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Monday, February 26 • 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ask Me Anything – Women Angels and Investors LIMITED

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RVC's Women’s Investor Network will discuss early stage investing for women angels and entrepreneurs. Fort Collins has a community of early stage investors and entrepreneurs, but needs more attention to attract and support women.Barbara Bauer, Director of the Women’s Investor Network, and a colleague, Margaret Burd, will discuss early stage investing for women angels and entrepreneurs.

Difficulty
  • Basic
What Will I learn?
  • The difference between a good business and an investable venture
  • What is essential in a pitch to investors
  • Mistakes to avoid for new investors
  • Mistakes to avoid for new entrepreneurs

What should I bring?
  • Your questions
Fort Collins has a community of early stage investors and entrepreneurs, but needs more attention to attract and support women - both as investors and as entrepreneurs. Barbara and Margaret will speak about what investors are looking for in an investable venture, and how to effectively talk about your venture with potential investors. They will also discuss common mistakes for both investors and entrepreneurs. Finally we'll have an informal Q&A and networking. This event is primarily for women interested in learning more about investing and how to support the growing ecosystem of women investors and entrepreneurs in Fort Collins. 

Speakers
avatar for Barbara Bauer

Barbara Bauer

Director, Rockies Venture Club
Barbara is Director, Women’s Investor Network (WIN), for the Rockies Venture Club, Denver, CO. Barbara started this new initiative to recruit and support women interested in early stage investments and prepare them to become active and engaged angel investors. Prior to this position... Read More →
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Margaret Burd

Margaret Burd founded Magpie Software, a software development services company, in 2001 and was President & CEO until the company was acquired by Syncroness in 2017. She was previously Director of Engineering at Lucent Technologies Bell Labs, leading development for mobile internet... Read More →



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