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The Wisconsin Angel Network actively works to enhance
Wisconsin's early-stage investment connection with our
neighboring states, especially Illinois and Minnesota.
During the past year we have held a number of events
with our neighbors to the south; it is now time we look
west. Please mark your calendar for October 3 when WAN
will host an event for investors and the business
community at UW-River Falls in connection with our
friends in Minnesota. More details as they
develop.
Coming up next month: the Madison
Business and Investors' Forum, a live video link-up
with Illinois investors, and Investing
in Agriculture, highlighting Cleantech
and other industry trends.
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Monthly Member Profiles |
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Investor: Silicon Pastures
One night
a month, you may spot Teresa Esser and the
investor-members of Silicon Pastures sharing a
meal at an upscale Milwaukee restaurant. However,
the focus of the dinner isn't the food--but the
extra "course" of presentations by high-tech,
early-stage companies in search of angel
investors. Read
more...
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Entrepreneur: IPIC
If you had searched the "a.K.a Card" on Google
a year ago, you would have come up empty handed.
IPIC, the name of the a.K.a Card at that time,
wouldn't have yielded much either. That's because
IPIC was still an infant--a business plan winning
some of the state's most prestigious competitions
but still no more than a plan. Now, under a new,
more consumer friendly name, the a.K.a Card has
grown up, and it is turning the privacy industry
inside out. Read
more...
Recent
news coverage on IPIC.
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Investing Resources |
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Entrepreneurs
Startups
and angels: Along the way to
success
Ever wonder what's lurking
within an investor's mind? Thanks to Tim Keane,
it's easy to find out--at least from one investor.
Tim regularly populates his blog with real-time
insights and thoughts on angel investing. As the
founder and leader of Wisconsin's largest angel
network, the Marquette Golden Angels, Tim
interacts with many entrepreneurs. From those
experiences, along with questions posted on his
blog, Tim holds a frank and enlightening
discussion that is informative and often
entertaining.
Investors
NVCA
Model Venture Capital Financing
Documents
Updated just this month, the NVCA
maintains a "template" set of model legal
documents for venture capital investments created
and maintained by a group of leading venture
capital attorneys. These are the industry-standard
in the VC world and are kept updated for industry
trends.
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Upcoming Events |
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Madison: Patent Reform Efforts in Congress
July 31, Madison
Lake
Superior Technology Conference August
8-9, Ashland
Advances
in Therapeutic Discovery and Drug Development
August 15-17, Augusta, MI
Investing
in Agriculture, August 16,
Pewaukee
Investors
Only: Madison Business and Investors'
Forum August 30, Madison
2007
BIO Mid-America VentureForum September
24-26, Milwaukee
Minnesota-Wisconsin
Investors' Symposium October 3, UW River
Falls
2007
Gov's Conference on Minority Business
Development Oct. 10-11, Wisconsin
Dells
Accepting
award nominations/applications through August
17
Early
Stage Symposium November 14-15,
Madison
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Tom Still, president of the Wisconsin Technology
Council, has branded the land spanning from the Twin Cities to
Chicago as the I-Q
Corridor. Within a distance shorter than San Diego to
Silicon Valley lies a significant portion of the nation's
research universities, tech workers, early-stage companies and
more than 14 million people. Through cooperation and
collaboration, investors and entrepreneurs throughout the
I-Q Corridor are experiencing the benefits of working
together. Stay tuned as WAN and the Tech Council continue to
develop programs and events that help bind our I-Q
Corridor region together.
Please forward copies of this month's eVestor; if you're
not on our e-mail list, click here to join.
Sincerely, 
Joe Kremer, director
Wisconsin Angel Network
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