Startup Monthly March Demo Day

Name: Startup Monthly March Demo Day
Start: 2012-03-11T16:00:00-07:00
End: 2012-03-11T19:00:00-07:00
Location: PeopleBrowsr

Hosted By

Yuri R.

Details

Startup Monthly March Demo Day - March 11th in San Francisco

You will learn how early stage startups present their products and pitch to a panel of investors.

Our demo days are hosted monthly as part of Pitch Accelerator workshop (http://www.startupmonthly.org/-pitch-accelerator.html) where startups present their progress to panel of investors in order to get feedback on their idea, business model and potential fund raising for their startup.

In order to present your startup in the Demo Day you MUST have a LIVE prototype.

Interested to present or pitch, email yuri@startupmonthly.org

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RSVP:

$20 Regular and at the door

$50 For expo table (includes 2 tickets to the event) (http://stmdemoday031112.eventbrite.com/)

Interested to present in Expo session, email yuri@startupmonthly.org

Demo day agenda:

Expo Session

4pm-5:30pm - Expo session - Teams present their live products to guests and investors Keynote Session

5:30pm-6pm - "Venture Capital Trends" - Gamiel Gran (http://www.linkedin.com/in/gamielgran) Pitches Session

6:00pm-8:30pm - Startups pitch to investors 8:30pm-9:00pm - Panel announcement of the top 3 teams and feedback 9:00pm-10:00pm - Networking

Pitch Session Moderator - Max Shapiro: LinkedIn Profile (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/max-shapiro/0/6/b57)

Max is the founder and CEO of PeopleConnect, bringing remarkable energy, a rare blend of experience, a sense of creativity, and a never-give-up tenaciousness that has made it possible for many startups and established companies to add key talent to their teams. A lifelong entrepreneur, and a consummate networker and business strategist, Max understands the minds and passions of startups and companies focused on growth.

Max has always been an expert in finding talent; he was the youngest talent scout in the history of the NBA, serving as Chief Scout for the Phoenix Suns. He owned and operated a company that produced sports camps for children, and baseball and basketball fantasy camps for adults, where he partnered with some of the biggest names in sports, including Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Pat Riley, Magic Johnson, John Wooden and Billy Casper.

Panel of Investors:

Gamiel Gran - Partner, Business Development at Sierra Ventures. LinkedIn Profile (http://www.linkedin.com/in/gamielgran), Bio (http://www.sierraven.com/our-team-gran) Igor Matsanyuk - Partner at imi.vc (http://imi.vc/), Founder at Farminers, Senior Vice President at Mail.ru. Online Profiles: LinkedIn Profile (http://www.linkedin.com/in/igormatsanyuk), AngelList (http://angel.co/dachnik) Ben Nelson - Chairman and CEO at Minerva University, GM at SnapFish 2005-2010, Chairman at RedBeacon. LinkedIn Profile (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ben-nelson/0/21/491) Kevin Doerr - VP, Products at Yahoo! and co-founder at Archimedes Labs. LinkedIn Profile (http://www.linkedin.com/in/kevindoerr), AngelList (http://angel.co/kevind) Allan Schiffman -Serial Entrepreneur, Executive Director at Commercenet. LinkedIn Profile (http://www.linkedin.com/in/allans). AngelList (http://angel.co/allan-schiffman) Igor Shoifot - Convicted serial entrepreneur, seed investor, TMT Investment. Online Profiles: LinkedIn Profile (http://www.linkedin.com/in/shoifot) , AngelList (http://angel.co/iggysh) Allan Young - Angel Investor, Co-Founder at LaunchHear, Inc. LinkedIn Profile (http://www.linkedin.com/in/allantyoung), Personal Website (http://allantyoung.com/) Julian Zegelman - Angel Investor, Co-Founder / VP Operations & General Counsel at Rolith, Inc. LinkedIn Profile (http://www.linkedin.com/in/jzegelman), AngelList (http://angel.co/jzegelman) Sajjad Masud - Co-President at HBS Angels, entrepreneur, angel investor.