Pitfalls of Starting a Business with Family and Friends from Henry Bestritsky
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Henry sold part of the business he co-founded to Microsoft but he lost his best friend along the way and he was not happy. Join us and learn how to prevent this from happening to you!
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Over the course of more than 20 years, Henry has leveraged his entrepreneurial skills, leadership experience and passion for all things IT to lead the development and launch of innovative solutions within competitive markets to prove being the best isn’t about size, it’s about maximizing opportunities to creatively solve problems. Henry’s strategic vision, creative thinking and commitment to customer care has resulted in tremendous value to a wealth of clients around the globe. Henry holds a BS in Computer Science from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, and enjoys pushing the boundaries to squeeze every drop out of life.
Since its establishment in 1993, Henry Bestritsky has served at the helm of Binary Tree (https://www.binarytree.com/) as Co-CEO. After 20 years, Henry sold his stock to Binary Tree. Under Henry's leadership, Binary Tree was able to grow rapidly and make the INC. 5000 multiple times. He was the visionary and creative force behind Binary Tree's growth.
Now Henry has founded a new company called StrataBlue (http://stratablue.com/) also with a family friend. Based on the lessons learned Henry and StrataBlue (http://stratablue.com/) are doing well! Join us and hear Henry's story!
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 Pitch #1
7:40 to 7:50 Startup Pitch #2
7:50 to 8:30 Keynote speaker: Henry Bestritsky
8:30 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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