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"Fantastic Workshop."
George Stouli, CEO
"Real Tools."
Nancy Hawkins, CEO
"A Class Act."
Eli Zelkha, Palo Alto Ventures
"Unique and Successful."
John Garcia, Angel Strategies LLC
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The Venture Assessment
A Full Day Team Building Discovery Workshop
Learn to Assess Venture Deals Using Tools
Friday: Sept. 26, 2003
8 AM - 5 PM
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Join us! Tuesday
September 9, 2003
Register Now
The Venture Financing Roundtable
A 3-Hour Venture Financing Conversation and Networking Program
For Entrepreneur Executives, Professionals, Venture Investors & Lenders.
Next Program Topic: Private
Investors & Fund Raising Landmines
Gary Ritner
Ritner & Company
Puget Sound Venture Club
Gary Ritner has been involved in the financial services business
for over 35 years; 25 years in investment banking raising
funds for early stage companies. He has been involved in numerous
private offerings including Eden Bioscience, Primus Knowledge
Solutions, Courtlink, Bainbridge Sciences, Door-to-Door Storage,
Targeted Growth, Acadio, Cybercamps, and Tully's Coffee. He
also consults to early stage companies and M & A.
In 1985, he helped found The Puget Sound Venture Club, Seattle's oldest private investor network.
Since inception, members have invested in over 350 companies.
Membership is restricted to investors with a minimum net worth of $1 million that have a history of venture investing.
Program Abstract: Join us for a conversation on the venture capital marketplace, from the angel perspective.
We will cover the market history to the present day, resetting expectations about investor needs.
A key player in this market are the services of broker/dealers, financial consultants, attorneys and accountants.
Case examples will be used to articulate the type of deals investors are doing today.
Lastly, Mr. Ritner will explain the equity sales process and the Sales Agreement for entrepreneurs seeking capital from private individual investors.
Program Feedback
EXPERT VENTURE ANALYST: Forrester Research
"Equity marketing is a significant challenge to even the seasoned CEO of a private technology business requiring venture funding. We're pursuing joint venture discussions with VenLogic to allow their consulting expertise to be melded with our intimate knowledge
of the technology marketplace to enable CEO's with the tools, strategy and knowledge to secure venture funding both faster and more effective."
"What I always liked about your process from the first time we met is the human interaction of it. To me that is where the value is. The DVD got me hooked.
When it stopped, I felt like I felt at the end of the second Matrix movie. ðI wanted to see the rest of it. It's really good. That's how I felt."
Carl Allen
Director, Venture Capital
Forrester Research, Inc.
London | UK
INVESTOR ARTICLE: The Science of Start-Ups
The science of starting a business is the process of identifying all its elements, each with its own characteristics and inter-relationships, and managing how they progress through the start-up cycle.
Juggling the many varied aspects can be an overwhelming experience.
Entrepreneurs need a solution that embodies the progression of these business elements, in order to succeed. One such business laboratory that has refined the entrepreneurial processes required to consistently obtain successful results is VenLogic, LLC, located in Seattle, Washington.
Its founder, 'chief scientist' (aka: Managing Partner) Robert Kruse, has accumulated years of research and development to create solutions that enable entrepreneurs to successfully launch their businesses.
By breaking down each element of the start-up phase, VenLogic leads entrepreneurs through a rigorous Executive Program on the many multifaceted processes and elements required to be a successful start-up.
The VenLogic program is complete with a full suite of tools and diagnostics to monitor and guide each step of the start-up phase.
Investor's benefits accrue when they discover how much faster and more accurately they can assess and monitor early-stage deals.
Busy entrepreneurs benefit too, as the Program is offered in a facilitated workshop, with venture assessment preparation materials frontloaded on DVD.
Each step of the Program is organized into learning modules based on real-world experience. Examples include modules on how to raise venture capital and how to perform term sheet Math.
The VenLogic Program is a crash course MBA for the start-up entrepreneur who doesnĖt have time to go back to school, and needs the tools used by the industry insiders.
For those looking for an alternative to paying the "Dumb Tax", which is learning 'it' the hard way, I highly recommend the Program. For more on VenLogic, visit their web site at www.VenLogic.com.
Bryce James, Private Investor
Co-Founder of Investment Forum
President, Shield Management Advisors, LLC
PARTICIPANT:
I thought the workshop was great. Thanks again for the invitation. I really enjoyed both the format and the content of the information presented. This was my first real exposure to a group of VC's and their insights were very interesting.
Although I am nowhere near ready for this stage in development, it can only help to know what current market conditions exist during the process. The need for a clear, concise "elevator pitch" was also driven home. There definitely seemed to be different levels of preparedness.
Thanks again for extending the offer to attend. It was a lot of fun. I hope to talk to you again and look forward to the opportunity to attend some more VenLogic workshops in the future.
John Gregso
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You Will Get:
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- Smarter. Learn what worked and what didn't work.
- Tool handouts & demonstrations
- Personal Introductions to Experts
- Discuss real funding issues and strategies.
- Executive Level Overview
- State-of-the-market Insights
- Peer environment & relationships
- Tuesday August 19, 2003
- 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
- Fee: $30 in advance, $60 at the door.
Register Now
- Register early. Seating limited to 20. Light refreshments served.
Download Program Brochure (PDF)
LOCATION:
• Seattle University, The Casey Building (5th floor - see map PDF)
"An Executive Conference Center Facility"
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Attend the Entire Series!
Accelerate your venture development knowledge
Build new high value relationships
Fall Calendar - Attend Every Other Tuesday Evening
Program Calendar
September 9, 2003 - Gary Ritner, Puget Sound Venture Club - Private Investors & Broker Landmines
September 23, 2003 - Bill McAleer, Managing Director, Voyager Capital
October 7, 2003 - Robert Kruse, VenLogic - Venture Matrity Index Tool
October 21, 2003 - Kent Johnson, Managing Director, Alexander Hutton Venture Partners
For program overview, see our Fall Newsletter
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