Location: ATDC Hodges Room, 75 Fifth Street NW, 3rd Floor, Atlanta, GA
Description: The popular StartupChicks roundtable discussion format is back. We will bring in eight experts in various topics, including legal, finance, HR, marketing, intellectual property, and technology.
Attendance will be limited to allow you the most time with the experts. Each expert will man a table and we will hold three 30 minute sessions. Be sure to prepare your pitch, 2 minutes or less, as each expert will ask you to give it as well as give their own.
Register early as we have only 40 spots open and they tend to go quickly for this type of event!
Food for Thought - Angel Investors as Partners, Supporters and Equity Participants
Starts: 3:30 pm
Ends: May 17, 2012 - 5:00 pm
Location: Georgia Tech Savannah Campus
Description: This Food for Thought event will present an open and interactive discussion on who, what, why and how Angels can support entrepreneurs. It will focus on the stages of business development where angels fit and the recent changes in the landscape of new business startup financing including crowdsourcing and venture funds. Several actual project examples will be presented and evaluated.
Speaker: Ray Wenig, President Ariel Southeast Angel Partners
Description: TiEcon is TiE’s premier annual event and is the largest convention in the world dedicated to entrepreneurs. TiE is a global organization dedicated to fostering entrepreneurs across its international network.
Present Your High Tech Business Plan at Run It By the Pros
Starts: 7:30 pm
Ends: May 22, 2012 - 11:00 pm
Location: GSU Buckhead Center, 3348 Peachtree Street NE Tower Place 200, Suite 500 Atlanta, GA 30326
Description: Join the audience as four startups present their business plans to our panel of experts! Featured panelists include Nelson Chu, Managing Director, Kinetic Ventures, (moderator); Joan Herbig, CEO, Control Scan; Bill Nussey, CEO, Silverpop; Kelly Gay, CEO, Omnilink, and Matthew May, Partner, Cherry, Bekaert and Holland LLP.
Kick start your high tech start-up with the opportunity to present your business plan to a professional panel and live audience! The four start-up technology companies selected will receive actionable advice from seasoned start-up professionals and members of the audience! To request the application and guidelines, contact Virginia Martin at virginia@mitforumatlanta.org. Applications are due by April 22.
Description: This three-part workshop is a concentrated, unique program that helps founders and technologists of concept-stage startups begin interacting with customers early in the development of their companies. Customer Discovery utilizes coaching to provide a personalized learning experience. During the course of the workshop, you will develop a customer engagement action plan, a positioning statement, market-sizing data and a product development plan.
Location: The Defoor Centre, 1710 Defoor Avenue NW, Atlanta, GA 30318
Description: Now in it's 7th year, the TAG Business Launch Competition serves to promote and reward startup technology companies based in Georgia. This year, we had over 65 companies apply to compete for the $50,000 cash prize and over $400,000 in Suite of Services. After several rounds of presentations, our judges have narrowed down those companies to four exciting companies.