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AGENDA

6:30-7:00 PM: Networking Reception 7:00-7:45 PM: Angel Investor Panel 7:45-8:00 PM: Audience Q&A 8:00-8:10 PM: Entrepreneur Pitches 8:10-8:30 PM: Networking  

ANGEL INVESTOR PANEL

Christopher Chin, CFA Vice President, Quantitative Research at Two Sigma Investments

Chris is a member of the quantitative research team at Two Sigma Investments, where he creates systematic, data-driven investment strategies that trade worldwide. He is also co-authoring Our Data, a book that explores the diversity of data that people are creating and how various segments of society can benefit from its thoughtful use. Among his personal investments, Chris serves on the board of FIP Ventures, which owns and operates most of the commercial district of Fire Island Pines. He holds a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from Brown University.

  Mark Kingdon CEO at Nifty Thrifty Mark serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Nifty Thrifty, Inc. He has also served as the Chief Executive Officer of Linden Research Inc. from May 15, 2008 to June 2010. He recruited a new management team, restructured the organization, improved the user experience, stabilized the platform, increased uptime, reignited user growth, grew revenue and acquired two companies to build a new web-based virtual goods business and add social tools to the platform. He is an angel investor in consumer internet companies such as: Twitter, Say Media, Kidzui, 140 Proof and Fab.com.   Tim Allen President & COO at Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. As an angel investor, Tim has placed seed money in health, fitness, and a few mobile start-ups. He is also President and COO of Mindspark, a division of IAC (InterActiveCorp). In this role, he oversees all management functions of the company, including operations, product teams for existing brands, new product development, marketing and communications. With an extensive career at IAC spanning 13 years, he’s served as General Manager of Vimeo, VP of Technology at Ask.com, and led the successful acquisition of Daily Burn by IAC. His passion lies in emerging technologies, creating superior product experiences, and strategic leadership. Tim began his career as Head of Product and Strategy at Combio, a private company that worked with financial institutions to power consumer offerings and built first-of-its-kind technology for dynamic content layout and configuration by end users. He holds an MBA from Northeastern University and a BS in Information Technology from the University of Massachusetts Boston.   Daphne Kis Advisor to the Markle Foundation's Initiative for America's Economic Future in a Networked World Daphne Kis is currently Advisor to the Markle Foundation's Initiative for America's Economic Future in a Networked World. With nearly 25 years experience in the technology industry and world of startups, Kis serves on the board of directors of Applywise, Style for Hire (a Golden Seeds investment), FilmBuff, and iPerceptions, a publicly-traded Canadian web analytics company where she also chairs the compensation committee. She is especially interested in women and entrepreneurship and regularly mentors young women-led companies. Kis is a board director of Young Audiences Arts for Learning, a national affiliate network that serves more than five million schoolchildren around the country. Prior to selling her company to CNET Networks, Kis was President & CEO of EDventure Holdings, publisher of Release 1.0, the information technology ‘s leading monthly report on emerging trends, and executive producer of PC Forum, the industry's premier annual executive conference. She has been angel investing since the early 90's when EDventure Ventures, an early stage fund in which she was a partner, funded the first internet provider in Hungary.  

Jared Delaney-Smith, Moderator Associate at Credit Suisse

Jared is an Associate at Credit Suisse specializing in Technology, Media & Telecom in the Equity Capital Markets division. He has pitched, marketed and executed over 50 equity offerings for a variety of clients, including SolarCity, Silver Spring Networks, Manchester United, Splunk, RealPage, NXP, Free Scale, Nielsen, Groupon, Marketo, Tableau, and Vantiv. He was recently appointed as the CS Tech ECM contact for the early-stage VC/accelerator/start-up community in New York. Prior to his career at Credit Suisse, Jared worked as an AmeriCorps corps member in the Harlem public school system. In addition to studying at the Cass School of Business in London, Jared Delaney-Smith received his dual B.B.A in Finance, Investments & Banking and Management & Human Resources from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was born and raised outside of Boston, MA.

  We will be announcing additional panelists soon.  

