Pre-forum Training Session: Board Membership in Early Stage Companies

The February pre-forum training session in Boston is called: "Board Membership in Early Stage Companies"

It is on Thursday Feb 19^th at 10am

By invitation only

Training at October 16th Boston Forum

The pre-forum training session on October 16th will be a presentation from a markets expert to discuss the current melt down in the financial markets (many thanks to Dune Thorne for organizing this):

Michelle A. Knight

Director of Fixed Income

A key member of Silver Bridge Capital Management, Ms. Knight is

responsible for Silver Bridge's fixed income and cash management

strategies, including investment policies, portfolio construction and

management, research and trading. She works closely with the Client

Advisors to design and build fixed income portfolios as part of clients'

comprehensive wealth solutions. She is also a key member of the Silver

Bridge Asset Allocation Committee.

Prior to joining Silver Bridge, Ms. Knight was Head of the Fixed Income

Department at Atlantic Trust where she was responsible for managing $5

billion in fixed income assets.

Before joining Atlantic Trust, she was an analyst and assistant

portfolio manager with J.P. Morgan Investment Management in New York.

There, she was responsible for the implementation and execution of

cross-sector strategy decisions across more than 200 separately managed

institutional accounts, representing $20 billion in assets.

Ms. Knight received her MBA/MSF and BA from Boston College where she

graduated summa cum laude and held the distinction of Presidential

Scholar. She is a member of the Boston College Alumni Association and

Council for Women, the Children's Hospital League and the Inner-City

Scholarship Fund Professional's Team.

Coffee and Capital - Boston

For Entrepreneurs

Join The Center for Women & Enterprise For

Coffee & Capital

June 19th: Hosted by Jill Preotle and Jean Hammond of Golden Seeds

The Equity Breakfast Series

Spring & Fall 2008

Golden Seeds (June 19) ● Pilot House Ventures (September 30)

Castile Ventures (October 30)

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Come and hear both sides of the equity story! Sit down with the area’s leading venture capital firms and angel groups for an intimate and candid round-table discussion on the art of raising equity capital. You will be joined in the conference room by investors from the host firm, and in some cases, recently funded entrepreneurs. Meet the industry experts!

June 19, 2008

8:30-10:00 am

Golden Seeds at

Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

111 Huntington Avenue, 20^th floor

Boston, MA

Tickets $100 per person - Enrollment limited

To register or to obtain more information contact:

Bill Lane - Venture Center Manager 617-532-0242 or blane@cweonline.org

Pre-Forum training session on June 19th

The Pre-Forum training session on Thursday June 19th that will be held at 11am is titled:

A deep dive into D&O and other insurance for early stage companies

Our speaker is Lou Ann Layton of Marsh & McLennan who delivered this session to our New York Forum in April.

Pre-Forum training session on May 15th

Our pre-forum training session at 11am on May 15th is titled: Effective Board Membership of Early Stage Companies.

Cocktail Party for members

By invitation only
5pm Wednesday April 16th
please contact mrc@goldenseeds.com

April pre-Forum Training Session

Jeff Sohl from the University of New Hampshire will be presenting at our pre-Forum training session on April 17th. He will discuss his recent research paper: Do women-owned businesses have equal access to angel capital? and if time, will also discuss his recent research about women angel investors.