You are cordially invited to join local alumni from the top business schools (Cornell’s Johnson School included) in the country for a panel discussion with industry experts on Crowdfunding. The focus will be on how businesses use Crowdfunding to start and grow: what has worked to date and what might be next.

Here are event details:

When: Wednesday evening, September 21.   6:00 pm – 9:00 pm   (6-7 registration, cocktails & networking; 7-8:30 panel)
Location: K& L Gates LLP – One SW Columbia Street Suite 1900, Portland, OR 97258
Ticket Prices: $15.00 Early Bird discount (thru Sept. 16th); $25.00 General Admission after Sept. 16; $30.00 at the door
Moderator and Host:  Steve Boender – K&L Gates LLP

Panelists:

Shawn Huff – CEO – GrowlerWerks (a Kickstarter success that was able to raise a follow-on round)

Stuart Phillips – Co Founder – Red Wagon Creamery (the most successful of the Oregon Community Public Offering participants)

Stanley Fields (Chairman) and Geoff Campbell (President) – NewsBeat Social – 1st local company to pursue a Reg A+ offering

Lisa Sedlar – CEO – Green Zebra Grocery to talk about their Circle-Up success (about $2.5M – an impressive raise by any measure) – Invited, but not yet confirmed

Register via Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crowdfunding-whats-worked-whats-next-tickets-27177785488?aff=es2.

We are anticipating 80-100 attendees at this event, and we look forward to seeing you there,

Heather Kientz, Johnson School ’99