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Entrepreneurs' Network
July 14 Sunset Cruise on Boston Harbor
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, Tuesday, 2 June
Exit Strategies – Cashing Out
NOTE: Meeting at Foley Hoag Emerging Enterprise Center, 1000 Winter St., Waltham, MA
PRE-MEETING DINNER at 5:15 PM (sharp) at Bertucci’s, Waltham
This is a meeting that no entrepreneur can afford to miss. The exit strategy is one of the essential elements of a successful business.
Investors need to get their money back with a significant return. Someday you need to exit your company. Your strategy must consider these long-term plans. They will have a major impact on how you operate your company. Exits through an IPO or by handing the business over to your children have very different implications.
Daniel A. Guglielmo, J.D., Private Wealth Planner, Trust Design, dan@trustdesign.com
For 25 years Dan has served as a trusted adviser to successful families and business owners. Dan began his professional career at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a Finance Attorney in the Division of Enforcement. He received a Bachelor of Art degree from Colorado College, a Jurist Doctorate degree from Arizona State College of Law and studied for his LLM in Taxation at Boston University.
Andres Rodriguez, Serial Entrepreneur, Nasuni, andres@nasuni.com
Andres Rodriguez is a serial software-industry entrepreneur. He founded Abuzz, a social networking site, which was acquired by the New York Times. He became CTO of the Times, involved in archiving. His next start-up, Archivas, built a distributed software system to preserve massive amounts of digital information. Hitachi Data Systems acquired Archivas in 2007. He then founded Nasuni, which is creating a storage appliance to connect businesses to the emerging storage cloud infrastructure.
An Investor (TBA)
Moderator:
Robert Weisman, The Boston Globe, weisman@globe.com
Robert Weisman is a business and technology writer for the Boston Globe, covering high-tech startups, venture capital, defense, research and development, and business. He joined the Globe in 2000 and served as the newspaper's technology editor until 2003. From 1995 to 2000, Rob was business editor at the Seattle Times. There he was part of the editing team working on Boeing 737 safety stories that won a 1997 Pulitzer Prize.
Meeting Location: Bay Colony Office Park, Foley Hoag Emerging Enterprise Center, 1000 Winter Street, Suite 4000, Waltham, MA
Pre-Meeting Dinner: 5:15 PM at Bertucci’s, Waltham
Boston ENET meetings are free for our members and $20 for non-members.
INFORMATION: Boston Entrepreneurs’ Network Website at (http://www.boston-enet.org) Map at http://www.boston-enet.org/direct.htm
Entrepreneurs’ Network
6:45 PM, Tuesday, 14 July
Sunset Cruise on Boston Harbor and Networking Evening
IEEE Boston Entrepreneurs’ Network will hold its 7th annual Sunset Cruise and Networking Evening on Boston Harbor, on Tuesday, July 14, 2008. We board the boat at 6:45 p.m., and cruise from 7:15-9:30, with additional networking on the boat dockside until 10:15pm. The event includes a light dinner catered again this year by the delicious Off the Vine Catering, who received many compliments for the food last year. There will also be a cash bar.
Our ENET Sunset Cruise on Boston Harbor will be an enjoyable, casual wrap-up for the 19th ENET 2008-2009 season. We again expect over 130 attendees and guests. To enhance the networking opportunities, we have invited all ENET speakers whose presentations you enjoyed during the past year. We have also invited a number of angel and early stage venture capital investors to join us on the cruise. We will be joined by members and guests of two other Massachusetts technology-based entrepreneurial groups, who are partnering with ENET for this “2009 EntrepreneurShip”: MDG – Medical Development Group and the EntreTech Forum.
We will be cruising on the Mass Bay Lines’ Samuel Clemens, a beautifully designed replica of the paddle wheel steamships that once plied the Mississippi in the time of Mark Twain. The main deck is climate controlled for year round comfort. The Samuel Clemens is berthed at Rowes Wharf, behind the Boston Harbor Hotel on Atlantic Ave. in Boston. Parking is available and there are two “T” stops nearby.
Registration will begin at the May 1, 2009. You can register at the ENET meeting on May 5 by mail or at the ENET website. Your seat can be saved only by paid-up registration.
SPACE IS LIMITED. Therefore, you are encouraged to register soon so you will not miss out.
For ENET Members, the price is just $30 for the Member and $20 for his/her spouse or significant other. For non-members of ENET, spouses/significant others, or guests, the price is $45.
If you join ENET now, you can get the above Member Rates for the boat cruise for yourself and spouse/significant other, and ENET Membership through August 31, 2010. Membership cost is $75 for existing IEEE member (we need your IEEE membership number) and $85 for all others. Thus, IEEE members SAVE $50 by joining the ENET for this event and attending the cruise with your spouse or significant other.
For Registration forms, go to the ENET website www.boston-enet.org.
You can register or pay online or you can print and complete the form, and mail it with your check made payable to “IEEE Entrepreneurs’ Network” to ENET Special Events chairman and Boat Cruise coordinator, Robert Adelson, Engel & Schultz, LLP, 265 Franklin Street, Suite 1801, Boston, MA 02110. For payment confirmation or questions (or to obtain forms if not available at the website), please contact Robert Adelson, Vice Chair of ENET and Boat Cruise coordinator. His email is: radelson@engelschultz.com or if necessary call 617-951-9980 ext. 205 or fax 617-951-0048.
This will be our 7th annual boat cruise. Earlier attendees have really enjoyed this great event. We hope you will join us July 14th!
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