The Austin Entrepreneur Network is launching a series of events to bring startup entrepreneurs together with people who can provide investment and other services in order to advise and provide on-going assistance in the development of the business.
During the past event they featured 10 scaleable businesses, including Web 2.0, gaming, industrial products, consumer products and medical devices, who only qualified for consideration if they had not yet pitched to the membership of an organized angel group (nor to a VC partnership. Presenting companies received coaching from our volunteers. The audience listens to 2-minute pitches from 10 companies and also 2- minute pitches from the service providers. Afterwards, both groups meet each other in a 5-minute “speed dating” format to ensure everyone meets each other. The entrepreneurs will receive feedback on the following: 1. Market/Opportunity 2. Novelty/Concept 3. Scalability of Business Model 4. Traction In Target Market 5. Experience/Team If you're interested in participating in an event like this, drop me a note off-list as I'm compiling a list for the AEN to determine if we can fill an event. Cheers, Alex Jones www.SilverSpider.com www.twitter.com/BaldMan www.RefreshAustin.org Begin forwarded message: > From: "Hall Martin" <[email protected]> > Date: August 10, 2009 9:09:19 AM CDT > To: [email protected] > > Hello, > > We've confirmed the First Look Forum for August 19th, from 6 to 8pm at > Tech Ranch at 2311 West Rundberg Lane, Suite 200. > > In this event, we'll have ten entrepreneurs give a one-minute > fastpitch on > their company followed by ten to fifteen mentors who will also give > a one > minute fastpitch on their experiences. We'll then break into 5 minute > "speed-dating" sessions to introduce each entrepreneur to each > mentor to > get initial feedback. > > You may have entrepreneurs who would like to participate in this > type of > event in the future as we're considering holding it monthly. > > Can you join us as an observer? > > -- > Best regards, > Hall T. Martin > Director Austin Entrepreneur Network > http://austinentrepreneurnetwork.org/ > and > http://angelinvestinginaustin.blogspot.com/ > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
