SDForum Venture Startup Event: Listen and pitch to Harvard Angels March 2, 2011

Venture Startup & Financing Evening Program: A Night with The Harvard Angels
This event sells out quickly so it is important that you pre-register.

Presentation and Pitch Session:
Come listen and pitch to the Harvard Angels. Learn about the Harvard Angels' views as to what is interesting now, terms they are seeing in angel deals, and what their predictions are for 2011. The panel of Harvard Angel members will also talk about their approach to investing, how to write an effective executive summary and give an effective funding pitch, the common traits of those companies selected to present to their group meetings and those which ultimately were funded. We will select 8 ventures to do 3-minute pitches followed by 3 minutes of feedback from the panel.

Note: If you are interested in presenting, please send your executive summary (no more than 2 pages) to John Lee at [email protected] no later than Wednesday, February 23.

Panelists:
Tom Cervantez - Founder and Co-President, Harvard Angels & Partner, Bizlaw. Tom Cervantez is an active angel investor in the computer, communications and networking sectors and runs the Harvard Angels.

Jean-Claude Sarner is an active angel investor. He invests in Seed and A rounds of companies located in the Bay Area, in the following sectors:
* Life sciences, with a concentration in medical devices * Hi Tech, mostly software * Retail

Sajjad Masud - Angel Investor is an entrepreneur and a consultant and advisor to startups, as well as an angel investor and member of the Harvard Angels group. Sajjad is passionate about working with entrepreneurs, and in helping and guiding them through different phases of a startup's growth lifecycle.

Moderator:
John Lee is a director in SVB's Entrepreneur Services Group. Lee establishes banking relationships with early stage technology companies.

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