Thursday, Nov 15 2012 1:00PM to 5:45PM

Speaker(s): Various Presenters and Paneiists
Location: UNC Charlotte Center City Building (First Ward) Large 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:   Thursday, November 15, 2012

Location: UNC Charlotte Center City Building (First Ward)- Large Auditorium on 2nd Floor

320 E. 9th Street, Charlotte, NC 28202

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

Time:  1:00 pm – 5:45 pm

Networking Reception to immediately follow at Dixie Tavern

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  Do I need Equity Financing (versus bootstrap)? If so, what are the options and what is the process?

· Moderator: Steve Amedio, President & COO, Technekes

· John Cambier, Partner, IDEA Fund Partners

· Mark McDowell, Partner, Acta Wireless Capital, Angel Investor

· Paul Grim, General Partner, SunBridge Partners

· Matt McFee, CEO, BriteVerify

· Mac Lackey, CEO, KYCK
· Dain Dulaney, Partner, Bishop, Dulaney & Joyner- Crowdfunding

 3:00pm – 3:30pm Deal Structures- 3 Common Structures for Early Stage Capital

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

· Dave Gilroy, Managing Partner, Scale Finance

· Greg Brown, CEO, Cardinal Finance

 3:30pm – 4:00pm Lessons Learned Raising Capital from our Prior Year Presenters

· Moderator: Taffy Williams, Colonial Technology Development Co.

· Gary Schwake, Virtual Race Bags

· Jack Dietrich, Tag Seats

· Shafi Mustafa, Savveo (formerly Overstock Ads)

 4:00pm – 4:45pm Life with Equity (Angel) Investment
· Moderator: Daniel Friel, 8 Rivers Capital

· Ryan Dienst, CEO, Blue Ox Medical

· Travis Parsons, Cloud Castle

· Chris Halligan, CEO, Other Screen

· Victor Jablokov, Formerly YAP

 4:45pm – 6:00pm Making the Investor Pitch

3-5 min Pitches:

· Matt and Kiki Aaron, Blue I

· Greg Artz, Punch In

· Phong Luong, NexTable

· Rob Gaige, Rawporter

· Anthony Goldman, Koala Bottle

Panelists:

· Mark McDowell, Partner, Acta Wireless Capital, Angel Investor

· John Cambier, Partner, IDEA Fund Partners

· Steve Amedio, Technekes, Angel Investor

6:00pm – 7:30pm Networking at Dixie Tavern (next to UNC Charlotte Campus)

 

Program Cost:  BIG Members and UNC Charlotte Students Free

Guests $65 in advance, $80 at the door

Students and Pre-revenue Startups: $25

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, Scale Finance

Organizational Partners: Ventureprise, SBTDC, Packard Place, QCF, Charlotte Chamber