A "Behind-the-scenes" Fundraising Workshop for Entrepreneurs
November 10, 2006 from 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Location :
3636 American
River Drive, 2nd Floor Sacramento
Panelists:
Are
you an entrepreneur or one in the making? Have you
wondered what happens once you have done a presentation
in the investor's board room? Have you wondered why some
companies gets funded and some don't even get their
calls returned? Or you may have
bootstrapped your company so far and is now you
want to start your fundraising process. And you may be even be getting
ready to do your investor pitch. If any of the
above questions sounds familiar, this workshop is for you.
The workshop is designed to give you a
"behind-the-scenes" view of the process, terms and other
details that happens from the moment you do your
first pitch to all the way to the point of funding while
introducing the concepts of term sheets, valuations etc.
And it is not all theory - The workshop will feature a
case study of a startup that was recently funded.
Thirty entrepreneurs will be
allowed to participate in an intensive workshop that
takes them through a live case study (of a company that
got funded), to how the investors rated the firm, and
then all the way to negotiating the term sheets,
valuation and liquidation preferences.
The
first half of the workshop will feature:
- What happens after you do the pitch to the VC firm?
- How do they decide on calling you back for further
due-diligence?
- How are deals structured today and how do you
prepare for this process?
- How do they discuss valuation?
This second-half of the workshop starts with the
introduction of the terms and concepts of a ‘term
sheet’ and using a case study of negotiating
a term-sheet with an entrepreneur. Topics of discussion
include:
- What are the legal aspects of dealing with term
sheets?
- Who should initiate and when should company valuations
be discussed?
- Why are liquidation preferences important?
- The term sheet has a "No Shop" clause - should I
accept it?
- How are the members of the board of directors
determined?
- What company actions need to be approved by the board
of directors?
- What are standard company "reps and warranties"?
- What are standard "investor rights"?
- Why do we have to have a "compensation committee"?
- Who determines the amount of the pool for employee
stock options?
- Who pays for legal fees for the financing?
- What are closing conditions?
- Is the term sheet binding?
If you have never raised capital or
come across a term-sheet before and are in the process
of raising some form of funding., you simply cannot
afford to ignore this event.
Join the panel of experts – Entrepreneurs, VCs,
Attorneys and other experts who have direct experience in writing and
negotiating term sheets as they walk you through the
process and a case study of a situation of a local
startup negotiating term sheet with the investor.
Registration
Online Registration has ended. If you want to
attend the event, you can register
onsite by paying cash or check for $100.
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