Join us at the inaugural Boston Pipeline Fellowship Conference on Friday, December 2, 2011.  The Conference will be held at Goodwin Procter's Boston offices at Exchange Place.

About the 2011 Boston Pipeline Fellowship Conference

The 2011 Boston Pipeline Fellowship Conference is an all day event on angel investing. 

Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Tickets will not be sold at the event.

Refunds will not be issued. 

Panels and Speakers

AGENDA

8:30 am – 9:00 am Registration
                                Continental Breakfast

9:00 am – 9:25 am Welcome & Opening Remarks
Natalia Oberti Noguera, Founder & CEO, Pipeline Fellowship

9:25 am – 9:55 am An Angel Investing Overview (PowerPoint Presentation/Q&A)
Susan Preston, Lead Instructor, Angel Resource Institute

9:55 am – 10:20 am Panel #1: Is Angel Investing Right for You?
Galen Moore, Web Editor, Boston Business Journal (moderator)
Susan Preston, Lead Instructor, Angel Resource Institute
Judy Robinett, Managing Partner, Golden Seeds & Managing Partner, Willowbend
Sheryl Schultz, Managing Director, Golden Seeds
Mary Anne Rooke, President & Managing Director, Angel Investor Forum

10:20 am – 10:35 am Angel Portfolio Strategy (PowerPoint Presentation/Q&A)
Susan Preston, Lead Instructor, Angel Resource Institute

10:35 am – 11:00 am Panel #2: Portfolio Strategy for Angels
Jackie VanderBrug, Managing Director, Criterion Ventures (moderator)
Anita Brearton, Managing Director, Golden Seeds
Susan Preston, Lead Instructor, Angel Resource Institute
Jennifer Lum, Entrepreneur & Investor, Apricot Capital
David Cappillo, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP

11: 00 am - 11:15 am Break

11:15 am – 11:40 am Overview of Due Diligence (PowerPoint Presentation)
Susan Preston, Lead Instructor, Angel Resource Institute

11:40 am – 12:10 pm Panel #3: Discussion of Due Diligence
Jennifer Hill, Adviser, Pipeline Fellowship (moderator)
Jean Hammond, Member, Launchpad, Golden Seeds, & Hub Angels
Whitney Johnson, President, Rose Park Advisors, LLC
Stephen Charkoudian, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP
Gitika Srivastava, Partner, KAHM Capital & CEO, Navya Network

12:10 pm – 1:00 pm Panel #4: Structuring the Deal
Rudina Seseri, Principal, Fairhaven Capital (moderator)
Danielle Lauzon, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP
Bettina Hein, Founder & CEO, Pixability, Inc.
Lizette Pérez-Deisboeck, General Counsel, Battery Ventures

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch
Lunch Remarks by Regina Pisa, Chair and Managing Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Valuation Methodologies (PowerPoint Presentation)
Susan Preston, Lead Instructor, Angel Resource Institute

2:30 pm 2:30 pm – 3:50 pm Break-out Group Case Discussions
Group #1 Lex Schroeder, Co-Founder, New Prosperity Initiative
Group #2 Victoria Song, Associate, Flybridge Capital Partners
Group #3 Michelle Hipwood, Executive Director, The Capital Network

3:50 pm – 4:10 pm Break-out Group Case Presentations

4:10 pm – 4:30 pm Panel #5: Discussions of Case Studies and Valuation
Kathleen McQuiggan, President, Catalina Leadership (moderator)

4:30 pm – 4:45 pm Break

4:45 pm – 5:00 pm The Post Investment Relationship (PowerPoint Presentation)
Susan Preston, Lead Instructor, Angel Resource Institute

5:00 pm – 5:45 pm Panel #6: The Post Investment Relationship
Dahna Goldstein, Founder & CEO, PhilanTech & Pipeline Fellowship Investee (moderator)
Laura Fitton, CEO & Founder, OneForty.com
Geraldine Alias, Principal, North Bridge Growth Equity
Ian Engstrand, Associate, Goodwin Procter LLP

5:45 pm – 6:00 pm Closing Remarks
Natalia Oberti Noguera, Founder & CEO, Pipeline Fellowship

SPONSORED BY

About the Pipeline Fellowship

The Pipeline Fellowship trains women philanthropists to become angel investors through education, mentoring, and practice.  Fellows commit to invest in a woman-led for-profit social venture at the end of the training. 

The Pipeline Fellowship aims to diversify the investor pool and connect women social entrepreneurs with investors who get them.

The Pipeline Fellowship has been featured in Bloomberg Businessweek, Dowser, Forbes CSR Blog, ForbesWoman, Mashable, New Prosperity, TechCrunch, and The New York Times.

To learn about sponsorship opportunities, email: info@pipelinefellowship.com

About Goodwin Procter LLP 

Goodwin Procter LLP is a national law firm with a growing international presence. With offices in Boston, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and Washington, D.C. At Goodwin Procter, there is a collective determination and an entrepreneurial spirit. As one of the nation's leading law firms, Goodwin Procter handles some of the largest cases on record and also work with individuals and investors leading the way in new technologies and markets. 

Goodwin Procter's award winning website, www.goodwinfoundersworkbench.com, is a great resource that provides free access to critical start-up forms, memorandum, best practices and other resources to form, operate and protect your start-up. 

More information available: www.goodwinprocter.com