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Angel Summit

As a precursor to the 2008 Innovation Showcase, the Tucson-based Desert Angels and the McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship would like to invite you to the first-ever Southwest Regional Angel Summit. This will be an opportunity to share, collaborate, and communicate for building a stronger investment and pipeline base for the region.

Monday, March 24, 2008
10:00am-3:00pm
McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship
McClelland Hall
University of Arizona
1130 E Helen Street
*parking adjacent to McClelland Hall

Click Here to register for the summit.
* No registration fee
* Lunch and Dinner provided on Monday, March 24th

Proposed Agenda
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  • Improving communication among angel networks to improve quality of deal flow, joint investing, best practices, etc.
  • Marketing via the Web. Treating entrepreneurs as if they were our customer and presenting our organizations in their best light
  • Identifying local business specialties and how regional investors can network to take advantage of resulting localized angel expertise during the due diligence process
  • Discussion of tech transfer projects within the region
  • Streamlining the deal process, giving better feedback to entrepreneurs, and saying no more often
  • Member development
  • Is Angelsoft the answer and other questions about record keeping
  • Other

 

 

2008 Innovation Showcase

All attendees of the Angel Summit are invited to participate in the 2008 Innovation Showcase. Throughout the two-hour showcase, Angels and other members of the investment community will be invited to circulate among the student venture representatives and identify teams they would like to invite to make formal presentations immediately following the public showcase.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008
10:00am-6:00pm
Student Union Memorial Center
University of Arizona
1303 E University Blvd

Celebrating technology development and commecialization at the University of Arizona.

Click Here for more about the showcase

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Southwest Regional Angel Summit Sponsored by:
Desert Angels and the McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship

Innovation Showcase 2008 Sponsored by:
Desert Angels, McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship and the Arizona Center for Innovation

Contact Information

Angel Summit
Bob Morrison
Executive Director, Desert Angels
morrisonr@qwest.net
520.621.4823

2008 Innovation Showcase
Sherry Hoskinson
Director, McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship
University of Arizona
shoskinson@eller.arizona.edu
520.621.4823

 

Nearby Hotels

Four Points by Sheraton
Special Rate for Angel Summit. $125.00/night. When making reservations, please state that you are with the Angel Summit. Reserve early-- space is limited.

The Marriott University Park

The Arizona Inn

Lodge on the Desert

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McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship | Eller College of Management | The University of Arizona
1130 E Helen Street | P.O. Box 210108 | Tucson, AZ 85721-0108 | 520.621.2576

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