EVENT DETAILS

When: Tuesday, June 4, 2013 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EST Where: PricewaterhouseCoopers Building, 300 Madison Ave, New York, NY

 

EVENT HOST

Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC)

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• - The JOBs Act and the new rules on private offerings
• - Debt financing, venture capital and angel investors
• - Crowdfunding and public offerings

EVENT DETAILS

EVENT PRESENTED BY

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In the Media:

The Agency Post Fast Company AdWeek Video:

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Event Details:

Reception: 6:30-7:00 PM Facilitated Speed Networking: 7:00-8:00 PM Located at: Sailthru, 160 Varick Street, 12th Floor, New York, 10013  

Facilitator:

Jennifer Brown Founder/CEO Jennifer Brown Consulting (JBC) Jennifer Brown is a passionate advocate and social entrepreneur committed to guiding leaders and organizations to create healthier workplace cultures that resonate with current and incoming leaders. Jennifer founded JBC in 2006, with two Masters degrees (Organizational Development, Vocal Performance) and experience in both consultative training and non-profit management. She and her team have since facilitated and coached hundreds of leaders all over the world on critical issues of strategy, leadership and integrity. Her focus today is on continuing to build JBC’s triple bottom line, identifying emerging workplace trends and building more enlightened organizations with client work and outreach. Her areas of expertise include catalyzing diversity to drive innovation and business results, ERG/Affinity Group development, growing leaders in the new global, generationally-diverse and technology-connected workplace ecosystems, and aligning corporate strategy with individual, team, and societal values. Jennifer is widely quoted in the media on topics of diversity and inclusion, the changing demographics of the workforce, women’s career dynamics, and the LGBT landscape. Her thought leadership on diversity in the workplace has appeared in leading media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Crain’s, Forbes, and Sirius Radio, with recent TV appearances on Fox News, WCBS, and Better TV. As a diverse business owner herself, she is consulted on supplier diversity, drawing on insights from her own identity, as well as her vast network of diversity professionals across industries. Her pro-bono leadership positions include Out & Equal, The Women’s Presidents Organization, and the social entrepreneurship engine, Starting Bloc.  

Event Host:

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SideTour Panel:

Vipin Goyal CEO, Co-Founder Vipin is responsible for keeping the lights on at SideTour. At one point he used to have a life outside of work. However, he abandoned all of that in pursuit of helping others enjoy a world of experiences.   Lee Edwards Tech Lee is in charge of telling our computers what to do so that you can discover and book SideTours on your computer. He used to build robots for the military, and has never, ever, used that line to impress a date.   Suri Ratnatunga Community Staff Suri basically gets to hang out with the most awesome people in New York. When she’s not meeting you on a SideTour or shooting you an email, she’s making obscure references to comic books or enjoying a well-crafted cocktail.   Joanna Ehrenreich Business Development Joanna works on bringing the SideTour love to new cities. She fell hard for us during her internship and still can't get over how great it is to "work" on the weekends attending clambakes and jazz salons.  

Moderator:

Mike Dalessio Director, Pivotal Labs NYC Mike is the general manager of Pivotal's software consultancy business in NYC. He loves helping entrepreneurs and developers work with Pivotal's staff of developers, designers and product managers to turn ideas into working software for web and mobile.  

RSVP REQUIRED $35 Early Bird Admission (limited number of tickets at this price) $55 General Admission (includes program, dinner and open bar) When: Tuesday, March 5th from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM Where: Pivotal Labs, 841 Broadway, 8th Floor (Union Square, btwn 13/14th St.)

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Speaker

Charlie Kim, Founder & CEO, Next Jump Charlie founded Next Jump in 1994 in his college dorm room while going through school on financial aid. Next Jump grew through the first dot-com bubble to 150 employees, and survived the dot-com bust atering shrinking down to 4 employees in January 2002. The company became profitable that same year, continued investing aggressively. As Next Jump grew over the years, Charlie began to realize the importance of developing his WHY and how it ties into Next Jump’s story. Charlie’s main source of inspiration is from his Dad, who is one of the most famous corn scientists in the world, determined to end world hunger. Next Jump is focused on doing many little things that allow others to do the great things they are meant to do. Next Jump is a living example of using the power of business to dramatically impact the world in a positive way. HOW they do it is through cultural investments in Better Me + Better You = Better Us. Programs to continuously develop NxJumpers and programs to help others. Reserve Your Ticket Now [post_title] => Founder Institute: Startup Ideation Bootcamp [post_category] => 0 [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => open [post_password] => [post_name] => fi-startup-ideation-bootcamp [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2013-01-23 18:49:38 [post_modified_gmt] => 2013-01-24 01:49:38 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://startout.org/?post_type=event&p=4509 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => event [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [6] => stdClass Object ( [event_id] => 43 [post_id] => 4501 [Venue] => 26 [StartDate] => 2013-02-12 [EndDate] => 2013-02-12 [StartTime] => 19:00:00 [FinishTime] => 21:00:59 [event_schedule] => once [event_schedule_meta] => [event_frequency] => 1 [event_occurrence] => 0 [event_allday] => 0 [reoccurrence_start] => 2013-02-12 [reoccurrence_end] => 2013-02-12 [ID] => 4501 [post_author] => 21 [post_date] => 2013-01-22 12:26:38 [post_date_gmt] => 2013-01-22 19:26:38 [post_content] =>   Join the StartOut community for a private and fun-filled LGBT networking event at the Tribeca Grand Hotel. Come and meet LGBT entrepreneurs at all stages; from aspiring to seasoned, start-up to serial, and the people who help make them successful (investors, lawyers, bankers and professionals from every background). It will be a terrific opportunity to socialize and exchange ideas and interests with others who share a passion for entrepreneurship.  

