Wednesday, Nov 2 2011 1:00PM to 6:30PM

Speaker(s): Various Speakers and Investor Presentations
Location: UNC Charlotte Center City Building (new campus in First Ward)- Auditorium 320 E. 9th Street, Charlotte, NC 28202

 “Raising Angel & Early Stage Capital”        

    In partnership with the Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte

Date:   Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Location:  UNC Charlotte Center City Building (new campus in First Ward)- Auditorium

                  320 E. 9th Street, Charlotte, NC 28202

                  http://centercity.uncc.edu/map-and-directions

 Time:    1:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Cocktail Reception to immediately follow from 6:30pm – 7:30pm- tentative

This is an excellent opportunity to hear from an exceptional group of investors and entrepreneurs!

Agenda:

1:00pm – 1:45pm    Registration

1:45pm – 2:00pm    Opening Remarks

2:00pm – 3:00pm    Raising Angel and Early Stage Capital in the Current Environment

                   · Moderator: Steve Amedio, President & COO, Technekes

                    · Craig Stone, Hire Networks, Triangle Angel Partners

                    · Shafi Mustafa, President & CEO, OverstockAds

                    · Paul Grim, General Partner, SunBridge Partners

                    · Chris Holden, Managing Partner, Court Square Ventures

3:00pm – 4:00pm Early Stage Investment (Deal) Structures

                 · Moderator: Dain Dulaney, Partner, Bishop, Dulaney & Joyner

                 · Dave Gilroy, Managing Partner, Scale Finance

                  · Mike Elliott, Managing Partner, Noro-Moseley

                  · Michael Zapata, Executive Chairman, Protochips

4:00 pm – 5:30 pm   Making the Investor Pitch – Dos and Don’ts

               · Moderator: Rajeev Kulkarni, Co-Chair Charlotte Angels; Executive Board, Inception Micro Angel Fund, Wed|3 Angel Network

            5- 7 min Pitches:

               • Gary Schwake, CEO, Virtual Race Bags
               • Jack Dietrich, Founder, TagSeats, Startup Weekend Spinout
               • Shay Mustafa, Co-Founder/ VP Marketing, OverstockAds

                      Panelists:

              · Chris Holden, Managing Partner, Court Square Ventures

               · Matt McFee, CEO, BriteVerify

               · Chris Halligan, Co-Founder & CEO, OtherScreen

               · Paul Grim, General Partner, SunBridge Partners

5:30pm – 6:30 pm Life as an Angel-Backed (Early Stage) Company

           · Moderator: Steve Amedio, President & COO, Technekes

            · Ryan Dienst, former CEO, Global Medical Imaging

             · Greg Brown, CFO, Edge Health

             · Mike Elliott, Managing Partner, Noro-Moseley

            · Rajeev Kulkarni, Co-Chair Charlotte Angels; Executive Board, Inception Micro Angel Fund, Wed|3 Angel Network

6:30pm – 7:30pm Networking Reception- tentative

Program Cost:  BIG Members free

                            Guests $60 in advance, $75 at the door

                           Students and Pre-revenue Startups: $40

 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

Investor Sponsors:   Scale Finance

                                       Sunbridge Partners

                                       Noro- Moseley Partners