Assembled Capital: A Founder's Guide to Fundraising

Join us for a full day of talks, panels, and networking at General Assembly, bringing together founders and investors for an intelligent dialogue about fundraising strategies for early-stage startups, common misconceptions and best practices in fundraising, the future of crowdfunding, honest stories from entrepreneurs on successful (and less than successful) capital raises, when/how/why to... [read more]

Join us for a full day of talks, panels, and networking at General Assembly, bringing together founders and investors for an intelligent dialogue about fundraising strategies for early-stage startups, common misconceptions and best practices in fundraising, the future of crowdfunding, honest stories from entrepreneurs on successful (and less than successful) capital raises, when/how/why to bootstrap, and more. Breakfast, lunch & drinks will be served. SPEAKERS Anthony Casalena / Founder & CEO, Squarespace Anu Duggal / Co-Founder, Exclusively.In Brian Cohen / Chairman, New York Angels Brian Meece / Co-Founder & CEO, RocketHub Brooke Moreland / Co-Founder, Fashism.com Charlie O'Donnell / Partner, Brooklyn Bridge Ventures Dave Lifson / Founder, Postling David Tisch / Managing Director, TechStars NYC Ellie Cachette / Founder, ConsumerBell Eric Weisen / Partner, RRE Ventures Jeremy Fisher / Founder & CEO, Wander Joe Williams / Founding CEO, Revenue Trades Joel Rodriguez / Co-Founder & CEO, Acquaintable.com Phin Barnes / Principal, First Round Capital Rachel Sklar / Editor-at-Large, Mediaite Sacha Ross / Associate, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Seth Bannon / Founder & CEO, Amicus Shane Snow / Co-Founder, Contently Spencer Fry / Co-Founder & CEO, Carbonmade Thomas Wisniewski / Board Member, New York Angels AGENDA  8:45 AM Registration & Breakfast 9:20 AM Welcome to General Assembly 9:30 AM Kickoff Fireside Chat with Brooke Moreland, moderated by Rachel Sklar 10:15 AM Panel: Fundraising -- Best Practices & Misconceptions with Anu Duggal, Phin Barnes, Joel Rodriguez, Jeremy Fisher and moderated by Dave Lifson 11:15 AM Break 11:30 AM Founder's Lessons Learned by Shane Snow 12:15 PM Talk: Crowdfunding -- Will It Affect Startups and If So, How? with Brian Meece, Joe Williams, Sacha Ross and moderated by Thomas Wisniewski 1:15 PM Lunch 2:00 PM Funding Breakouts (each 45 minutes -- choose 2)                                                                  Accelerator with David TischSeed with Charlie O'DonnellSeries A with Eric Weisen 3:30 PM Break  3:45 PM Founder's Lessons Learned by Jeremy Fisher  4:30 PM Panel: Bootstrapping Basics with Anthony Casalena, Spencer Fry, Ellie Cachette and moderated by Brian Cohen 5:30 PM Closing Talk by Seth Bannon   6:15 PM Drinks & Mingling -- beer provided by Tiger Beer   --Join the conversation! Use the hash tag #assembledcapital to stay connected. Can't make it? Sign up at http://generalassemb.ly to stay in the loop on future events and classes.

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