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Copyright 2005, Houston Technology Center Tendenci Membership Management Software by Schipul - The Web Marketing Company en-us noemail@houstontech.org Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:50:04 GMT Events http://www.houstontech.org/en/cev/649 ESS: Raising Capital in Texas Today on 18-Jan-08 7:00 AM <div class="vevent"> <a class="url" href="http://www.houstontech.org/en/cev/649"> <span class="summary">ESS: Raising Capital in Texas Today</span> </a><br/> <span class="tdtstart">Start Date:</span> <abbr class="dtstart" title="20080118T120000Z">18-Jan-08 7:00 AM</abbr> <br/> <span class="tdtend">End Time:</span> <abbr class="dtend" title="20080118T140000Z">18-Jan-08 9:00 AM</abbr> <br/> <span class="tlocation">Location:</span> <span class="location"> Houston Technology Center</span> <br/> <span class="tdescription">Event Details:</span> <div class="description"><div align="center"><font color="#003300"><span style="font-size: 26pt; color: #003300; font-family: 'Bauhaus 93'"><em style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana"><font size="4"><font color="#003300"><font color="#003300"><strong style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Educational Seminar Series 2007/2008</span> </strong></font></font></font></em></span></font></div> <font color="#003300"></font> <div style="font-family: verdana" align="center"><font color="#003300"><br> </font><font color="#003300"><font color="#003300"><span style="font-size: 18pt"><strong style="font-size: 12pt">RAISING CAPITAL IN TEXAS TODAY</strong></span></font></font></div> <div style="font-family: verdana" align="left"><font color="#003300"><font color="#003300"></font></font>&nbsp;</div> <div style="font-family: verdana" align="center"><font color="#003300"><font color="#003300"><strong style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">SESSION III:</span>&nbsp;<br> <span style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-size: 18pt">Raising Funds for Growth: <br> Series B and Beyond</span><br> </span></strong>&nbsp;</font></font></div> <span style="color: #003300"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify" align="left">&nbsp;</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify" align="left">The third session of HTC's educational series will focus on various methods of raising funds for continued growth of a business&nbsp;beyond the early stage. A panel of experienced entrepreneurs will share their own success stories of recent financing obtained in different ways, including private equity, debt financing, line of credit and more.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify" align="left">&nbsp;</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify" align="left"><font size="3"><strong><font color="#003300">Moderator:</font></strong></font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="font-family: Verdana"><strong>E. Scott Crist</strong>,&nbsp;CEO,</span><span style="color: #003300"><span style="font-family: Verdana"><font color="#000000"><span style="color: #0b3e03"> Texas Ventures</span></font></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify" align="left">&nbsp;</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify" align="left"><font size="3"><span style="color: #003300"><strong>Panel:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong><span style="font-size: 10pt"><strong>Kemal Farid,</strong> President and CEO, Merrick Systems, Inc.</span> <div><span style="font-size: 10pt"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; David Ferdman,</strong> President and CEO, CyrusOne</span></div> </span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify" align="left"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="color: #003300"><font size="3"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 10pt"><strong>&nbsp;Daniel S. Parsley,</strong> President and CEO, SalvageSale, Inc.</span></strong></font></span><font size="3"><br> </font></span><font size="3">&nbsp;</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify" align="left"> <hr /> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong><span style="color: #003300"><span style="font-family: Verdana"><strong><span style="color: #003300">Fees:</span></strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; $40 for Technology Champions /&nbsp;$45 all others</span></span></strong> <br> </font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify" align="left"></div> <div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<span style="font-family: Verdana"><strong><span style="color: #800000"><span style="font-family: Verdana"><strong>Early Bird Special: Register by January 11, 2008:</strong></span></span></strong></span></div> <div><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="color: #800000">$35 for Technology Champions / $40 all others</span></strong></div> <div> <hr /> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify" align="left"><span style="color: #003300"><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong style="font-family: Verdana">Registration and Networking:</strong></font></span><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7:00 -&nbsp;7:30&nbsp;AM<br> <strong style="font-family: Verdana">Program</strong>: </font><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong><span style="color: #003300"><span style="font-family: Verdana"><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong><span style="color: #003300"><span style="font-family: Verdana"><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong><span style="color: #003300"><span><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;</font></span></span></strong>&nbsp;</font></span></span></strong></font></span></span></strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7:30 - 9:00&nbsp;AM&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify" align="left"> <hr /> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify" align="justify"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><font face="Arial" size="2">H</font></span><span style="font-size: 10pt"><font face="Arial" size="2">TC's Educational Seminar Series (ESS) presents topics relevant to building successful technology businesses.&nbsp;<br> <br> A moderated panel of industry leaders&nbsp;is providing different perspectives&nbsp;on a variety of topics to assist&nbsp;technology entrepreneurs with fund raising. Many of the ESS topics cover gaps that our advisors in the legal and investment professions often identify when companies approach them in their quest for&nbsp;funding.</font></span><font face="Arial" size="2"> <br> </font></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify" align="left"> <hr /> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify" align="center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font color="#000080"><font color="#000080"><em><font face="Verdana"><strong><font style="font-size: 10pt; color: #093004" size="5">Special Thanks to the '07-'08 Educational Seminar Series / Technology Champions Sponsors:<br> <br> </font></strong></font></em></font></font></font></span><font face="Arial" size="2"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana">Amegy Bank of Texas<br> Aquinas &amp; AlphaDev</span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt"><br> </span><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana">Aramco Services Company</span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt"><br> </span><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana">BLUE LANCE</span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt"><br> </span><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana">C-TREC<br> Direct Energy<br> Fulbright &amp; Jaworski L.L.P.<br> GLO CPAs, LLP<br> Gow &amp; Partners<br> Haynes and Boone, LLP<br> Houston Angel Network<br> Houston Business Journal<br> Houston Wellness Association<br> Mayer, Brown, Rowe &amp; Maw LLP<br> Oracle Corporation<br> PKF Texas<br> Pierpont Communications, Inc. <br> SessionsGroup<br> Winstead</span></em></strong><br> <em><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana">1-Service.com</span></strong></em><strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana"><br> <em><span style="font-family: Verdana">180 Connect Inc.</span></em></span></em></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black"><font color="#000080"><font color="#000080"><em><font face="Verdana"><strong><font style="font-size: 10pt; color: #093004" size="5"><font face="Verdana"><font color="#000000"><strong><em></em></strong></font></font></font></strong></font></em></font></font></span></font></div> </span> </div> </div> <br/> <div class="vcard"> <a class="fn">Houston Technology Center </a></div> http://www.houstontech.org/en/cev/649 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMT