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May 25, 2006, Thursday @ 6 pm
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Best Western Venetian Court (click for driving instructions)
11269 Point East Drive, Rancho Cordova
Cost: Members free; Early Bird Registration (before 5/22): $30; Late (after 5/22)/on-site registration: $50/-
Networking: 6 to 7 pm
Speaker and Discussion: 7 to 8:30 pm
More Networking: 8:30 to 9 pm
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Pre-registration has ended; but you can register on-site and attend tonight's event by paying the walk-in cover-charge of $40
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If VCs say NO to you, where do you turn to? Friends, Family or Fools? Or are there other options? Companies starting out today have other means of raising capital to start and run their businesses, including private placement of equity, federal grants and SBA loans. Come and join the lively panel where you can listen to experts on tapping other sources of money to build your dream business. Topics of discussion include
- What are the different alternative funding sources for technology based startups?
- Where grants are available and how to qualify?
- What is the process needed to raise an SBA loan and how do you qualify?
- What are the pros and cons of private equity placement and what is the minimum?
- Is there free government money available to you?
- What kind of help could a technology bank provide?
- Are merchant bankers a good source of alternate capital?
Speaker
Christine Comaford-Lynch — President, Mighty Ventures
Christine Comaford-Lynch embodies the rare blend of entrepreneur and advisor who has been a consistent mover, shaker and trailblazer in the software industry, emerging markets and Fortune 1000. Christine has led many lives: lingerie model, Buddhist monk, Microsoft engineer, geisha trainee, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist to name a few. She led her startup Corporate Computing (acquired by Computer Associates, NYSE: CA) in building a customer base of 700 of the Fortune 1000 in three years . She led her startup planet U (her shares acquired by News Corp, NYSE: NWS), to an increase in value seven-fold in the first 16 months. She also participated in two IPOs: DataMirror (NASDAQ: DMCX, as a Board Director for 4 years) and LBMS (formerly NASDAQ: LBMS, acquired by Computer Associates).For more information on Christine, please visit http://www.mightyventures.com/
David Gruebele — Managing Director, Second Angel Bancorp
David Gruebele, a co-founder of Second Angel Bancorp leads the firm's finance,
operations, business development and consulting practice. Trained as an engineer,
David has guided successful startups and recoveries of financially troubled
business units of both public and privately held firms
Heather Conn — AVP, Western Sierra Bancorp
Heather Conn is the SBA Group Manager for Western Sierra Bancorp.
She is responsible for the originations and underwriting of all SBA products
to include: 7(a), Express, 504, USDA and others. She has been employed
in the SBA lending field since 2001 with both National and Community
PLP lenders in the Sacramento area. Heather has detailed knowledge of
government guaranteed loan programs and how to use them to assist
your small business with financing.
Shaun Rovai — Founder, President and CEO, of Access Commercial Credit
Shaun Rovai is the Founder, President and CEO, of Access Commercial Credit and oversees and facilitates all aspects of the company. Shaun has over 20 years of Banking and Commercial Financing experience and is responsible for generating over 50 million dollars in funding for the Sacramento Region since 1998 and has underwritten, managed and developed more than a billion dollars in his career.
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