Center for Economic Growth

May VIRTUAL VentureB Presentation Event
2020-05-19 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
CEG coaches entrepreneurs in creating & delivering a presentation resulting in an open public pitch to regional investors & business leaders.

Join us for a VentureB Virtual Presentation on Tuesday, May 19th.

Featuring Presentations by: Gyvlink & EverHome Care Advisors

Agenda:
4:00 – 4:10pm | Welcome & Panel Introductions: Michael Lobsinger, CEG
4:10 – 4:55pm | Presentations by Lou Pierro (EverHome) & Devvan Stokes (Gyvlink)
5:00 – 5:35pm | Transition to Breakout Sessions (15 min each)
5:40 – 5:45pm | Closing

Virtual Panelists:
1. Anthony DeBonis, President, Troy Web Consulting
2. Tamika Otis, Director, KeyBank Business Boost & Build, NY
3. Jackson Feder, Investor, Armory Square Ventures

About the presenting companies:
EverHome Care Advisors: ApolloCare, LLC delivers to the consumer, products and services that transform the home into a life-long environment in which to thrive during every stage of aging. Through EverHome Care Advisors, experienced care managers provide a client-driven care coordination model that integrates in-home assessments, plan implementation and monitoring.
Gyvlink: Hardships arise from many areas- from unpredictable fires & floods to seasonal needs for cold weather clothing, boots & school supplies. Gyvlink makes it easy for your organization to highlight that need as a gift registry, preserve the privacy of the recipient, and share that verified need within minutes with your community.

Registration in advance is required for this event. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

VentureB is a quarterly program presented by the Center for Economic Growth (CEG) designed for entrepreneurs to gain visibility to the region’s angel and institutional investors, business service providers, advisers, students, faculty, alumni and the early stage business community.

November VentureB Virtual Pitch Presentation
2020-11-11 16:00 - 18:00
CEG coaches entrepreneurs in creating & delivering a presentation resulting in an open public pitch to regional investors & business leaders.

About this Event
VentureB is a quarterly program designed for entrepreneurs to gain visibility to the region’s angel and institutional investors, business service providers, advisers, students, faculty, alumni and the early stage business community.

Join us for a VentureB Virtual Presentation on Wednesday, November 11th.
Agenda:

4:00 – 4:10pm | Welcome & Panel Introductions
4:10 – 4:55pm | Presentations by Shay Harrison (Free Form Fibers) & Victor Lewis (Pill-Locker)
5:00 – 5:35pm | Transition to Breakout Sessions (15 min each)
5:40 – 5:45pm | Closing

About the presenting companies:

Free Form Fibers (Shay Harrison)
Free Form Fibers is the world’s only manufacturer of high purity, high performance, inorganic fibers using a unique “laser printing” approach called Rapid Laser-assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition. These fibers are critical components of the next generation of materials called composites for use in high temperature, chemically aggressive applications like land-based and aerospace-based turbomachinery and nuclear power generation.

Pill-Locker (Victor Lewis)
The Pill-Locker is a portable, secure, electronic dispenser for opioids, cannabis products and other potentially dangerous prescription medications. It is designed to prevent addiction, abuse and overdose deaths by dispensing medication automatically only in accordance to the physician’s prescription.

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February: VentureB Virtual Pitch Presentation
2021-02-17 16:00 - 17:00
CEG coaches entrepreneurs in creating & delivering a presentation resulting in an open public pitch to regional investors & business leaders.

About this Event
VentureB is a quarterly program designed for entrepreneurs to gain visibility to the region’s angel and institutional investors, business service providers, advisers, students, faculty, alumni and the early stage business community.

Join us for a VentureB Virtual Presentation on Wednesday, February 17th.
Featuring a Presentation by:
SMART Pad
Agenda:
4:00 – 4:10 PM | Welcome & Panel Introductions: Michael Lobsinger, CEG
4:10 – 4:30 PM | Presentation & Panel Q&A
4:30 – 4:45 PM | Audience Q&A
4:45 – 5:00 PM | Closing

About the presenting company:
SMART Pad is on the frontier of developing a revolutionary polishing pad for sub-7 nm-node semiconductor technology. Our unique & novel design will result in improved planarization, a decrease in defects, and a higher removal rate, resulting in an increase yield & productivity.

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May: VentureB Virtual Pitch Presentation
2021-05-19 16:00 - 17:45
CEG coaches entrepreneurs in creating & delivering a presentation resulting in an open public pitch to regional investors & business leaders.

About this Event
VentureB is a quarterly program designed for entrepreneurs to gain visibility to the region’s angel and institutional investors, business service providers, advisers, students, faculty, alumni and the early stage business community.

