September 15, 2005  at the UT-Dallas new School of Management building
5:00 pm - Reception with wine and light buffet
6:15 - 8:00 pm - Program presentation
Admission with $35 donation at the door ($25 Payment in advance, $20 for MIT Club of DFW members, $10 for students) . 
For reservations call Mary Langford at 972-377-4554, or email to mitforum@juno.com

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Angel Groups in Action: Funding Early Stage Innovation

Program

You're an entrepreneur at a crucial junction in the early stage of your company. Your choices are to pull your bootstraps so tight they cut off circulation, ask the bank to further extend your loan, and deliver your elevator pitch at the next family function.

Or you can talk to an Angel.

The MIT Enterprise Forum presents a rare insider's look into the ever increasing role of Angel Investing in early stage technologies.

Featuring a panel of experts from across the country, and local to Texas "Angel Groups in Action" will close the knowledge gap entrepreneurs and the tech community have of the practices and principles of angel investing.

Panelists both local and across the country are:

• Laurence Briggs: Chapter President of the Dallas/Fort Worth chapter of the Keiretsu Forum of Angel Investors, co-founder of the InvestIN Group, Mr. Briggs brings a wealth of experience in independent investing 

• Rick Holdren: Member of the Houston Angels Network, and current investor in a ‘virtual incubator’ with ‘space-act’ agreement with NASA, Mr. Holdren provides a personal perspective on Angel investing 

• James Geshwiler GM '00, Chairman of the Angel Capital Association and Managing Director of CommonAngels; 

• Dwayne Mann, (local moderator) President Medera Systems 

• Dan Roach (Cambridge moderator), of Brown & Brown LLP 

• Ed Roberts '57, MIT Sloan School of Management Professor and Founder of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center; 

• Jerry Schaufeld, a member of numerous angel investor groups 

• Jeffrey Sohl, Director of the Center for Venture Research and Professor of Entrepreneurship and Decision Sciences at the University of New Hampshire;

Produced in association with the Angel Capital Association, program attendees and viewers will learn:

• the truth behind common myths about angels

• common mistakes entrepreneurs make 

• the evolution of angel investing

• how groups can and do organize effectively today; 

• and the future trends of angel investments.