Tuesday, Jan 14 2014 1:00PM to 6:00PM
Various Speakers and Panelists
UNC Charlotte Center City Campus
320 E. 9th Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
“Funding Startup and Early Stage Companies”
Date: Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Location: UNC Charlotte Center City Campus (First Ward)- 2nd Floor Large Auditorium
320 E. 9th Street, Charlotte, NC 28202
http://centercity.uncc.edu/map-and-directions
Parking details will be sent with registration confirmation email.
Time: 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
This is an excellent opportunity to hear from an exceptional group of investors and entrepreneurs!
Agenda:
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm Registration
1:45 pm – 2:00 pm Opening Remarks- Dr. Steven Ott, Dean of the Belk College and John Crosland Sr. Distinguished Professor of Real Estate
Emcee: Steve Amedio, President & COO, Technekes
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Pros and Cons of Bootstrapping
· Moderator: Chris Williams, President & COO, Connexio Labs
· Keith Luedeman, CEO, goodmortgage.com
· Rahul Mohan, CEO, ApplicationToGo
· Phong Luong, CEO, NexTable
· Matt McFee, CEO, BriteVerify
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Practical Considerations for Deal Structures
· Moderator: Dain Dulaney, Partner, Bishop, Dulaney & Joyner
· Greg Brown, CEO, Cardinal Finance
· Don Minges, Numbers Guy CFO, Advisor for JOBS Act
· Dave Gilroy, Scale Finance
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Lessons Learned Raising Capital from our Prior Year Presenters
· Moderator: Chris Halligan, Operating Partner, IDEA Fund Partners
· Matt and Kiki Aaron, Blue I
· Jack Dietrich, Tag Seats
· Shafi Mustafa, Savveo
· Rob Cummings, Deal Cloud
4:00 pm – 4:45 pm Successful Crowdfunding Raises
· Moderator: Chris Meade, CEO, Genetipetz
· Ron Elmore, Partner, Milestone Advisors, Outlaw Fasteners
· Scott Jermyn, CEO, ShomoLive
· Mac Bishop, Wool & Prince (NYC)
4:45pm – 6:00 pm Making the Investor Pitch (Simulation)
Showcase of a Fundable Pitch:
· Khristian Gutierrez, Co-founder, Passport Parking, recently secured $6M with Grotech Ventures & Relevance Capital
· Commentary provided by Don Rainey, Grotech Ventures
5 min Pitches:
· Jon-Michial Carter, CEO, Chartspan (from IronYard)
· Robert Morrison, CEO, Cool Down Now
· Mike Murphy and Velvet Nelson, Co-founders ProctorFree
· Adrian Wilson, Airwavz
Investor Panel:
· Paul Grim, General Partner, SunBridge Partners
· Steve Amedio, President & COO, Technekes
· Sam McNeill, Partner, River Capital Partners
· Don Rainey, Partner, GroTech Ventures
6:00pm – 7:30pm Networking at Queen City Q (next to UNC Charlotte Campus)
Program Cost: Free/ Donations greatly appreciated at the event
Registration: RSVP to terry@bigcouncil.com or register below
Dress Attire: Business casual
Thank you to our Sponsors:
Host Sponsor: Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte
Program Sponsor: Bishop Dulaney & Joyner
Contributing Sponsors: Hire Networks, Sunbridge Partners, Lavoie CPAs, Capitala, Scale Finance, 7 Mile Advisors
Organizational Partners: Ventureprise, SBTDC, Packard Place, QCF, SBA