SMALL BUSINESS NETWORKING SERIES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
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Moderated by:
Kelly T. Leonard, CPA, CITRMS
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ktleonard
WorkforceCare, a division of Taylor-Leonard Corporation
In Partnership with:
MONTGOMERY COMMUNITY MEDIA
Date: Thursday, July 18, 2013
Topics: Venture Capital and Angel Investors
Agenda:
7:00 am Doors open
7:15 am -7:30 am Continental Breakfast/Meet & Greet Networking
7:30 am – 7:55 am Welcome
Facilitator Greetings
Montgomery Community Media Welcome
Speed Networking
8:00 am – 8:25 am Valerie Gaydos, president, Capital Growth, Inc.
8:25 am Closing comments
Meeting adjourned
Upcoming Events:
The scheduled networking sessions are as follows:
Aug 22nd Steve Silverman, Director, Department of Economic Development
Sep 19th Gilbert F. Kennedy III, president & CEO, Colombo Bank
Oct 17th Seth Goldman, founder & TeaEO, Honest Tea
The featured presenter on July 18th is Valerie Gaydos, president, Capital Growth
(http://www.linkedin.com/in/valeriegaydos)
Valerie is an active angel investor and Founder of the Angel Venture Forum. She has been involved with many start-up companies in the areas of operational development and strategic planning for more than 20 years.
She is the founder and president of Capital Growth, Inc. (CGI) which was founded in 1994 as a venture capital data and information publishing company. CGI currently specializes in business building and actively invests in early stage companies. She is also president of Fifty-First Associates, LLC, an association management and government relations firm in Pennsylvania. From 2004-2007 Valerie served as President of the Pennsylvania Angel Network. She also served as director of the Private Investors Forum (Philadelphia) and the annual Angel Venture Fair (AVF) - a consortium of angel investors from 2004-2010. She is a member of the Lancaster Angel Network, a founding director of the Center for New Technology Enterprise and serves on the Policy Committee of the Angel Capital Association (ACA). Additionally, she is a member of the PEG PAC Political Action Committee Board of the Pennsylvania Business Council and serves as Chairman & Treasurer PiPAC which is a Federal Political Action Committee established to preserve and encourage the stability and growth of American emerging businesses.
Valerie previously served as an Analyst for the Pennsylvania State Senate and worked for Senate leadership. She also served as Staff Assistant for Pennsylvania U.S. Senator H. John Heinz, III.
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