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The Power of Angel Investing: Centennial Investors is pleased to present The Power of Angel Investing on Friday, October 16 from 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. in Cornell Hall on the University of Missouri campus. This full-day seminar, lead by Robert Okabe and a panel of experts, provides an overview of the angel investing process, including the details of finding, evaluating and structuring deals and developing angel-entrepreneur relationships that lead to success.This is a program created by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and presented by the Angel Capital Education Foundation. The highly interactive program provides attendees with practical information on best practices in angel investing through a balance of expert presentations, panel discussions and small group case studies. A faculty of experienced angel investors, serial entrepreneurs and expert service providers delivers the seminar. Plenty of time is available for meeting other attendees and faculty throughout the day. Who Should Attend?
What is the Cost? Cost includes the full-day seminar, two meals and a complete binder of seminar materials.
How Do I Register? You can register online through the Chamber website or download a PDF version of the application. What is the Day's Agenda?
Who Leads the Seminar? This seminar features local experts in high growth ventures and early stage investing opportunities, including seasoned angel investors with diverse investment experience, tax and legal experts, and angel-financed entrepreneurs. They will be led by Lead Instructor Robert Okabe. Over the last decade Bob Okabe has been actively involved with early stage enterprises on multiple levels. As an angel investor he has made eleven investments with three positive returns of capital and co-founded Prairie Angels. He is a principal of RPX Group LLC (www.rpxgroup.com), a consultancy focused on assisting universities, research institutions and corporations with spinning out some of their innovative technologies as startup companies. Among other notable consulting assignments Bob completed a capital markets feasibility study for the World Bank, presenting his findings to cabinet ministers and central bank officials in the Middle East. More recently, he was selected by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to speak at a symposium on new venture creation in Russia. Bob has also been a consultant to and expert witness for the Federal government in securities fraud litigation. The core of Bob's experience with growth companies was developed in the corporate world. He was an investment banker for twelve years as a Managing Director and group head at BancAmerica Robertson Stephens, a Senior Vice President at Lehman Brothers and a Vice President at Kidder Peabody where he participated in numerous debt, equity, M&A and advisory assignments. He began his business career spending nearly six years in financial management at General Electric. After leaving GE, Bob was a senior bond rating analyst for Moody's Investors Service for two years. Bob has guest lectured at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and the Kellogg School of Management on new venture formation and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Mayor's Council of Technology Advisors in Chicago. He was awarded his Bachelor of Science in Finance and Organizational Behavior, cum laude, from Boston University's School of Management. Who should I contact for additional information? Contact Don Laird at the Columbia Chamber of Commerce at 874-1132 or dlaird@ColumbiaMOChamber.com with registration questions. Contact Gayle Shepard at Centennial Investors at (816) 694-3307 or gssvy7@mail.missouri.edu with seminar questions.
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