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Techpreneurship: Calling All Angels…
Techpreneurship, with Jeff Amerine
Jeff Amerine
(Jeff Amerine is an IA advisor, entrepreneurship educator, and officer with the University of Arkansas Technology Licensing Office. Each Thursday, his Techpreneurship blog will appear in INOV8. Drop him a line in comments.)
Folks, after about the fifth venture-capital raise I suffered through earlier in my career, I truly began to fear no evil in the valley of startup death.
Some would say the process caused a “fear lobotomy” – I do in fact hide the zipper in my forehead with makeup…
Clearly the valley of death is no fun under any circumstance and an active, engaged angel community can truly deliver some serious salvation to struggling Techpreneurs.
So where was I going with this? Ah yes, Innovate Arkansas is now sponsoring monthly Technology Venture Showcase lunch meetings to highlight promising early- stage ventures here in the state. The venue alternates every month between the University of Arkansas Genesis facility in Fayetteville and the Winrock facility in Little Rock.
You could think of this as the Innovate Arkansas version of ABC’s Shark Tank. Although we’ve yet to have investment deals done on the spot or Jerry Springer-esque infighting amongst potential investors (although we might be open to that).
On Wednesday, Feb. 17th, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the University of Arkansas Genesis Center, AT&T Conference Room, three great Innovate Arkansas client companies will be giving 15 minute company overview presentations over a FREE LUNCH…did I mention it was a FREE LUNCH?
If you are an angelic investor type or senior executive looking to learn a bit more about some really interesting startups, please RSVP to Vicki Malpass at vmalpass@winrock.org.
If you want to find out more about the presenting companies, well you’re just going have to roll the dice and show up…
Our goal with this process is to establish an engaged, informed venture community across the state. The Technology Venture Showcase Venue provides an opportunity to learn more and get to potentially get involved in “the next big things” early in the process.
Calling all Angels……
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