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 | Play or View Reid Hoffman Partner, Greylock Partners "Internet Investing 2.0" Reid founded LinkedIn, founding director of PayPal & Zynga, 1st round investor in Facebook, and 80 others. |
 | Play or View Jeff Clavier Managing Partner, SoftTech VC "Angel Investing and Capital Efficient, Lean Startups: Myths and Realities." Jeff is backed by Norwest and others with over 50 angel investments. |
 | Play Brad Feld General Partner, Foundry Group "Creating Sustainable Entrepreneurial Communities." Brad was an early investor in Zynga, Gist,etc, co-founded Techstars. |
 | Play or View Chris Dixon Founder Partner, Founder Collective "Partnering with Entrepreneurs: Teambuilding & Product Dev." Early investor in Skype, Foursquare, DocVerse (acq by Google), etc. |
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2013 Events Schedule(Webconferences & Recorded) | |
 | Jan 17, 2013: Regional Top Deal Pitches. Times by Region for 1 hour: North at 9 am ET, South at 11 am ET, West at 10 am PT, Midwest at 3 pm ET. |
 | Feb 7, 2013 Panel: Working with accelerators & crowdfunding: staying relevant (2 pm ET for an hour).
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 | Feb 21, 2013 Keynote: Suzanne DiBianca, Salesforce Working Philanthropy into Startups for Gain and Good (2 pm ET for an hour). |
 | Mar 7, 2013 Panel: Questioning and crafting angel term sheets, trends and best templates (2 pm ET for an hour).
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| Mar 14, 2013: Regional Top Deal Pitches. Times by Region for 1 hour: North at 9 am ET, South at 11 am ET, West at 10 am PT, Midwest at 3 pm ET. |
 | Apr 4, 2013 Panel: Angel Diligence: what really matters, efficiency & best practices (2 pm ET for an hour).
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 | Apr 25, 2013 Keynote: Mike Maples, Floodgate Capital (exact date tent.) Finding and picking outliers. (2 pm ET for an hour). |
 | May 2, 2013 Panel: How angels can best work with universities & university accelerators (2 pm ET for an hour).
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| May 16, 2013: Regional Top Deal Pitches. Times by Region for 1 hour: North at 9 am ET, South at 11 am ET, West at 10 am PT, Midwest at 3 pm ET. |
 | Jun 6, 2013 Panel: How to achieve angel exits in an off-market and exit best practices (2 pm ET for an hour).
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| Jun 20, 2013 Keynote: To be announced (2 pm ET for an hour). | |
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| Jul 18, 2013: Regional Top Deal Pitches. Times by Region for 1 hour: North at 9 am ET, South at 11 am ET, West at 10 am PT, Midwest at 3 pm ET. |
 | Aug 1, 2013 Panel: Angel deal syndication best practices (2 pm ET for an hour).
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| Aug 15, 2013 Keynote: To be announced (2 pm ET for an hour). | |
 | Sep 5, 2013 Panel: Spilled milk: avoiding common angel losses (2 pm ET for an hour).
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| Sep 12, 2013: Regional Top Deal Pitches. Times by Region for 1 hour: North at 9 am ET, South at 11 am ET, West at 10 am PT, Midwest at 3 pm ET. |
| Oct 17, 2013 Keynote: To be announced (2 pm ET for an hour). | |
 | Oct 3, 2013 Panel: Future hot angel sectors: skating to where the puck will be (2 pm ET for an hour).
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 | Nov 7, 2013 Panel: Angel deal flow and quality: best practices (2 pm ET for an hour).
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| Nov 21, 2013: Regional Top Deal Pitches. Times by Region for 1 hour: North at 9 am ET, South at 11 am ET, West at 10 am PT, Midwest at 3 pm ET. |
 | Dec 5, 2013 Panel: High IRR Angels & Groups: key success factors and lessons learned (2 pm ET for an hour).
