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Key Dates

New York City Investor Forum
Thu, Jun 4th, 2009, 8:00am-05:00PM
Doing it Right in NYC: Program Details & Schedule

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Key Dates

This year's program was apart of the New York City's Entrepreneur Week.
Doing it Right NY Program: Monday, April 20th - Wednesday, April 22nd
NY Screening Day: Thursday, April 23rd
NY Investor Forum: Thursday, June 4th

Location

Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
1114 Ave of the Americas # 46
New York, NY 10036
(212) 479-6000
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Monday, April 20th

8:00am – 9:00am
9:00am – 10:30am
10:30am – 10:45am
10:45am – 12:15pm
12:15pm – 1:15pm
1:15pm – 3:15pm
3:15pm – 3:30pm
3:30pm – 5:00pm
5:00pm – 6:00pm
Registration & Breakfast
Has the Dust Settled? Angel & VC Market in 2009
Break
Capital Raising from Silicon Valley to Silicon Alley
Lunch
How to Get the Wallet Out of an Investor's Pocket
Break
Building Your Executive Team & Board
Cocktail Reception

Tuesday, April 21st

8:00am – 9:00am
9:00am – 12:00pm
12:00pm – 1:15pm
1:15pm – 3:15pm
3:15pm – 3:30pm
3:30pm – 5:00pm
Breakfast
Own Your Own Financials Workshop
Lunch
Winning Valuation and Term Sheet Strategies
Break
Alternative Sources of Funding

Wednesday, April 22nd

8:00am – 9:00am
9:00am – 10:30am
10:30am – 10:45am
10:45am – 12:15pm
12:15pm – 2:00pm
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Breakfast
Bootstrapping to Success: Go-to-Market Strategy & Sales
Break
Balancing Tomorrow's Strategy with Today's To-Do List
Entrepreneur’s Roundtable Lunch
David S. Rose on “How To Pitch!” - (Bonus!)

Monday, April 20th

Has the Dust Settled? The Angel & Venture Capital Market in 2009

Entrepreneurs will hear directly from local investors about what is getting funded today, what are typical terms and what can the entrepreneur expect when fundraising in today’s market. Conversations will be led by VCs, Angels and Corporate Business Development experts and moderated by a seasoned legal expert active in negotiating in the current business climate for startups.

Moderator:
Lori Smith, Goodwin Proctor LLP
Panelists:
Bob Greene, Contour Ventures
Stephanie Hanbury-Brown, Golden Seeds
Brian Hirsch, Greenhill SAVP
Dahlia Kang, Edison Ventures
David Rose, New York Angels

 

Capital Raising from Silicon Valley to Silicon Alley

Raising money on both coasts is an increasingly common strategy. In this session, VCs and angels will share the similarities and differences in fundraising strategies that succeed in each market.

Moderator:
Lili Balfour, Atelier Partners
Panelist:
Peg Jackson, Neocarta Ventures
Will Porteous, RRE Ventures
Bart Stuck, Signal Lake Ventures

How to Get the Wallet Out of an Investor's Pocket: Creating the Investor Pitch

Entrepreneurs will gain an understanding of the best practices for investor presentations with a focus on how to articulate your company as an attractive investment opportunity. Included in this session will be the essentials for presentations to angels, venture capitalists and strategic investors. Companies will have the opportunity to receive on-the-spot feedback from leading experts.

Moderator:
Jeanne Sullivan, Starvest Partners
Panelists:
Jalak Jobanputra, NYCIF
Daphne Kis, Golden Seeds
Alison Newman, Cooley
Kylie Sachs, Ascend Ventures

Building Your Executive Team & Board

Strategic Executive Team and Board building are essential components to success. This session will include an overview of the decision-making process for filling out your executive team - including skill set, culture and experience, as well as resources to utilize when filling these critical positions. This session will also explore investor concerns around founders as executive team members.

Moderator:
Liz Hamburg, Upstart Ventures
Panelist:
Brian Evje
Divya Gugnani, Behind the Burner
Loretta McCarthy, Golden Seeds
Lisa Ricciardi, Essex Woodlands Health Ventures

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Tuesday, April 21st

Own Your Own Financials Workshop

This session will prepare the entrepreneur for the first and subsequent meetings with their investors. Entrepreneurs will learn the terms and skills needed to create a defensible financial picture of the company helping them to better articulate and defend the business model and strategy. Companies will have the opportunity to receive on-the-spot feedback from leading experts.

Moderator:
Debora LaBudde, Envoi Ventures
Vanessa Wilson, Golden Seeds

Winning Valuation and Term Sheet Strategies

Determining the valuation of your company is both and art and a science critical to closing a deal. In this session, venture capitalists, angel investors, and entrepreneurs will discuss the valuation issue as well as familiarity with term sheet issues.

Moderator:
Thomas Devaney, Morrison Foerster
Panelists:
Thatcher Bell, DFJ Gotham Ventures
Dayna Grayson, Northbridge Venture Partners
Sarah Tavel, Bessemer Venture Partners
Sherri Williams, Montgomery & Co

Alternative Sources of Funding

Many attractive funding alternatives to angel and venture investment are available to entrepreneurs. In this panel, leading experts who provide alternative sources of funding will describe options, the criteria involved, how companies can better prepare themselves to receive such investment, and the points within a company’s lifecycle with such investments add the most value. Panelists will also discuss corporate development opportunities that can assist company cash flow.

Moderator:
Faith Charles, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo P.C.
Panelists:
Linda Conlin, Export-Import Bank of the United States
Katherine O'Neill, Jumpstart NJ Angel Network
Melissa Stepanis, Silicon Valley Bank
Michael A. Wiley, NJ Economic Development Authority

Wednesday, April 22nd

Bootstrapping to Success: Go-to-Market Strategy & Sales

Led by experienced startup entrepreneurs, this session will focus on the key components of effective executive leadership and the importance of building lasting business relationships that lead to business and personal professional success.

Moderator:
JJ Ramberg, MSNBC
Panelists:
John Elton, iNovia Capital
Laura Ramsey, Zweave
Scott Reardon, Dakota Ventures

Balancing Tomorrow's Strategy with Today's To-Do List

Running a company requires attention to daily details, a constant stream of emergencies and future planning. Learn from leading experts and successful entrepreneurs how to balance the critical tasks for today with an operational strategy that enables the company to accelerate and attain its goals.

Moderator:
Nicole Brookshire
, Cooley
Panelists:
David Freschman, Innovation Capital
Richard Guha, Max Brand Equity
Lisbeth McNabb, w2wLink
Jon Vollemaere, Vollume

Entrepreneur’s Roundtable Lunch

Panelists:
Brian Evje
Greg Collins
Alexis Coppedge, Morrison Foerster
Nicole Perrotta, UBS

David S. Rose on “How To Pitch!” - (Bonus!)

In this special session, David S. Rose -- Chairman of New York Angels and CEO of Angelsoft, who has been profiled by BusinessWeek as “The Pitch Coach", will present a one-hour presentation workshop that is mandatory for all Astia participating companies. This interactive session will prepare entrepreneurs for the April 23, 2009 Astia Screening Day, as well as equip them with the critical tools they need to communicate with angel and venture investors.

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