2022 Alumni Angels Entrepreneurship Night
Join the Harvard Angels of South Florida for an event where friends of entrepreneurship come together to explore, learn and to support the startup ecosystem of South Florida.
The Startup Success Playbook:
A VC’s Perspective
Friday, November 11, 2022
5:30 - 8:30pm
Keynote by Professor Jeff Bussgang
Lecturer at the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the
Harvard Business School.
Agenda:
| 5:30pm| |
Registration & Welcome Reception (in person) |
| 6:00pm| |
Opening Zoom for Virtual Participants
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| 6:30pm| |
Welcome Remarks by John Quelch, Dean UM Herbert Business School |
| 6:45pm| |
Keynote by Prof Jeff Bussgang
Lecturer at the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the
Harvard Business School.
The Startup Success Playbook: A VC’s Perspective
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| 7:45pm| |
Startup Presentations
Remarks by previous year winner of the Harvard Pitch Competition
Presentations by the finalists of the Fall Startup Pitch Competition from 11/2/2022
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| 8:15pm| |
Award Announcements followed by Cocktail Hour |
Cost:
| In Person (Includes Cocktail & Reception) |
Virtual Stream Only |
Members: $35
Non-Members: $55
Students: $20 (code required)
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Members: No Cost
Non-Members: $10 |
Parking Included
The free self parking is brought to you by one of our sponsors: Accounting to Scale
Important Parking instructions:
Important Parking instructions: Shortly before the event you will receive instructions on how to claim the free parking and how to register your vehicle. Park at the red zone, ideally in zone 209C, which can be entered from Pisano Avenue. See also the campus map.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER
Jeffrey J. Bussgang
SENIOR LECTURER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
Former entrepreneur turned VC, HBS Senior Lecturer, author, dad of three, husband of one, civic leader, Cross Fitter and fan of all Boston sports.
Jeffrey J. Bussgang is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at the Harvard Business School as well as Co-Founder and General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm with offices in Boston and New York City and over $1 billion under management across six seed funds and nine network funds. “Unicorn” portfolio companies include BitSight, Bowery, Chief, FalconX, Habi, MadeiraMadeira, and MongoDB. He studies lean startups as well as strategy and management challenges for founders.
Jeff has authored two books: one for startup joiners, Entering StartUpLand, and one on venture capital and entrepreneurship, Mastering the VC Game, to provide entrepreneurs an insider’s guide to financing and company-building. Both books have been hailed by the Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, TechCrunch and The Financial Times as essential guides for entrepreneurs.
Jeff’s investment interests and entrepreneurial experience are in blockchain, consumer, e-commerce, machine learning, and mobile start-ups. On behalf of Flybridge, he has led investments in dozens of companies, including bloXroute, Bowery Farming, BrightHire, Codecademy, FalconX, Habi, Infracommerce (BVMF: IFCM3), MadeiraMadeira, and Open English. Jeff is the cofounder of The Graduate Syndicate, a pre-seed fund that invests in recent Harvard graduates.
Jeff is an active community member, serving as board chair and co-founder of Hack.Diversity, a talent development program for Black and LatinX technologists, as well as a board member at educational non-profit Facing History and Ourselves and co-founder and board chair of LEADS, an economic and leadership development program for diverse Gateway City leaders.
Jeff holds a BA in Computer Science from Harvard University where he graduated magna cum laude and an MBA from Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar and a Ford Scholar.
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