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Swing for the
Fences: Seed Investing for Entrepreneurs Note: Scholarships are available for this workshop. Please see the Sponsors page for more details. This acclaimed interactive workshop is
a highly effective tool to help incubator managers increase entrepreneurs'
chances of acquiring seed investments and to build community support for seed
investing in entrepreneurial ventures. Previewed at the NBIA's 14th
International Conference on Business Incubation, this workshop is an excellent
means to develop your own local network of seed investors. It's an opportunity
to experience this seminar, should you want to put it to work for the
entrepreneurs and seed investors in your community. Curriculum
James P. Troxel, facilitator Nationally recognized seed investors and industry professionals share their unique insights through videotaped presentations. The presenters include: Steve Lazarus, Managing Director, ARCH Venture Partners, Chicago Dennis Murphree, President, Murphree & Company, Houston Robin Painter, Partner, Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, Boston Fee: $195 members/ $220 Nonmembers October 14, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Location: Embassy Suites Hotel Participants may pick up registration materials at the Embassy Suites Hotel. Lunch, refreshment breaks and reception. (top of page) State of the Art in For-Profit Incubation Programs • October 15-16 (2 days) Almost 400 for-profit incubation
programs have opened worldwide in the past year-and-a-half, most with the
purpose of growing Internet companies. Many of these programs are already
graduating clients, even while investors are taking a harder look before
leaping into Internet ventures. In the coming year we'll all be watching the
market to discover the for-profit models that show the strongest economic
performance and greatest likelihood of success. Curriculum You tell us the issues you want to have addressed, what questions you want answered. NBIA will line up the practitioners, incubated companies, investors and other experts to respond. Here are possible questions and issues we've collected so far plus blank spaces in which you can write your own:
Faculty Terry Collison, Partner, Blue Rock Capital, Wilmington,
DE Establishing an Effective Business Incubation Program • October 15-17 (2 ½ days) Note: Scholarships are available for this workshop. Please see the Sponsors page for more details. For an incubation program to create
successful companies, it needs to lead by example — a model of good
business practices and self-sustainability. This workshop is geared for
developers and managers who want to develop the skills and knowledge to create
programs that graduate vital, independent companies. Managers won't want to
miss the interactive activities, group discussions, lectures and peer-to-peer
exchange on essential management and business assistance topics in the areas of
financing, staffing, facilities, governance, and services. You'll come away
with the tools to lead and operate an effective incubation program. Curriculum
Faculty Susan Matlock, President, The Entrepreneurial Center, Birmingham, ALMatt Bergheiser, Vice President of Entrepreneurial Programs, The Enterprise Center, Philadelphia, PA Joanne Randolph, Director, Biztech, Huntsville, AL Fee: $465 members/$550 non-members October 15, 8 a.m. to October 17, noon Location: Embassy Suites Hotel Fee includes lunches, refreshment breaks, a Sunday evening networking dinner, a Monday evening tour of the North Carolina Technological Development Authority and First Flight Venture Center, and course materials. (top of page) Networking
Supper Make new contacts with participants
from every workshop at this networking supper. We'll designate tables so that
people with similar interests can gather and talk shop. For planning purposes,
please indicate your networking interest on the registration form. Tour of
the North Carolina Technological Development Authority (NCTDA), First Flight
Venture Center, and Fusion Ventures NCTDA is a private, nonprofit
economic development corporation with a mission to create jobs and wealth
throughout North Carolina by supporting the formation and success of North
Carolina's entrepreneurial ventures. NCTDA supports 25 incubation programs
throughout North Carolina. One of those incubators is the First Flight Venture
Center, where NCTDA is an anchor tenant. This technology business incubator
provides office and laboratory space to software, instrumentation, electronics,
biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and other technology-related companies. Fusion
Ventures is the first seed stage Venture Fund and full-services Venture
Accelerator in the Triangle, and one of the most successful in the Southeast.
Paul Mayer and Ed Fadel founded Fusion Ventures in 1998. This tour is free to
Fall Training Institute participants. Buses leave Embassy Suites at 5:30 p.m.
and return at 7:45 p.m. Tour of Regional
Incubators Join us for a tour of two NCTDA incubation programs.
Fee includes bus transportation. The bus departs the Embassy Suites Hotel at 1:30 p.m. and returns by 5 p.m. (top of page) With titles on all aspects of
incubation and startup company issues, The NBIA Bookstore is a popular feature
of Fall Training Institute. The source for business incubation-related
information, this year's bookstore will be packed with new books and products,
including training kits, software and the latest titles for you and your
clients. As a special Fall Training Institute bonus, we'll offer members a
deeper discount than the everyday low member rate. The bookstore will be open
throughout the institute, so don't miss this opportunity to stock up at some of
the lowest prices of the year. |
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