Financing High-Impact Ventures (FHIV) October 17th 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m TechColumbus, 1275 Kinnear Rd., Columbus OH RSVP: [email protected] Speaker: Bill Payne, TechColumbus Advisor, Angel Investor, Henderson, Nevada Financing High-Impact Ventures Please join us for the first presentation in our EiR Speaker Series. This workshop provides entrepreneurs with a broad understanding of the capital sources available for startup companies, including information on using advisors, term sheets and establishing a valuation for new ventures. Raising money from angel investors is highlighted. A case study exercise allows participants to use these new skills working together in small group. About Bill Payne Bill Payne is an active angel investor, board member, and advisor to entrepreneurs. He assisted in founding four angel groups: the Frontier Angel Fund (2005), Tech Coast Angels (San Diego - 2000), Vegas Valley Angels (2003) and Aztec Venture Network (1999). For three decades, Bill Payne has successfully founded or invested in over 50 start-up companies, including: Solid State Dielectrics, Inc. in 1971 (an electronic materials company he founded and sold to E. I. DuPont in 1982), Novacap, Inc. in 1980 (a $100 million manufacturer of ceramic capacitors now operating as a stand-alone unit within Dover Companies), Vista Staffing Solutions, Inc. in 1990 (a private $60 million company providing temporary placement of physicians), and Email Publishing in 1996 (a venture-funded company merged into DoubleClick, Inc. - DCLK: Nasdaq). From 1995 to 2007 in his role with as an Entrepreneur in Residence with the Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City), he worked on educational programs for entrepreneurs and their investors, including eVenturing and the Power of Angel Investing seminar series. He has also been actively engaged in the formation and startup of the Angel Capital Education Foundation and the Angel Capital Association. Bill was awarded the prestigious 2009 Hans Severiens Memorial Award for Outstanding Contribution to Angel Investing. Bill served as the 2010 BNZ University of Auckland Entrepreneur-in-Residence in New Zealand from February through June 2010, his fourth visit to New Zealand. In November 2010, Bill was named the 2010 New Zealand Arch Angel, the highest Kiwi angel award. Bill graduated with BS and MS degrees in Ceramic Engineering from the University of Illinois, where he has served on the Dean’s Board of Visitors of the College of Engineering. All together, Bill has over 120 years of Board service for private companies and not-for-profit organizations. He currently serves as advisor to several start-up companies. His eBook, theDefinitive Guide to Raising Money from Angels is available on his website at billpayne. He and his wife Ann are residents of Henderson, Nevada.
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