Event Details

RSVP Required | Arrive early for drink specials | Festive Attire Admission to the Tribeca Grand Bar & Lounge included Located at Two 6th Avenue, New York, NY, 10013 Tuesday, February 12th, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM StartOut is a 501(c)3 organization

 

Media Sponsors

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• -  best practices in developing a business plan,
• -  the importance and advantages in developing a banking relationship, and
• -  the legal and tax issues associated with forming a limited liability company, a partnership and a corporation, including S corporation.

WHEN:

Tuesday, January 29, 2013 6:00pm – 7:00pm – Panel discussion and Q&A 7:00pm – 8:00pm – Cocktails and networking

WHERE:

Heartland Brewery at Times Square 127 W. 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036       [post_title] => The Essentials of Starting a Business [post_category] => 0 [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => open [post_password] => [post_name] => mcc-essentials [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2013-01-09 08:22:30 [post_modified_gmt] => 2013-01-09 15:22:30 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://startout.org/?post_type=event&p=4437 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => event [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [8] => stdClass Object ( [event_id] => 36 [post_id] => 4098 [Venue] => 33 [StartDate] => 2013-01-22 [EndDate] => 2013-01-22 [StartTime] => 18:00:00 [FinishTime] => 21:00:59 [event_schedule] => once [event_schedule_meta] => [event_frequency] => 1 [event_occurrence] => 0 [event_allday] => 0 [reoccurrence_start] => 2013-01-22 [reoccurrence_end] => 2013-01-22 [ID] => 4098 [post_author] => 21 [post_date] => 2012-12-12 13:05:20 [post_date_gmt] => 2012-12-12 20:05:20 [post_content] => StartOut and the Center's Young Leaders Council (YLC) invite you to an incubator workshop where first-time entrepreneurs will meet with seasoned StartOut mentors, who represent the top minds in their respective fields. Get advice, knowledge and resources on how to start your scalable business. As a first-time entrepreneur, you will walk away from the event with clarity around your business concept in the form of a one-page business concept statement. This event will entail various interactive components, with mentors engaging directly with participants and sharing their personal entrepreneurial experiences. This is an event not to be missed. Register now, as space is limited. Please RSVP under your respective organization below.

Meet the Mentors:

 

Bryan Janeczko

Bryan Janeczko is a proven entrepreneur who’s committed to helping startups succeed. Through his efforts with the Founder Institute, StartOut.org and Wicked Start, he is helping entrepreneurs navigate the startup process through mentorship, education, and experience. His latest venture, Wicked Start, is an e-learning platform allowing entrepreneurs to plan, fund and launch successful new ventures. This platform is also being private labeled by institutions and universities to fuel their entrepreneurship programs and planning competitions. Prior to Wicked Start, Bryan cofounded NuKitchen, an online diet delivery service, that he built from the ground up, including the development of a proprietary online order management system. Within five years, the business was acquired by Nutrisystem, the national diet & weight loss company. Bryan originally began his career in finance and earned his MBA at NYU’s Stern School of Business.  

Darren Spedale

Darren Spedale is Co-Founder of A-List Global Media LLC, a media and entertainment company that produces consumer products. Its first product, PopCardz, has been sold in over 5,000 stores globally such as Wal-Mart, Target, KMart, and dozens of other chains. Before business school, he spent two years with a start-up venture that raised funds for non-profit organizations through online activities and unique content. He has served as an advisor to several start-ups. Mr. Spedale was previously an Investment Banker at Lehman Brothers covering technology companies, where he executed numerous transactions related to mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, financings and IPOs, and was a co-founder of Lehman’s Venture Capital Coverage initiative. Mr. Spedale has additionally practiced law as a Corporate Attorney at White & Case LLP. He also wrote a book on same-sex marriage while on a Fulbright Fellowship in Europe. He holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, a law degree from Stanford Law School, and received a Bachelor’s degree from Duke University.  

