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Ultra Light Startups is hosting our next Future Energy Investor Feedback Forum sponsored by Shell International’s GameChanger Program on Thursday June 13 in NYC. Future Energy, is a series of pitch events that connects energy startups with venture capital and corporate investors in the energy and clean-tech industries.  Participating Future Energy investors include Shell, GE, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, NEA, General Catalyst, Clean Energy Venture Group, Black Coral Capital, and many more!

If you are an energy technology or cleantech investor, corporate research director, or startup founder, this is a great opportunity to be the first to see the hottest emerging startups. To attend Future Energy, please follow this link: http://futureenergy-meetup.eventbrite.com

 

Investor Panelists

• Thomas Blum – Energy/CleanTech Investment Lead at New York Angels
• Andrew Garman – Managing Partner, New Venture Partners
• Willem Rensink – GameChanger at Shell GameChanger
• Mark Wight - Energy Collaboration Director at GE Ventures

 

Startup Pitches

1. Elon Rubin – Fulcrum Solar
2. Eric First – Cost-Effective Carbon Capture
3. Blue Crump – Uvest Solar
4. David Mahfouda – Bandwagon
5. Iwao Teraoka – Surfactants for Oil Recovery
6. Ronald Anderson – Anderal Technologies
7. Scott Banta – ElectricBio Technologies
8. David Sutton – Phosolar

 

The Problem

1. Step change in Energy demand – In coming decades, the world will need huge amounts of energy to support population and economic growth and improve standards of living. We expect the global demand for energy will double by 2050.
2. Supply will struggle to keep pace – Energy supply from all sources will struggle to keep up with demand. There will be continued dependence on fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal and we will also need rapid growth in renewables.
3. Environmental stresses are increasing – Energy needs to be produced in environmentally and socially responsible ways. Environmental stresses from producing and using energy are increasing. There is an urgent need for low carbon technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

 

The Solution

• Conventional oil and gas exploration, recovery, and extraction
• Non-conventional oil and gas
• Alternative and renewable energy (solar, wind, hydrogen, biofuels, geothermal, etc.)
• Renewable and bio-based chemicals
• Mobility / smart mobility
• Energy efficiency / smart grid
• Energy finance and trading

 

Agenda

• 6:30pm – Pizza, networking and introductions
• 6:45pm – 8 startup pitches; investor panel provides actionable advice following each pitch
• 8:15pm – The audience votes for the best startup; winners announced and prizes awarded
• 8:30pm – Drinks at nearby location

 

Hosts

Graham Lawlor (), Founder of Ultra Light Startups

Cris DeLuca (), Founder of Ultra Light Startups Boston

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The entrepreneurial culture of the Digital Age spawns legions of  dreamers and doers.  Many chase their dreams and eagerly take the plunge: they quit their jobs and launch a start up.

Some start ups succeed.  Many start ups fail. Most start ups face an array of legal, financial and operational challenges.

Our speaker will address some of the  issues entrepreneurs face  when conceptualizing, establishing, financing and then scaling their businesses.

Please bring your questions and scenarios.

This is part of a series of teleconferences and events featuring our speaker.

 

 

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

 

G. Darrell Berglund,Esq is an attorney, entrepreneur and business consultant.   Darrell is a graduate of Harvard Law School, Harvard Business School, and Yale University.  A member of the California, New York, and Massachusetts Bars, his practice encompasses business consulting and litigation involving a wide range of business matters.

Darrell’s business career has included stints as supervisor of financial analysis at General Motors  and senior analyst in the corporate finance department at Chevron Corporation.  In addition, he held the position of treasurer of U.S. Leasing Corporation, a $1 billion plus corporation now a part of Ford. 

Darrell is presently engaged in conceptualizing and selling businesses.

 

If you have questions for Darrell, you may reach him at:

 

 

 

EVENT DETAILS:

 

TIME:     10:15 PM  Eastern Time

7:15 PM Pacific Time

 

TELECONFERENCE  ACCESS:

 

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Participant Access Code: 9689846

 

 

COST:    FREE

 

 

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Getting more women involved in STEM fields starts early, and education plays a vital part in how girls begin to identify their interests and skill sets. This panel will highlight initiatives that are addressing how tech education can encourage girls and women to pursue technology careers.

 

Refreshments provided by Vinport Wine, Kerrygold and Tipping Point Partners!

Panelists:

Rebecca Garcia is the co-founder of CoderDojo NYC, a mentoring program that helps youth learn how to code and an Ambassador for the Hello World Foundation. Previously she was CTO of Greatist, a health and fitness startup and developer at Do Something; the largest non-profit getting youth involved in social change. After a summer teaching web development at MIT iD Tech Camps, she loved it so much she wanted to share it with NYC. When not teaching kids to code, she enjoys yoga, baking pie and salsa dancing.

