February FDU Event with Wiley Cerilli of First Round Capital
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Wiley sold Single Platform (http://www.singleplatform.com/) for 100Million to Constant Contact (http://www.constantcontact.com/). Join us and learn how he did it. Wiley now works at First Round Capital (http://www.firstround.com/) - a rare seed stage VC firm - First Round believes the old VC model is broken. And they are building a future where founders can work together (and with us) to get the holistic advice, data and tools they need to make a big difference from the very beginning.
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Prior to First Round (http://www.firstround.com/) Wiley founded Single Platform (http://www.singleplatform.com/). A hyper local company that provides small businesses one stop to manage their digital presence and gain customers. Businesses can update their products, services, specials, events, menus, and more, across SinglePlatform’s Publisher Network of review sites, mobile applications, and related local guides, as well as their social media pages, website, and mobile-optimized site. Wiley continued to manage Single Platform (http://www.singleplatform.com/) at as an employee of Constant Contact (http://www.constantcontact.com/) after they were acquired.
Wiley is also trying to make a difference and he is working with the Manitou Experience (http://www.manitouexperience.org/). A a free one-week non profit summer camp for boys who have experienced a significant death-loss that helps build confidence, encourage laughter, and navigate grief through friendship, teamwork, activities, and the common bond of loss. Our mission is to normalize the grief process and facilitate healthy integration of loss through peer support in a safe and nurturing environment.
Agenda for the evening is as follows:
6:30 to 7:00 Pizza & Networking
7:00 to 7:10 Updates
7:10 to 7:20 Audience/Member Announcements and Requests
7:20 to 7:30 Startup #1 - David Ingerman - Co-Founder and CEO at PlaceCodes, Inc.
7:30 to 7:40 Startup presentation 2
7:40 to 8:10 Keynote speaker: Wiley Cerilli of First Round Capital (http://www.firstround.com/)
8:10 to 9:00 Networking
After 9:00 Drinks at Vanderbilt's in the Hamilton Park Hotel 175 Park Ave Florham Park, NJ 07932 (https://www.google.com/url?sa=D&oi=plus&q=https://maps.google.com/maps?expflags%3Denable_star_based_justifications:true%26ie%3DUTF8%26cid%3D16356950445471689601%26q%3DHamilton%2BPark%2BHotel%2B%2526%2BConference%2BCenter%26iwloc%3DA%26gl%3DUS%26hl%3Den) - Just exit through the Florham Road / Park Ave exit of FDU and you will see the Hotel on the left before you reach Park Ave.
Directions - Complete directions to the FDU library are available here - http://view.fdu.edu/files/directionstolibrarymonningercenterandorangerie.pdf
Parking - Park behind the library, across from of the dorms or in one of the larger (but further) lots. See the parking map below.
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