Jennifer Brown

Jennifer Brown is a passionate advocate and social entrepreneur committed to guiding leaders and organizations to create healthier workplace cultures that resonate with current and incoming leaders. Jennifer founded JBC in 2006, with two Masters degrees (Organizational Development, Vocal Performance) and experience in both consultative training and non-profit management. She and her team have since facilitated and coached hundreds of leaders all over the world on critical issues of strategy, leadership and integrity. Her focus today is on continuing to build JBC’s triple bottom line, identifying emerging workplace trends and building more enlightened organizations with client work and outreach. Her areas of expertise include catalyzing diversity to drive innovation and business results, ERG/Affinity Group development, growing leaders in the new global, generationally-diverse and technology-connected workplace ecosystems, and aligning corporate strategy with individual, team, and societal values. Jennifer is widely quoted in the media on topics of diversity and inclusion, the changing demographics of the workforce, women’s career dynamics, and the LGBT landscape. Her thought leadership on diversity in the workplace has appeared in leading media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Crain’s, Forbes, and Sirius Radio, with recent TV appearances on Fox News, WCBS, and Better TV. As a diverse business owner herself, she is consulted on supplier diversity, drawing on insights from her own identity, as well as her vast network of diversity professionals across industries. Her pro-bono leadership positions include Out & Equal, The Women’s Presidents Organization, and the social entrepreneurship engine, Starting Bloc.  

Beatriz Helena Ramos

Beatriz is an artist and an entrepreneur. As the founder of Dancing Diablo Animation Studios, she has worked with hundreds of artists, and has directed, designed, animated and produced over a hundred videos and commercials for TV and the web. She has built puppets in Prague, bathed elephants in Thailand, scuba dived in the Red Sea, driven 16 hours to see an iceberg, fallen off a cliff in Armenia, wandered inside the White House, and had lunch with Noam Chomsky (not on the same day). She is currently learning French, writing a horror movie and seriously considering taking flying lessons. She sometimes feels like joining a guerrilla; instead she decided to change the world by empowering artists. DADA is her third start up. A true New Yorker, she is a doer, but she not longer owns a cell phone.  

Evan Horowitz

Evan empowers entrepreneurs to grow their businesses faster and smarter. He works with talented business owners whose dreams are bigger than their business experience. Evan brings his experience: his Harvard MBA and 10 years of managing businesses as big as $250 Million. Through his company Evan Horowitz Advising, Evan enables successful entrepreneurs to rapidly take their business to the next level. Whether it’s accelerating customer acquisition, securing the next round of funding, or scaling the team, Evan will show you the smartest, fastest way to make it happen. He also keeps his clients focused and accountable to their goals, so they make quick progress to results! Before becoming a full-time advisor, Evan managed hundred-million dollar global businesses. He has worked with global giants including Samsung, Macy’s, Walmart and Costco. Now Evan brings his big-business smarts to accelerate the growth of entrepreneurial ventures. In addition to his MBA from Harvard, Evan earned a BS in Engineering from Stanford.  

Patrick Grosso

Patrick Grosso is a technology consultant with a focus on financial programming and MIS. He is responsible for the production of custom financial reporting, intelligence and analytic tools used directly by customers whose aggregate revenues exceed 5 billion annually. Patrick’s career began at a successful Internet startup where, as their Senior Project Manager and a member of the core team, he was responsible for building the company’s infrastructure, managing its high profile clients, and leading companywide strategy initiatives. Patrick is an alumnus of Columbia University and has a background in computer engineering, accounting and economics. He is passionate about technology startups and is active in the New York startup community.

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Join the StartOut community with our friends at dot429, the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce LGBT Business Committee, and GayCityNews for a private and fun-filled holiday fundraiser and networking event at XL Lounge. Proceeds from the evening will benefit StartOut, a 501(c)3 charitable organization. Come and meet LGBT entrepreneurs at all stages; from aspiring to seasoned, start-up to serial, and the people who help make them successful (investors, lawyers, bankers and professionals from every background). It will be a terrific opportunity to socialize and exchange ideas and interests with others who share a passion for entrepreneurship.

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RSVP Required | Arrive early for drink specials | Festive Attire Admission to XL Nightclub, Cabaret & Lounge included Located at 512 W. 42nd St., New York, NY, 10036 Saturday, December 8th, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM StartOut is a 501(c)3 organization

       

      

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StartOut is pleased to invite you to “Meet The Angel Investors,” featuring active angels in the New York area who invest in early-stage companies. Our panel of angel investors will address their background, experiences, describe what they look for in potential investments, and more! This is an interactive experience with a Q&A session between with audience and angel investors, followed by a StartOut networking reception. As a special component of this panel event, StartOut is seeking a select few LGBT entrepreneurs to pitch their business ideas to our angel investors. To be considered, please send us an email to info@startout.org with a brief description and a pitch deck (no more than four slides). The angels will judge each pitch, and those who receive high scores will be given the chance to meet with the angels offline to discuss their startup more in depth.  

