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Recent Classics (Play Now)
 |  Play or View Reid HoffmanPartner, 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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We also provide Angel Group chairs with the dial-in and password for each of these in advance at no charge, you can then send the dial-ins out to your members and leverage these live events as an additional benefit of being a member of your group to help build your group.2013 Schedule. | |
 | Play Jan 10, 2013: Growing Your Angel Group: Best Practices. • B Revolution Capital, Jacquelyn Hunter • Centennial Investors, Quinten Messbarger • Gopher Angels, David Russick • Maine Angels, Sandra Stone • Shoals Angel Network, Bud Ward • Tech Coast Angels, Steve Flaim |
 | Jan 17, 2013 Regional Syndication Meeting. Nominate companies 10 days in advance. No charge to presenting companies, instructions here 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. |
 | Play Feb 7, 2013: Working with accelerators & crowdfunding: staying relevant. |
 | Play Mar 5, 2013: Working Philanthropy into Startups for Gain and Good. by Shanna Frati, Salesforce.com Foundation Salesforce pioneered the 1/1/1 model (1% of a company's time, 1% of its equity, and 1% of it's products is donated to worthwhile causes) which in turn has helped many participating companies grow by increased retention, satisfaction and leadership in their communities. See www.sharethemodel.org |
 | Play Mar 7, 2013: Questioning and Crafting Angel Term Sheets, Trends and Good Templates. |
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| Mar 14, 2013 Regional Syndication Meeting. Nominate companies 10 days in advance. No charge to presenting companies, instructions here 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. |
 | Play Apr 4, 2013: 40 Ways for Angels To Lose Their Tails in Diligence. |
 | Play Apr 25, 2013: Mike Maples, Floodgate Capital. Finding and Investing in Thunder Lizards. Mike runs an early stage microinvestment fund and has made a string of great early stage investments such as Twitter, Chegg, Digg, Gowalla and many others. Before his investing days he helped Tivoli go public then co-founded Motive that also went public. His first startup was a gaming company he founded in high school. |
 | Play May 2, 2013: How Angels and Seed Funders Can Best Work with Universities & University Accelerators. • Association of University Technology Managers, Vicki Loise. • Capital Community Angels, Loic Couraud. • Hampton Roads Angel Network, Tim Early. • Harrisburg University, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Ed Harrell. • Northeast TN Regional Accelerator, Dave Lawrence. • Northern Kentucky Angel Investment Network, Casey Barach. • P3 Alliance Purdue Angel Network, Dr. Tim Peoples • University of Akron, Akron ArchAngels, Gordon Schorr. • University of So.Cal., Stevens Center of Innovation, John Sweet. • University Technology Park, IIT, Daniel Marselle • Worcester Poly Institute, Jerry Schaufeld. |
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| May 16, 2013 Regional Syndication Meeting. Nominate companies 10 days in advance. No charge to presenting companies, instructions here 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: Naval Ravikant, C0-Founder, AngelList "Reinventing Angel Deal Sourcing" (2 pm ET for an hour). 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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| Jul 18, 2013 Regional Syndication Meeting. Nominate companies 10 days in advance. No charge to presenting companies, instructions here 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 Syndication Meeting. Nominate companies 10 days in advance. No charge to presenting companies, instructions here 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: David Berkus, Chairman Emeritus, Tech Coast Angels "Best Tips on Extending the Runway and Cashing Out" (2 pm ET for an hour). Dave has helped numerous portfolio companies start, grow, and successfully exit. Hear his sage advice on how to use portfolio companies can use their capital for best impact and exit in style. |
 | 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 Syndication Meeting. Nominate companies 10 days in advance. No charge to presenting companies, instructions here 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: Mitch Kapor - Tentative (2 pm ET for an hour). Mitch founded Lotus and created Lotus 1-2-3, co-founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation, first chair of Mozilla (Firefox), founding investor in UUNET, first Chair of Linden Lab (Second Life), and has angel invested in a large number of successful startups such as Twilio, Odeo (Twitter), Sprout, Posterous, Hipster, SumbleUpon, bitly, Uber, Asana, and many more. |
2012 Schedule. | |
 | 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 (Play Now). | |
| 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. |