HV Entrepreneurs Forum

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Dear HV Entrepreneurs, please join us for the HV Entrepreneurs Forum. Hear from Daniel Leader, Founder and Chairman, Bread Alone, and five other successful HV entrepreneurs in a panel discussion. And we have added another valuable "huddle" topic - Finding HV Talent, led by Kale Kaposhilin. Kale has valuable insights on the HV talent scene from his experience as co-founder of HV Tech Meetup. It is a great opportunity for HV entrepreneurs to come together to meet and learn from each other. All types of HV entrepreneurs are invited to attend - high growth startups, solopreneurs, small business and family business entrepreneurs. . We have extended the registration deadline to Thursday, March 12. See below for details. HV Entrepreneurs Forum 9:00am Kickoff: Registration, Light Breakfast, Networking President Donald Christian - Welcome Message 9:30am Entrepreneur Panel: HV entrepreneurs sharing their lessons learned on the journey of entrepreneurship in the HV, spanning high growth ventures, exit experiences, small business and family business Johnny LeHane, Founding Member Manager of HV Startup Fund, moderator Rachel Hawkes, Co-Founder, ViaHero Daniel Leader, Founder and Chairman, Bread Alone Dennis and Julie Roche, co-founders of Burbio Jeff Werner, Founder and CEO, The Field Group Richard Zack, Founder and CEO, our.news 10:25am Sponsor Messages 10:30am Huddle Pitches: each Huddle facilitator will do an introductory 3 minute pitch on the topic and will facilitate connections and discussions on the topic during the huddles. 11:00am Huddles: entrepreneurs will gather at huddles of interest and can move between huddles at any time. See Huddles below with Huddle facilitators. Funding - Pre-Seed and Seed: Johnny LeHane, Founding Manager, HV Startup Fund Funding - Series A and Beyond: Leon Greene, Manager, HV Startup Fund Strategic Partnerships: Tony Fareed, Managing Director, Bridge Global Capital Group, 360accel Crossing the Chasm(s) to Growth: Rushdi Siddiqui, Co-Founder & CEO of Vaistra Solopreneurs: Lauree Ostrofsky, Founder, Simply Leap Small Business: Frank DeRaffele, Executive Director, Business Networking International HV Finding HV Talent: Kale Kaposhilin, Co-founder, Moonfarmer Noon Lunch and open networking 12:30pm Adjourn Thank you to our HV Venture Hub Annual Sponsors who are supporting this Forum: Schwartz Heslin Group (David Dell), GCSEN Foundation (Mike Caslin), HV Startup Fund (Johnny LeHane), Upstate Capital (Noa Simons).