......		The Tech Entrepreneur Forum meets the Third Tuesday of each month October through June.  Changes to these dates will be noted when they occur. Register Online
	Next Meeting... May 20, 2008 MEETING DETAILS May 20, 2008 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Emerging Enterprise Center at Foley Hoag Bay Colony Corporate Center 1000 Winter Street, Suite 4000 (North Entrance), Waltham, MA Cost: $25. public || $10. students & active military Register Online Deciphering the Funding Value-Chain:  How Seed Capital Scroungers Become Bankers' Best Friends For our May 20th event, the EntreTech Forum takes a break from its industry-specific theme and refocuses on the issue of how new ventures of all types are funded, starting from their embryonic stages in academic research labs to fully-realized commercialization.  In particular, the EntreTech Forum’s panelists will help the audience understand the funding value-chain from the perspective of the funding sources themselves.  Panelists have been brought together from seed-level government grants and angel funding through venture capital sources all the way to mature investment banking and commercial banking applications.  This forum event will break new ground in bringing together representatives of each funding source all at once.  For all of those individuals interested in understanding the inputs, outputs, incentives, and issues from the standpoint of venture funding sources, this is a must-attend event. More>> Moderator: Mr. Andrew Fairbairn, Managing Principal, Fairbairn Ventures. Panelists: Mr. Robert Kispert, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative Mr. Eric Shealy, Innovation Advisors Mr. Jay Schwartz, Boston Harbor Angels & Stage 1 Strategies Mr. Rob Day, @Ventures Mr. William Sweeney, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Comerica Bank, Venture Capital Group
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