What You Need to Know About Valuing
Your Early Stage Company

A Joint Workshop of the
Entrepreneurs Association and CTech

Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Noon - 2:00 pm

Dolan School of Business
Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT

One of the more challenging tasks for startup and early stage expansion companies is determining how much is my company worth. Valuation represents the entrepreneur’s assessment of the amount of ownership than may be exchanged for the investor’s capital and expertise and the investor’s assessment of the potential risksand rewards. At the heart of every investment is a mutually accepted valuation by the investor and the entrepreneur. Understanding valuation is an essential part of the fund-raising process and may ultimately determine the success of a company.

Join us for this how-to joint EA-CTech workshop on Valuing Your Early Stage Company. Our panel of investment experts will present their best-practice advice on how to determine a realistic valuation of your company. Valuing an early stage company may start out as an art but becomes more of a science as the firmgains traction. Learn first-hand what factors investors consider as they determine the market valuation of a firm. Designed as an interactive discussion with actual case studies, the workshop format will provide ample opportunity for our expert angel and venture capital investors to respond to your individual questions on valuation.

Workshop Moderators:
Mark Kaduboski
Wiggin and Dana

Charlie Moret
Connecticut Innovations / CTech

Panelists:
Konstantine Drakonakis
LaunchCapital
Early Stage Venture Investors

Frank Morse
Carter Morse & Mathias
Investment Bankers

John Seiffer
Connecticut Angel Guild
Angel Investor