|
Entrepreneur Series 5
Courting the Angels and VCs
Location and Time:
2nd Floor, AvTech, 50 Cragwood Road, South Plainfield, NJ07080
1:30pm - 5:30 pm, March 8, 2008, Saturday
(Seats are limited. Pre-registration is required, go to www.naceaus.org for registration. Before March 7th, registration fee is $15. On-site registration $20 depending on availability. A dinner with the speakers will be arranged for additional cost. See bottom for restaurant location).
For more information or any questions on this seminar, please contact: Tony Hu: 732 874 1294, Diana Ji: 732 322 0677, Xuedong Yang 908-456-3933
NACEA (North-America Chinese Professionals Entrepreneur Association) is pleased to announce that our Fifth Entrepreneur Seminar Series will be held as a joint effort with other 3 Chinese organizations in New Jersey, NJCCPS (New Jersey Chinese Computer Professional Society), SAPA (Sino-American Pharmaceutical Association) and NJCACC (New Jersey Chinese-American Chamber of Commerce). By doing so, we hope to bring more benefit and better services to our members, and to the local Chinese entrepreneurs or entrepreneur-to-be. Thanks to AvTech, who has made this happen. A successful example of Chinese entrepreneurs itself, AvTech is definitely an ideal venu for such an event.
As we all know, with almost no exception, all big-name successful companies, especially technology companies, are backed by venture capitals. For a start-up company who has great potentials, venture capital can provide not only capital, but strategic solutions which will facilitate its rapid growth and success. However, to many Chinese or other entrepreneurs of minority origin, venture capitals are something beyond their reach. They usually have little or no idea how to get funded by such resources, and are often pessimistic about their ability to court the attention of such channel.
Today, we are bringing them to you, so that you can have a face-to-face dialogue with two of our VC speakers, and see in your own eyes how remote or how close you are from them. In addition to listening to their real-world experiences and tips on bringing up a valid business idea, you'll also learn what errornious thinking many of us have toward a business success, what traps many of us with a technical background usually fall into, and better understand the qualifications many VCs are looking at. More, in the case study section, you'll have the chance to hear the live evaluation from 3 VCs of the projects submitted by our members.
Who should Attend:
- Entrepreneurs who are looking for funding
- Professionals of technical background who wish to start business on their own or have great ideas that he/she thinks will be a success, especially in pharmaceutical and IT fields
- Entrepreneur-to-be, especially of minority origin
- Business people or professionals who wish to become an investor
Agenda:
1:30 - 2:00pm Registration, business card exchange and networking (refreshments and drinks are served at AvTech Kitch next to the meeting room)
2:00 - 2:40pm Opportunities in Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals, by Dr, Jonas Wang
2:50 - 3:30pm How Angel Investors Make Its Investment. Differences with VCs, Opportunities in IT Industry
3:30 - 3:50pm Break
3:50 - 4:30pm Panel Discussion with 3 VCs: 25m summarized Q/As and 15m free Q/As
4:30 - 5:00pm Case study: 5 minute pitching by project owner and then evaluation by VCs
5:00 - 5:30pm Networking, business card exchanging and photos
5:40 - 6:30pm dinner with the Speakers: Restaurant£şTBD
More about our speakers
Jonas Wang, Ph.D., Partner, Sycamore Venture
Dr. Wang is a Partner of Sycamore Management Corporation. He focuses on life sciences and biotechnology investments and works out of Sycamore's Princeton office. Dr. Wang has over 30 years of experience in pharmaceutical R&D management and business development. Dr. Wang is currently a member of the Boards of Directors of StemCyte Inc., U-systems Inc., Epitomics Inc., and a Board observer of Transave, Inc., and a business advisor of Cardiva Medical Inc., and Xylos Corporation. Dr. Wang received a Ph.D. in Physical Pharmacy from University of Iowa in 1982, and Pharmacy degree from National Defense Medical Center in Taiwan.
John Ason, Angel Investor
John Ason is an angel investor specializing in early stage pre-revenue companies. He has made sixteen investments in the areas of e-commerce, 3D technology, internet publishing, RFID, mobile search, winery, advertising and entertainment/media. John was at AT&T Bell Labs for over 25 years, first involved in software and technology development, then in marketing and business management of large software projects. He is a graduate of the Illinois Institute of Technology. He is a guest lecturer at the Rothman Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies at Fairleigh Dickinson and at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Stephen Furnari, Partner, Furnari Levine LLP
Beyond a keen understanding of the legal issues that growing companies face, through his many business dealings he has experienced the bumpy road of business ownership; the sleepless nights of uncertain cash flow; the quest for investment capital; partner relations strained by diverging viewpoints; and vendors, consultants or rainmakers who attempt to prey on cash-poor companies. Stephen is an entrepreneur, an investor in high-growth businesses, and also a lawyer. He helps young and growing companies develop funding strategies that enable them to raise more investment money, faster and with greater success so they can focus more time on growing their businesses and accomplishing their financial goals. Furnari Levine LLP is a law firm where entrepreneurs, growing companies and the investors who fund them can find sophisticated legal representation performed by lawyers who are also entrepreneurs.
Origin date: April 11, 2007
Copyright © 2008 North American
Entrepreneur Chinese Association (NACEA)
|
