Netpreneur Exchange, venture capital series

Living with Venture Capitalists Post-Investment

DATE: Tuesday, October 19, 2004

TIME: 7:00 am - 8:00 am Registration, Continental Breakfast and Networking

8:00 am - 9:30 am Program

9:30 am - 10:00 am Networking

LOCATION: Ritz Carlton -Tysons Corner - 1700 Tysons Blvd., McLean, Virginia

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Entrepreneurs (first time and repeat), their Advisors, etc.

COST: Free

TOPICS OF DISCUSSION:

Come learn what life is like after a venture capital deal closes and how it impacts you and your business. You will hear leading experts in the Mid-Atlantic venture community, including four partners from the area's leading venture firms, candidly discuss the investor-entrepreneur relationship that follows the closing of a venture deal. Important lessons will include the following:

· What value-add can you expect from VC's (and how to maximize it)?

· What are the VC's expectations after the deal has closed?

· How to keep the investor - entrepreneur relationship from going sour?

· What to expect when visions for the company begin to diverge?

· When should you seek additional venture capital?