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SUMMARY:Launching New Ventures Hangout: How to raise and manage money?
DTSTART:20150617T163000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Rachel Cook\, William McQuillan\, Yonatan Raz-Fridman\nJoin us
  on the 17th of June\, 2015 at 4:30pm CET for an exciting panel on how to 
 raise and manage money with Rachel Cook (Seeds)\, William McQuillan (Front
 line.vc)\, and Yonatan Raz-Fridman (Kano Computing)\; entrepreneurs and in
 vestors with experience bootstrapping\, crowdfunding and investing in star
 tups.\nThe panel will be streamed live on Youtube. It can be viewed below 
 or at go.epfl.ch/panel4LNV15 between 4:30pm and 5:30pm CET/CAT. Send us yo
 ur questions in real time via twitter using the hashtag #LNV15\, or send t
 hem to us in advance through Coursera (link to our Coursera course here).\
 nEntrepreneurship is about bringing resources together to create value. Af
 ter providng that value can be created\, funding is needed to run and scal
 e the operation. Depending on the industry\, client and technology\, more 
 financing may be needed for successful market entry. Hear from entrepreneu
 rs about how to raise money (what are VCs and crowds looking for in a pitc
 h?)\, how to manage the money that you have\, and how to manage investor r
 elations.\nAs part of the EPFL College of Management of Technology’s new
  MOOC\, Launching New Ventures\, we will host a free\, online discussion w
 ith three experts and our Venture MOOC teaching staff Nettra Pan.Our Panel
 istsRachel Cook\nRachel Cook is the founder of Seeds\, which converts free
 mium gamers into paying players through in-game microloan purchases.  She
  is a former Futures/Equities Trader and the director/producer of The Micr
 olending Film Project\, a feature documentary that explores the impact of 
 microloans on women living on four continents.  The filmmaking team inclu
 ded Emmy and Grammy nominees.  Rachel is a graduate of Duke University an
 d lives in Brooklyn\, New York.William McQuillan\nWilliam is a Partner at 
 Frontline Ventures. He was the Co-Founder and CEO of Osmoda.com\, an onlin
 e sales platform targeting some of Europe's top emerging fashion brands. P
 rior to this he was one of the founding employees of Ondra Partners\, a st
 art-up investment-banking boutique. Ondra grew from a four-person team to 
 being a profitable company\, working on some of the largest mergers and ac
 quisitions in Europe and having over 40 people in London\, New York and Pa
 ris.\nHe is passionate about entrepreneurship and currently is the London 
 Ambassador for the Thousand Network\, for which he has organised over 40 e
 vents in the last 2 years. He is also a mentor for Springboard and Imperia
 l Incubators in London\, and is a Startup Leadership Program Fellow.\nWill
 iam is a Partner at Frontline Ventures. He was the Co-Founder and CEO of O
 smoda.com\, an online sales platform targeting some of Europe's top emergi
 ng fashion brands. Prior to this he was one of the founding employees of O
 ndra Partners\, a start-up investment-banking boutique. Ondra grew from a 
 four-person team to being a profitable company\, working on some of the la
 rgest mergers and acquisitions in Europe and having over 40 people in Lond
 on\, New York and Paris.\nHe is passionate about entrepreneurship and curr
 ently is the London Ambassador for the Sandbox Network\, for which he has 
 organised over 40 events in the last 2 years. He is also a mentor for Spri
 ngboard and Imperial Incubators in London\, and is a Startup Leadership Pr
 ogram Fellow.\n- See more at: https://www.crunchbase.com/person/will-mcqui
 llan#sthash.Vm767I9f.dpufYonatan Raz-Fridman\nYonatan is the Founder and C
 EO of Kano\, a computer than anyone can build. Kano rasied over over $1.5 
 million through its Kickstarter campaign last year\, passing their goal of
  $100\,000. Kano announced Series A funding of $15 million this year\, inc
 luding $500\,000 open to community backers on the equity crowdfunding plat
 form Quire. View their story: kano.me/about.Useful resources for joining t
 he discussion\n		Start tweeting with the hashtag #LNV15. When you use the 
 phrase "#LNV15" in your Twitter message\, it will be publshed on this page
 . Doing so allows you to view all messages related to "LNV15" (our course'
 s name is "Launching New Venture 2015"). This transforms Twitter into a vi
 rtual conference room for this event. You can also follow discussions link
 ed to a paticular subject\, e.g. #growthhacking. More on how to use a hash
 tag here and here.\n	\n		    The more people tuning in\, the more inter
 esting the discussion. Share this page with your network!\n	\n		    Fac
 eboook event: here\n	\n		    Export the event to your calendar: here.\n
 	\n		    Find our other videos on Youtube here and here.\n	\n		    L
 ike us on Facebook at EPFL Entrepreneurship\n	\n		    Follow us on Twit
 ter @ventureMOOC\n
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