BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120621 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120622 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:TRUE SUMMARY:Panel discusses Jump-start Our Business Startups Act DESCRIPTION:"(HOW) WILL THE NEW JOBS LEGISLATION AFFECT YOUR BUSINESS?"\n\nThe Jump-start Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act\, a measure meant to create jobs by helping small firms raise capital\, was amended during passage through Congress to strip regulatory restrictions on investments in small companies. Hear from a panel of experts what the new legislation will mean for entrepreneurs and investors\, hosted by the New Enterprise Forum.\n\n\n\nPanelists:\n\nAlon Hillel-Tuch\, Co-founder of RocketHub\n\nRocketHub is one of the world's top crowdfunding platforms. It has been featured in the Wall Street Journal\, The New York Times\, Forbes\, and many other publications\, while helping thousands of funding campaigns raise millions of dollars. Hillel-Tuch has also lectured on crowdfunding at colleges\, institutions and conferences. \n\n \n\nKen Kousky\, MidMichigan Innovation Center and President/CEO of IP3\n\nKousky is presently CEO of the Midland\, MI MMIC\, a privately funded\, non-profit business incubator assisting entrepreneurs in the creation and expansion of their businesses throughout mid-Michigan. Kousky is a serial entrepreneur. In addition to IP3\, an information security consulting firm\, his ventures include the founding of Wave Technologies in 1988 and its successful growth to IPO in 1994. He is also a founding member and Executive Director of the BlueWater Angels Investment Network.\n\n \n\nThomas S. Vaughn\, Dykema Gossett \n\nVaughn serves in Dykema's Corporate Finance Group. His practice includes representing emerging growth companies on a wide variety of issues\, including raising capital from angels\, institutional\, and venture capital investors\; implementing equity incentive plans\; and general corporate and legal matters. His practice also focuses on mergers and acquisitions\, public securities offerings\, and public company securities compliance for middle market companies.\n\n \n\nModerator: Michael Cole\, Bank of Ann Arbor and Ann Arbor Angels \n\nCole founded and serves as President of the Technology Industry Group\, which provides banking and financial advisory services to technology and life sciences businesses\, VC firms\, angel investors\, and entrepreneurs. It has grown to 300 accounts and $100 million since 2002. In 2004\, he was responsible for the launch of the Ann Arbor Angels\, which bridges the gap between early stage growth businesses and angel investors in Southeastern Michigan.\n\n \n\nShowcase Presentation:\n\nSterilogy LLC\; Presenter Hal Zaima\, President and Co-founder \n\nSterilogy has developed a patent pending compact\, body worn hand hygiene compliance and monitoring system. Sterilogy's device reminds the medical practitioner to perform a hygiene event at the appropriate time\, and the date and time are recorded. Hand hygiene remains the primary way to prevent hospital infections\, which kill 247 patients daily resulting in $33 billion of unnecessary cost. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:"\;(HOW) WILL THE NEW JOBS LEGISLATION AFFECT YOUR BUSINESS?"\;
\nThe Jump-start Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act\, a measure meant to create jobs by helping small firms raise capital\, was amended during passage through Congress to strip regulatory restrictions on investments in small companies. Hear from a panel of experts what the new legislation will mean for entrepreneurs and investors\, hosted by the New Enterprise Forum.
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\nPanelists:
\nAlon Hillel-Tuch\, Co-founder of RocketHub
\nRocketHub is one of the world'\;s top crowdfunding platforms. It has been featured in the Wall Street Journal\, The New York Times\, Forbes\, and many other publications\, while helping thousands of funding campaigns raise millions of dollars. Hillel-Tuch has also lectured on crowdfunding at colleges\, institutions and conferences. \;
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\nKen Kousky\, MidMichigan Innovation Center and President/CEO of IP3
\nKousky is presently CEO of the Midland\, MI MMIC\, a privately funded\, non-profit business incubator assisting entrepreneurs in the creation and expansion of their businesses throughout mid-Michigan. Kousky is a serial entrepreneur. \; In addition to IP3\, an information security consulting firm\, his ventures include the founding of Wave Technologies in 1988 and its successful growth to IPO in 1994. \; He is also a founding member and Executive Director of the BlueWater Angels Investment Network.
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\nThomas S. Vaughn\, Dykema Gossett
\nVaughn serves in Dykema&rsquo\;s Corporate Finance Group. \; His practice includes representing emerging growth companies on a wide variety of issues\, including raising capital from angels\, institutional\, and venture capital investors\; implementing equity incentive plans\; and general corporate and legal matters. \; His practice also focuses on mergers and acquisitions\, public securities offerings\, and public company securities compliance for middle market companies.
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\nModerator: Michael Cole\, Bank of Ann Arbor and Ann Arbor Angels
\nCole founded and serves as President of the Technology Industry Group\, which provides banking and financial advisory services to technology and life sciences businesses\, VC firms\, angel investors\, and entrepreneurs. \; It has grown to 300 accounts and $100 million since 2002. In 2004\, he was responsible for the launch of the Ann Arbor Angels\, which bridges the gap between early stage growth businesses and angel investors in Southeastern Michigan.
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\nShowcase Presentation:
\nSterilogy LLC\; Presenter Hal Zaima\, President and Co-founder
\nSterilogy has developed a patent pending compact\, body worn hand hygiene compliance and monitoring system. Sterilogy&rsquo\;s device reminds the medical practitioner to perform a hygiene event at the appropriate time\, and the date and time are recorded. Hand hygiene remains the primary way to prevent hospital infections\, which kill 247 patients daily resulting in $33 billion of unnecessary cost. LOCATION:Holiday Inn North Campus\, 3600 Plymouth Road\, Ann Arbor UID:e.276.3405 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260626T175820Z URL:http://a2ychamber.chambermaster.com/events/details/panel-discusses-jump-start-our-business-startups-act-06-21-2012-3405 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR