WRAL TechWire’s “Crowdfunding 2015” event is set for Tuesday. It is a sellout but there is a waiting list. Postponed from last month, the program features the same top-notch speakers. Same venue.
Here’s the agenda, which is jam-packed with authoritative speakers and panels in our latest Executive Exchange program “Crowdfunding in 2015”
8:30 a.m.: Opening remarks from WRAL TechWire Editor Rick Smith and sponsors
8:35 a.m.: Keynote: Investor Mark Easley, “2015 Can be the Year for Investment Crowdfunding in North Carolina,” Introduction to the new NC JOBS Act for the 2015 session, Q&A
9 a.m.: The Money Hunt – Entrepreneurs on the hunt for funding; how NCSU and the state are already helping.
Panelists include:
- John Hardin, Department of Commerce, head of Science and Technology grant program
- Entrepreneur Justin Miller of WedPics, who has raised money from non-traditional sources and VCs
- Entrepreneur John McDonald, who is seeking backers for his barbecue sauce
- Lewis Sheats, director of NCSU Entrepreneurship Clinic
9:35 a.m.: Guest Speaker Keynote – Commerce Secretary Jon Skvarla discusses “NC Commerce Department Innovation to Jobs Initiatives” with an emphasis on the importance of the investment crowdfunding initiative to startups and small business plus Q&A.
9:55 a.m.: The Legal View – Panel discussion from attorneys on the legal challenges of crowdfunding; What’s happening at the federal level; the SEC’s impact on crowdfunding in N.C.
Panelists include:
- Jim Verdonik of Ward and Smith
- Mital Patel of Wyrick & Robbins
- Benji T. Jones of Smith Anderson Law
- Moderated by Mark Easley
10:20 a.m.: The Rising Importance of Alternative Funding – The Council for Entrepreneurial Development’s Joan Siefert Rose recaps findings in recent CED study about where all startup funding comes from.
WTW Insiders received a discount.
See registration site for more details.
Event registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wral-techwire-executive-exchange-crowdfunding-in-2015-tickets-15379068207