Join us for a VentureB Virtual Presentation on Wednesday, May 19th.
Agenda:

4:00 – 4:10pm | Welcome & Panel Introductions
4:10 – 4:55pm | Presentations by Shay Harrison (Free Form Fibers) & Victor Lewis (Pill-Locker)
5:00 – 5:35pm | Transition to Breakout Sessions (15 min each)
5:40 – 5:45pm | Closing

Registration Coming Soon!

September: VentureB Virtual Pitch Presentation
2021-09-22 16:00 - 17:00
CEG coaches entrepreneurs in creating & delivering a presentation resulting in an open public pitch to regional investors & business leaders.

About this Event
VentureB is a quarterly program designed for entrepreneurs to gain visibility to the region’s angel and institutional investors, business service providers, advisers, students, faculty, alumni and the early stage business community.

Join us for a VentureB Virtual Presentation on Wednesday, September 22nd.
Agenda:

4:00 – 4:10pm | Welcome & Panel Introductions
4:10 – 4:30pm | Presentation by Uncaged Innovations & Panel Q&A
4:30 – 4:45pm | Audience Q&A
4:45 – 5:00pm | Closing

About the presenting company: Uncaged is reimagining leather using biotechnology and digital manufacturing to create replicas of exotic and bovine leather for the fashion industry.

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VentureB Innovation Series Workshop: Investor Pitch Development for Startups
2021-11-17 16:00 - 18:00
As a startup looking to secure funding through a bank, grant, angel investor or venture capitalist, how you approach communicating your business model is critical.
An investor pitch presentation helps potential investors understand key aspects of your business. The goal is to capture their interest and secure a follow up conversation or meeting.
You’ll walk away from this workshop with a better understanding of the 10 key topics to include and why. Additional support documentation will be shared via email after the program.
Let us guide you in putting your best pitch forward.

The webinar will be led by Michael Lobsinger, Sr. Vice President of CEG. Michael is a serial entrepreneur and has extensive experience in the operations of product based enterprises. Michael has led R&D and NPD teams at Boeing, Shell Global, and Quatic Apparel, as well as mentored several product based technology companies. Michael has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from North Dakota State University and an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

While this workshop is free, registration is required.
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February: VentureB Virtual Presentation
2022-02-16 16:00 - 17:30
CEG coaches entrepreneurs in creating & delivering a presentation resulting in an open public pitch to regional investors & business leaders.

About this Event
VentureB is a quarterly program designed for entrepreneurs to gain visibility to the region’s angel and institutional investors, business service providers, advisers, students, faculty, alumni and the early stage business community.

Join us for a VentureB Virtual Presentation on Wednesday, February 16th.

Featuring presentations by:

Virtual Agenda:

4:00 – 4:10 PM | Welcome & Panel Introductions
4:10 – 4:40 PM | Presentation by re: Charge-e & Panel Q&A
4:45 – 5:15 PM | Presentation by Knitt & Panel Q&A
5:15 – 5:20 PM | Closing

About the presenting companies:
re: Charge-e believes in the potential for shared micromobility to reshape urban communities toward a healthier, greener, and more equitable future through charging stations that will redefine how people use electric bikes, scooters, and other devices in public places.
Knitt is a platform that connects both donors searching for ways to support their community and nonprofits searching for new partnerships. Create your knitted network so you can focus on your mission.

Registration in advance is required for the virtual events:
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Zoom event.
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VentureB Entrepreneurship Workshop Series: April 19 - May 10
2022-04-19 18:00 - 19:30 | Capital Region Chamber / CEG, 5 Computer Drive South, Albany, NY, 12205, United States
Join us for each component of our VentureB Entrepreneurship Workshop Series, designed to help build or round out your business plan.

About this event

This series is designed to help start-ups effectively understand and develop their their business plan by gaining tangible experience in 90 minute hands on workshops.
1. Business Landscape Mapping 4/19 | 6:00 – 7:30pm
Learn how to create a high level, structured way of visualizing key components (revenue, costs & key partners) of your business model and how they work together.

2. Estimating Your Market Size 4/28 | 6:00 – 7:30pm
Market size is the critical component to understanding your business model and learning how to obtain and analyze this data is critical to making strategic business decisions including customer discovery and financial estimates.

3. Building Your Financial Estimates 5/3 | 6:00 – 7:30pm
Establishing early assumptions on your financials is key to testing your business model. Topics to include income and cash flow statements, revenue and expenditures, and value of accounting systems.

4. Non Dilutive Funds 5/10 | 6:00 – 7:30pm
Non-dilutive funding refers to any capital that a business owner receives that doesn’t require them to give up equity or ownership. Join us as we explore ways to access working capital without giving away any ownership or equity of your business.