AGENDA

6:30-7:00 PM: Networking Reception 7:00-7:45 PM: Angel Investor Panel 7:45-8:00 PM: Audience Q&A 8:00-8:10 PM: Entrepreneur Pitches 8:10-8:30 PM: Networking  

ANGEL INVESTOR PANEL

Christopher Chin, CFA Vice President, Quantitative Research at Two Sigma Investments

Chris is a member of the quantitative research team at Two Sigma Investments, where he creates systematic, data-driven investment strategies that trade worldwide. He is also co-authoring Our Data, a book that explores the diversity of data that people are creating and how various segments of society can benefit from its thoughtful use. Among his personal investments, Chris serves on the board of FIP Ventures, which owns and operates most of the commercial district of Fire Island Pines. He holds a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from Brown University.

  Mark Kingdon CEO at Nifty Thrifty Mark serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Nifty Thrifty, Inc. He has also served as the Chief Executive Officer of Linden Research Inc. from May 15, 2008 to June 2010. He recruited a new management team, restructured the organization, improved the user experience, stabilized the platform, increased uptime, reignited user growth, grew revenue and acquired two companies to build a new web-based virtual goods business and add social tools to the platform. He is an angel investor in consumer internet companies such as: Twitter, Say Media, Kidzui, 140 Proof and Fab.com.   Tim Allen President & COO at Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. As an angel investor, Tim has placed seed money in health, fitness, and a few mobile start-ups. He is also President and COO of Mindspark, a division of IAC (InterActiveCorp). In this role, he oversees all management functions of the company, including operations, product teams for existing brands, new product development, marketing and communications. With an extensive career at IAC spanning 13 years, he’s served as General Manager of Vimeo, VP of Technology at Ask.com, and led the successful acquisition of Daily Burn by IAC. His passion lies in emerging technologies, creating superior product experiences, and strategic leadership. Tim began his career as Head of Product and Strategy at Combio, a private company that worked with financial institutions to power consumer offerings and built first-of-its-kind technology for dynamic content layout and configuration by end users. He holds an MBA from Northeastern University and a BS in Information Technology from the University of Massachusetts Boston.   Daphne Kis Advisor to the Markle Foundation's Initiative for America's Economic Future in a Networked World Daphne Kis is currently Advisor to the Markle Foundation's Initiative for America's Economic Future in a Networked World. With nearly 25 years experience in the technology industry and world of startups, Kis serves on the board of directors of Applywise, Style for Hire (a Golden Seeds investment), FilmBuff, and iPerceptions, a publicly-traded Canadian web analytics company where she also chairs the compensation committee. She is especially interested in women and entrepreneurship and regularly mentors young women-led companies. Kis is a board director of Young Audiences Arts for Learning, a national affiliate network that serves more than five million schoolchildren around the country. Prior to selling her company to CNET Networks, Kis was President & CEO of EDventure Holdings, publisher of Release 1.0, the information technology ‘s leading monthly report on emerging trends, and executive producer of PC Forum, the industry's premier annual executive conference. She has been angel investing since the early 90's when EDventure Ventures, an early stage fund in which she was a partner, funded the first internet provider in Hungary.  

Jared Delaney-Smith, Moderator Associate at Credit Suisse

Jared is an Associate at Credit Suisse specializing in Technology, Media & Telecom in the Equity Capital Markets division. He has pitched, marketed and executed over 50 equity offerings for a variety of clients, including SolarCity, Silver Spring Networks, Manchester United, Splunk, RealPage, NXP, Free Scale, Nielsen, Groupon, Marketo, Tableau, and Vantiv. He was recently appointed as the CS Tech ECM contact for the early-stage VC/accelerator/start-up community in New York. Prior to his career at Credit Suisse, Jared worked as an AmeriCorps corps member in the Harlem public school system. In addition to studying at the Cass School of Business in London, Jared Delaney-Smith received his dual B.B.A in Finance, Investments & Banking and Management & Human Resources from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was born and raised outside of Boston, MA.

  We will be announcing additional panelists soon.  

EVENT DETAILS

When: Tuesday, June 4, 2013 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EST Where: PricewaterhouseCoopers Building, 300 Madison Ave, New York, NY

 

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