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NASVF-NCET2 Venture Capital Certification Program
An 11 course series that builds a foundation for developing and executing your investment strategy
"Monitoring and Mentoring"
January 12, 2012, 1:00-2:30pm ET/10:00-11:30am PT
Instructors:
Course Description:
The purpose of this course is to help you provide value to the early-stage companies in your investment portfolio. The course will provide a number of ways to provide mentoring services to your portfolio companies and monitor their progress toward achieving positive outcomes for the company and their investors.
Course content:
- - The need for mentoring early stage companies
- >The problems most young companies face
- >The case for mentoring
- - What is mentoring?
- >Advising
- >Coaching
- >Mentoring
- - Ways to provide mentoring services
- >Advisory boards
- >Boards of Directors
- >Entrepreneurs-in-Residence programs
- >Incubators
- - Tips and Traps
- >What to do
- >What not to do
- - Monitoring progress of portfolio companies
- >Ways to get information from the company
- >Structuring communication with the company
- >Tracking the right metrics
- >Helping to provide course corrections
This course is for angel and early-stage investors, corporate development venture funds,
Economic development officials,
emerging fund managers, seed and validation funds, Service providers: attorneys, accountants, consultants.
This 90-minute course includes a 60-minute lecture and 30-minute Q&A session
Test and Certificate: An online multiple-choice test at the end of each course will be available to participants. Participants who achieve 60% or greater will receive a Certificate of Successful Completion
Costs: Each course is offered at a cost of $99 or $795 for all 11 courses. Click on "subscribe" above to enroll.
Registration to Past Courses: Did you miss any of the past courses? This series of courses is ongoing. The upcoming schedule of will be announced within the first quarter of 2012. Please email
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for more information
Schedule of Other Courses:
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Courses
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Date
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Instructors
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What Kind of Investor Are You
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Thursday
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October 13, 2011
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Steve Mercil, Suzette Dutch
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Creating Great Deal Flow
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Thursday
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November 10, 2011
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Brad Bertoch, Richard Gajan
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Screening and Due Diligence
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Thursday
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December 8, 2011
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Suzette Dutch, Greg Horowitt
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Monitoring and Mentoring Portfolio Companies
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Thursday
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January 12, 2012
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Brad Bertoch, Joel Wiggins
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Structuring and Pricing the Deal
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Thursday
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February 9, 2012
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Suzette Dutch, Richard Gajan
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Preparing for Exits
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Thursday
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March 8, 2012
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Suzette Dutch, Greg Horowitt
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Creating an Angel and Sidecar Fund
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Thursday
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April 12, 2012
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Steve Mercil, Richard Gajan
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Best Practices for Investing
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Thursday
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May 10, 2012
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Steve Mercil, Joel Wiggins
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Managing Your Investors
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Thursday
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June 14, 2012
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Steve Mercil, Brad Bertoch
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Syndication
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Thursday
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July 12, 2012
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Suzette Dutch, Joel Wiggins
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Tech Support / Tech Tools
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Thursday
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August 9, 2012
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Richard Gajan, Bradley Bertoch
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Instructors include leading experts in the field of seed and venture capital:
Bradley B. Bertoch, MBA (bio) President, Wayne Brown Institute
Suzette Dutch, MBA (bio) Managing Partner, Triathlon Medical Ventures
Richard Gajan, MBA (bio) Entrepreneurial Consultant
Greg Horowitt (bio) Founding Partner & Managing Director, T2 Venture Capital
Steve Mercil (bio) President/CEO RAIN Source Capital Chair, NASVF
Joel Wiggins, PhD (bio) President & CEO, Enterprise Center of Johnson Country, Kansas
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