LEARN MORE & REGISTER FOR EACH EVENT HERE>>

* Refreshments will be served

April: VentureB Virtual Pitch Presentation - *Cancelled*
2022-04-20 16:00 - 18:00
CEG coaches entrepreneurs in creating & delivering a presentation resulting in an open public pitch to regional investors & business leaders.

About this Event
VentureB is a quarterly program designed for entrepreneurs to gain visibility to the region’s angel and institutional investors, business service providers, advisers, students, faculty, alumni and the early stage business community.

Join us for a VentureB Virtual Presentation on Wednesday, April 20th.

Virtual Agenda:
4:00 – 4:10 PM | Welcome & Panel Introductions: Michael Lobsinger, CEG
4:10 – 4:55 PM | Presentations
5:00 – 5:35 PM | Transition to Breakout Sessions (15 min each)
5:40 – 5:45 PM | Closing
*UPDATE*
There will be no VentureB on April 20th as we do not have any qualified candidates at this time. If you know of any potential startups/entrepreneurs that may be interested in presenting, please visit our VentureB webpage for criteria.

Upcoming Entrepreneurship Workshop Series

4/19 Business Landscape Mapping
4/28 Estimating Your Market Size
5/3 Building Your Financial Estimates
5/10 Non Dilutive Funds

LEARN MORE & REGISTER FOR EACH EVENT HERE>>

VentureB Entrepreneurship Workshop Series : April 19 – May 10 *Changed to May 17*
2022-04-28 18:00 - 19:30 | Capital Region Chamber / CEG, 5 Computer Drive South, Albany, NY, 12205, United States
Join us for each component of our VentureB Entrepreneurship Workshop Series, designed to help build or round out your business plan.

About this event

This series is designed to help start-ups effectively understand and develop their their business plan by gaining tangible experience in 90 minute hands on workshops.
1. Business Landscape Mapping 4/19 | 6:00 – 7:30pm
Learn how to create a high level, structured way of visualizing key components (revenue, costs & key partners) of your business model and how they work together.

2. Estimating Your Market Size 4/28 | 6:00 – 7:30pm
Market size is the critical component to understanding your business model and learning how to obtain and analyze this data is critical to making strategic business decisions including customer discovery and financial estimates.

3. Building Your Financial Estimates 5/3 | 6:00 – 7:30pm
Establishing early assumptions on your financials is key to testing your business model. Topics to include income and cash flow statements, revenue and expenditures, and value of accounting systems.

4. Non Dilutive Funds 5/10 | 6:00 – 7:30pm *DATE CHANGED TO MAY 17*
Non-dilutive funding refers to any capital that a business owner receives that doesn’t require them to give up equity or ownership. Join us as we explore ways to access working capital without giving away any ownership or equity of your business.

LEARN MORE & REGISTER FOR EACH EVENT HERE>>

* Refreshments will be served

VentureB Entrepreneurship Workshop Series : April 19 – May 10
2022-05-03 18:00 - 19:30, 2022-05-10 18:00 - 19:30 | Capital Region Chamber / CEG, 5 Computer Drive South, Albany, NY, 12205, United States

September: VentureB Presentation
2022-09-27 16:00 - 18:00 | ETEC Building – University at Albany, SUNY, 1220 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY, 12206, United States
CEG coaches entrepreneurs in creating & delivering a presentation resulting in an open public pitch to regional investors & business leaders.

About this Event
VentureB is a quarterly program designed for entrepreneurs to gain visibility to the region’s angel and institutional investors, business service providers, advisers, students, faculty, alumni and the early stage business community.

Join us for a VentureB In-Person Presentation on Tuesday, September 27th.

Presenters:
Virtual Babysitters Club
An online marketplace that connects parents with virtual lessons/activities for their kids conducted by professional performers over Zoom, keeping kids engaged in “virtual babysitting sessions” full of activities like magic, dance, art, games & more!
pRxcision
Unintended misuse of antibiotics leads to societal and financial impact to hospitals and insurers. By using pRxcision broadly to support the personalization of antibiotic prescribing in a hospital setting, tens of thousands of needless deaths per year could be prevented, and antibiotic resistance could be reduced, extending their time and scope of value and effectiveness.

AGENDA
3:30 – 4:00 | Check in
4:00 – 4:10 | Welcome & Panel Introductions: Michael Lobsinger, CEG
4:10 – 4:55 | Presentations, each followed by Q&A

Virtual Babysitters Club
pRxcision

4:55 – 5:00 | Closing Remarks
5:00 – 6:00 | Networking & Refreshments

Download the map of the location here>> For directions, Enter ETEC building Albany in Google Maps.

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