising, digital social media & entertainment. Of his eighty companies there are 20 female founders, 12 international companies & 30 currently active companies. Some of John's notable exits include Xlibris, LiveLOOK sold to Oracle, Diapers.com sold to Amazon, Centrak sold to Halma & Jet.com sold to Walmart. The sum total of all his exits exceeds $4 billion.A typical company consists of one or two people in a garage or kitchen with minimal or no revenues. Any capital efficient industry with high growth potential qualifies with the exception of medical & biotech. As a starting point, John will accept only one page executive level summaries via email (ason@comcast.net).Prior to being an angel investor John had a career at AT&T Bell Labs. He spent the first ten years doing bleeding edge technology development & then 15 years marketing large telecommunications systems to international telecommunications companies. John guest lectures at NJIT, Fairleigh Dickinson, Rutgers, NYU, Columbia & Wharton. John is a mentor at the Entrepreneurial Roundtable, DreamIt & TechStars accelerators. John is an advisor to the Astia, 37Angels, Vinetta Project & Springboard women's organizations. John has a BS in Mathematics from the Illinois Institute of Technology. John's hobbies include art, architecture, anthropology, astrophysics, traveling, golf, & Go (Asian game). Please visit his website at JohnAson.com & his interview at http://observer.com/2016/12/investing-like-a-fox-an-interview-with-legendary-angel-investor-john-ason/
John Henry is Venture Partner of Harlem Capital Partners where he focuses on operational improvements, deal sourcing, brand management & investor relations. In addition, he is the Managing Partner of a Real Estate fund, VM Properties. John previously invested in seed stage Real Estate tech companies through an accelerator, AREA. He also hosted Open For Business, a branded podcast from eBay & Gimlet Creative about building businesses from the ground up. The show debuted at #1 on the Business Podcasts charts on iTunesAt the age of 18 John left college to pursue what became his first company, an on-demand laundry service. John quickly carved a niche out in Film & Television Production, handling wardrobe for clients such as Boardwalk Empire, Law & Order: SVU, Power & more. Within just two years of launching Mobile City, the company was successfully acquired. Afterwards, John cofounded a non-profit incubator, Cofound Harlem, with a mission to incubate over 100 companies north of 96th street in New York City.John is also an avid speaker; delivering keynotes at conferences such as Big Omaha, Aruba Tech Conference, Millennial Week, & more. To learn more about John Henry, visit his website. Contact at john@harlem.capital
Event Details:
DATE:08/14/2018LOCATION:WeWorkNoMad79 Madison AvenueNYC - 10016
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