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Superlative Speakers at CED's Capital Connection Innovator's Quarterly Workshop
Workshop Provides Innovators with Access to Entrepreneurial
Success Stories
November 12, 2002, Research Triangle Park, NC - Speakers for CED's latest installment of the Capital Connection Innovator's Quarterly Workshop are lined up, and they're not to be missed. Attendees will benefit from the entrepreneurial insights of:
- Carson Loomis, Founder, Norak Biosciences
- Donavan Moxey, Founder, LIPSinc.
- Brad Walters, Academy Funds
- Jesko von Windheim, Founder, Cronos Integrated Microsystems
- Chris Lynch, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP
The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) created the Capital Connection Innovator's Quarterly Workshop to help prospective entrepreneurs and innovators who are considering commercialization possibilities to evaluate the feasibility of their ideas. The next session will be held this Saturday, November 16, at Duke University Medical Center, from 7:30-noon. Well-established entrepreneurs, investors, and service partners (accountants, attorneys, etc.) deliver the content of the program, combining panel discussions with interactive workshops and take-away tools.
Key topics to be discussed include:
- understanding venture capital and angel investment criteria
- how to approach investors
- understanding potential customers and competition
- science vs. business and technology vs. product
Participants will also discuss the start-up process, intellectual property protection and ownership, business formation, and management and team/partner issues.
For more information on Capital Connection, including details about the workshop and other sessions, go to www.cednc.org/capitalconnection.
The Capital Connection Quarterly Workshop audience is limited to potential entrepreneurs interested in starting a business. Service partners are encouraged to refer individuals thinking of launching a business. Prospective technology entrepreneurs interested in attending may visit www.cednc.org/programs/capital_connection/quarterlyworkshop.html for details and an online registration form.
About CED's Capital Connection
CED's Capital Connection works in tandem with CED's FastTrac Tech and
Streak entrepreneurial training programs to assist innovators in the
earliest stages of company development. The Capital Connection Advisory
Team, comprised of angel and venture capital investors, helps companies
review business development plans, assess funding progress, identify
CED programs that uniquely suit business needs, and provides ongoing
mentoring and direction. Capital Connection companies raised more than
$270 million in 2000, and $361 million since 1999. For more information
about the various Capital Connection programs, visit CED's Web site
at www.cednc.org/capitalconnection
or contact Adam Smith at asmith@cednc.org.
About CED
CED is a nonprofit organization established in 1984 to encourage and
assist entrepreneurs in developing high-growth businesses, and to enhance
North Carolina's prominence as a center for high-impact business opportunities.
CED's members include businesses, investors, professional firms, and
other organizations that actively aid entrepreneurs in developing high-growth
business ventures throughout the area. For more information, visit CED's
Web site at www.cednc.org.