We are now launching the next phase of VEF Momentum focused specifically on mentoring and educating young entrepreneurs.

Over the past few months, many of you have given us feedback on what you feel is missing in this city for young entrepreneurs. Namely – substantive, actionable lessons and guidance from established entrepreneurs, professionals and investors. As a result we’ve formed a pilot program called “Fireside Chats.”  These chats are a unique and valuable opportunity for young entrepreneurs to spend time with local seasoned entrepreneurs and business leaders in a roundtable like setting. 

 Each fireside chat will tackle a separate demand driven issue.  Our first chat is scheduled to occur on December 10, 2008, and will cover off the foundation building blocks towards a successful start-up. This roundtable discussion will offer actionable and meaningful take-aways that you can implement in your own start-up right away.

 We understand this is a valuable opportunity for many young entrepreneurs, however, in order to ensure the fireside chats run smoothly we will only select three to four companies per session.  See below for a summary of our first fireside chat details.  If you are interested, please read the detailed program attached.

 Fireside Chat #1 – “Start-Up 101- Things you better get right”

1)      General Corporate Matters

·         Due diligence within your own organization

2)      Employment and staffing issues

3)      Intellectual Property

·         Protecting your IP and having the proper legal support

4)      Structuring key corporate agreements

·         Shareholder Agreements, customer agreements, etc.

Event Details

Date:  Wednesday December 10^th, 4-7 pm

Location:  TBA

Submission Deadline:  Wednesday December 3^rd 8am.

·         Note the selected companies will be contacted on Friday December 4^th 8am

·         Please do not provide your submission unless you are committed to the event date (Wednesday Dec 10^th)

·         Online at: http://vefmomentum.wufoo.com/forms/fireside-chat-submission-form/

 Facilitators:

·         Jonathan Bixby, CEO of Strangeloop Networks

·         Keith Spencer,  Partner, Technology and Intellectual Property Group, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

·         See attachment for biographies.

This entry was posted on Friday, November 28th, 2008 at 1:11 am and is filed under Events, Featured, General. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.