ACCESSING CAPITAL FOR YOUR GROWTH COMPANIES
Date: Wednesday, October 26
Time: 2:30 - 4:00 pm EST
Price: $85 for IEDC members, $125 for Non-members

http://www.iedconline.org/?p=Financial_Food_Chain

According to IEDC's Unlocking Entrepreneurship Handbook, growth companies add significant value to local economies by:
• Generating rapid and significant job and profit.
• Increasing productivity levels within existing industries.
• Producing greater firm profits that create wealth and increase a community's standard of living.

By Attending this Webinar Attendees Will Learn:
• Knowledge, resources and tools to overcome concerns about establishing a similar type of program in your community.
• The time, process and resources it takes to help move a project forward
• How to involve the right partners in your program
• About the best performance measurements for your program.

INSTRUCTORS:

Jon Gregory
President & CEO
GROWCalifornia

In April 2011 Jon Gregory formed Grow-California as a spin-out venture from Golden Capital Network. Previously, Gregory co-founded Golden Capital Network in September 1999, serving as its President and CEO since inception. Companies featured at Golden Capital Network events raised well over $1.5 billion in angel or venture capital investments and created thousands of jobs. Under Jon's leadership, Golden Capital Network was featured in the Wall Street Journal, Venture Capital Journal, LA Times and San Francisco Chronicle, among others. In 2001 Gregory led Golden Capital Network's efforts to partner with UC Davis and the Sacramento Metro Chamber to co-found the Sacramento Regional Technology Alliance.

Ron Kitchens, CEcD
CEO
Southwest Michigan First
Described by The Economist as "an energetic economic development leader," Ron Kitchens is the Chief Executive Officer of Southwest Michigan First, General Partner of the Southwest Michigan First Life Science Fund and Chairman of the Michigan Medical Device Accelerator. He is the author of Community Capitalism: Lessons from Kalamazoo and Beyond, which presents a ground-breaking economic development strategy for individuals, groups and organizations wondering what they can do to make a real difference in their communities. Ron also writes two monthly business columns for West Michigan Business Review. Throughout his nearly 25-year career in economic development in Michigan, Texas and Missouri, Ron has worked with more than 200 Fortune 500, international or regional corporations as diverse as GE Capital, Aker, Celanese, Scholastic, Kiewit Offshore Services, Boeing, Exxon Mobil and Ryan Sanders Baseball.

ATTEND WEB SEMINARS AND EARN RECERTIFICATION CREDITS FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR OFFICE

We understand that CEcDs have a constant yearning to grow and improve their knowledge and expertise in economic development. Therefore, the IEDC web seminars have been approved as professional development programs for recertification. The web seminars provide a convenient and cost-effective online environment for economic developers to learn about cutting-edge research, techniques, and tools that are prevalent in the field.

CEcDs participating in a minimum of three (3) web seminars during a three-year recertification cycle can now earn recertification credits. If you have questions or would like more information, please contact Kobi Enwemnwa at [email protected].

http://www.iedconline.org/?p=Financial_Food_Chain