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| Dec 19, 2013 Keynote: To be announced (2 pm ET for an hour). | |
2012 Events (Recorded -- Members May Watch Online). | |
 | Play Jan 26, 2012: Monitoring Portfolio Companies Panel: Best Practices. |
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Feb. 10, 2012:
Aydin Senkut, Founder, Felicis Ventures "Angel Thoughts on Selecting, Helping and Exiting Startups." Aydin has made over 50 angel startup investments such as Mint, and over 20 have been acquired by firms such as Google, Microsoft, AT&T, Disney, Ebay, and Intuit. |
 | Play Feb 23, 2012: Board Effectiveness Panel: Improving Performance. |
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Play Mar. 1, 2012:
David Cohen, CEO, Techstars "The Accelerator Phenomenon and Applying Their Best Ideas to Your Portfolio." David runs a highly successful accelerator program (now televised), has made numerous angel investment, and also led several successful exits as CEO. |
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Play Mar 22, 2012: Market Traction: Beating the #1 Cause of Failure. |
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Play Apr. 3, 2012:
Basil Peters, Author, Early Exits "Angel Thoughts on Triggering and Maximizing Exits." Basil founded a number of early stage funds where he has demonstrated best practices in achieving early exits at high valuations and speaks nationwide on exit best practices. |
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Play Apr 26, 2012: Bench Strength: Upgrading Company Leaders. |
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Play May 3, 2012
Geoffrey Moore, Author, Crossing the Chasm "Thoughts on Building and Rapidly Growing Your Portfolio Companies." Geoffrey is a best selling author on exploiting disruptive technologies and consults with many of the top tech companies in the world. |
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Play Jun. 5, 2012:
Naval Ravikant, Co-Founder, AngeList "Reinventing Angel Deal Sourcing." Naval has helped countless tech entrepreneurs by opening up access to the angel community regardless of location through the successful launch of AngeList and other key initiatives. |
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Play Jul. 26, 2012: Angel Exits Panel: Triggering & Maximizing. |
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Play Aug. 30, 2012: Spilled Milk Panel: Avoiding Common Losses. |
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Play Oct. 4, 2012:
Tim Chang, Managing Director, Mayfield Fund "2012: the year of the Broken A Round." Tim was named to the 2011 Forbes Midas List based on his track record of selecting and helping great tech companies. He also co-leads Mayfield's China practice. |
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Play Oct. 23, 2012:
Esther Dyson, Founder, EDventure "Angel Thoughts on Selecting, Helping and Exiting Startups." Esther has made angel investments across the world such as Brighmail, del.icio.us, Flickr, Postini, Technorati, 23andMe, Eventful, Evernote, SquareTrade, etc and is a frequent commenter in leading tech publications. |
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Play Oct. 25, 2012:
Managing Your VC and Other Institutional Partners. |
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Play Oct. 30, 2012:
Scott Case, CEO, Startup America Partnership "Ideas to Drive Rapid Growth in Young Companies." Scott was the Founding CTO of Priceline, Chairman of Network for Good, and in his current role is focused on job creation by support and rapid growth of young companies. |
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Play Nov. 1, 2012:
Tim O'Reilly, Founder, O'Reilly Media "What's Coming in 2013 and Angel Positioning to Capture These Trends." Tim has grown his media companies to over 270 employees and focuses on the knowledge of innovators. He has a long history of advocacy and evangelism in the tech community. |
2011 Events (Recorded -- Members May Watch Online). | |
| Play Feb. 11, 2011. Brad Feld, General Partner, Foundry Group "Creating Sustainable Entrepreneurial Communities." Brad runs a $250mm seed and early stage venture firm, was one of the early investors in Zynga, Gist and dozens of others, also founded Techstars (similar to YCombinator), etc. |
 | Play Mar. 10, 2011. Martin Varsavsky, Founder, Fon "What I Look for Before I Invest." Martin provides a unique view into mobile & international startups. He founded Fon (now the largest provider of Wifi hotspots in the world), 18 others, and was named a Top 25 Angel by BusinessWeek. |
 | Play Apr. 7, 2011. Lauren Flanagan, Mng.Dir, Phenomenelle Angels "How to Upgrade a Portfolio Company's Leadership Team & Best Practices to Optimize the Exit." Named one of the Top 25 Angels in Tech in 2010 by BusinessWeek, previously awarded IT Software CEO of the Year by Frost and Sullivan and has a strong track record of helping Tech companies go Public. |
| Play Apr. 28, 2011: Exits Panel: Triggering and Maximizing. |
| Play May 26, 2011: Spilled Milk Panel: Avoiding Common Losses. |
| Play or View Jun. 9, 2011: Jeff Clavier, Managing Partner, SoftTech VC "Angel Investing and Capital Efficient, Lean Startups: Myths and Realities." Jeff is backed by Norwest and others with over 50 angel investments, previously managed Reuters Greenhouse Fund with $600M invested in 82 companies, including Yahoo!, Verisign, Phone.com and Infoseek. |
| Play Jun 23, 2011 Deal Flow and Quality Panel: Best Practices. |
 | Play Jul 28, 2011 Minimizing Fees Panel: Safely Reducing Closing Costs. |
| Play or View Sep. 8, 2011: Reid Hoffman, Partner, Greylock Partners "Internet and Investing 2.0" Reid is the Founder of LinkedIn, a founding director of PayPal, a founding director/investor in Zynga, first round investor with Thiel in Facebook, and has made over 80 investments in other tech companies to include Six Degrees, Tagged, IronPort, Flickr, Digg, Ning and many others. |
| Play Sep 22, 2011 Diligence Panel: What Matters & Best Practices. See Checklist |
| Play or View Oct. 13, 2011 Chris Dixon, Founder Partner, Founder Collective "Partnering with Entrepreneurs: Teambuilding, Product Development and Financing." Chris started Founders Collective (large seed fund) and was an early investor in Skype, Foursquare, DocVerse (acq by Google), InviteMedia (acq by Google), SiteAdvisor (acq by McAfee), kSolo (acq by News Corp), Arbitrade (acq by Citigroup), etc. |
| Play Nov. 21, 2011: Future Hot Sectors: Skating to Where the Puck Will Be. |
 | View Dec. 1, 2011: David Card, Director of Research, GigaOM "Future Tech Trends and What is Getting Hot." GigaOM is a leading tech industry research firm with millions of subscribers and readers. David has been following the intersection of technology, media, and consumer behavior 20+ years at GigaOM, Jupiter Research, IDC and Forrester. |