Angélica Torres, Ph.D., is Senior Director, Technovation Challenge at Iridescent. Angélica applies her research background in anthropology, ecology, and psychology to create learning environments and communities that bridge corporations, pre-K-12 classrooms, and higher education. She came to know STEM as an educational concept via a NSF Graduate K-12 fellowship. She loves project management and in a previous position delivered fast-paced assignments for Wall Street and life science executives. Angélica led Technovation Challenge 2012 in NYC and now oversees global operations for Technovation Challenge. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and son.

Alyssa Wright is Vice President, Director of Solutions, overseeing all client work for the OpenGeo Suite, OpenGeo’s comprehensive open source-based web mapping platform. In her position, she maintains ongoing client relations, actively develops strategies for client support and training, and informs product development. Throughout her work, Alyssa is driven to build mapping tools and solutions that are powerful, beautiful, and fun. Alyssa received an M.A. in media arts and sciences in 2008 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab where her work focused on documenting technologies of empathy within particular geospatial contexts. For her thesis, Hero Reports, she was invited to participate in the 2012 TedActive event, held in parallel to the annual TED conference and designed to foster creative problem solving among innovative and passionate thinkers. Prior to that, she completed an M.P.S. in physical computing from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program. Alyssa graduated magna cum laude from Wellesley College in 2000 with a B.A. in women’s studies, with a concentration in media studies and design.

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Sponsored by Elance

 

This  regular webinar series is an interactive hour  during which we review the latest trends in online marketing.

We will also go over individual case studies.  You can have your site reviewed by our speaker.

All questions are welcome!

 

About Our Speaker:

 

Sage Lewis is a well-known Internet marketing expert whose credentials include:

Cleveland State University Instructor

University of Findlay Professional-in-Residence

Founder of SageRock Digital Marketing

ClickZ Expert Columnist

Microsoft Advertising Community Guest Blogger

 

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To participate in the webinar, register here:

 

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All webinar sessions are recorded and archived for future reference.

 

 

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Idea to IPO members also get 33% off the SageRock System after the 30 day free trial.

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Are you an entrepreneur with your own startup? Or a new business that started to get some traction but need a little more structure to grow? Maybe what you need is an incubator or accelerator? Incubators are setup to provide you with guidance, expertise, and resources to help your business grow. Accelerators provide even more resources and valuable connections to investors. Some even provide your startup with seed money.

Learn from our 4 speakers who represent the most respected incubator / accelerator in their industry (tech, food, and fashion):

Mark Wachen () Managing Partner at DreamIt Ventures

Murat Aktihanoglu () Managing Director at Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator

Sandra Vu () Program Director at Hot Bread Kitchen

Bob Bland () Founder of Manufacture New York

Bios:

Mark Wachen

Mark is the Managing Director for DreamIt Ventures’ New York program. He is the Managing Director and Founder of Upstage Ventures, a firm that advises and invests in consumer Internet and interactive marketing companies and board member of Optify and OrderGroove.

Mark is the founder of Optimost, the company that pioneered multivariable testing and optimization on the Internet; and he served as CEO for the company up until its acquisition by Interwoven in November 2007 for $52 million.

Murat Aktihanoglu

Murat is an engineer, author and technology entrepreneur. He recently sold Centrl, a location-based social networking startup that he founded in 2008. At the time of the sale, the application was the first to offer a free IM-on-a-map-system that was not reliant on SMS.

A tireless force on the NYC tech startup scene, Murat founded the Entrepreneurs Roundtable in 2007. The organization, which holds monthly “short pitch” format meetings connecting investors with promising startups, has created active and engaged communities New York City, Philadelphia, Turkey and Japan, with India and China coming soon.

In 2011, Murat co-authored Location-Aware Applications, a comprehensive guide to the technology and business of creating compelling location-based services and applications.

Sandra Vu

Sandra Vu is the Program Director for HBK Incubates, Hot Bread Kitchen’s culinary incubator program that supports start-up food businesses. Hot Bread Kitchen, located in East Harlem, is a non-profit social enterprise that creates better lives for low-income women and food entrepreneurs. She holds a Master’s degree in Food Studies from New York University and a business degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Bob Bland

Bob Bland is a Brooklyn-based fashion designer, entrepreneur and community art advocate.

Her brand, Brooklyn Royalty, was founded in 2006 and inspired by the fiercely independent spirit and highly individual aesthetic of King’s County residents. A professional apparel + graphic designer with previous experience at Marc by Marc Jacobs, Triple Five Soul, Rugby by Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger and Banana Republic, her line combines timeless design principles, premium materials and hand-printed graphics that are meant to look and wear better over time.

She is also the CEO + Founder of Manufacture New York, a fashion incubator/factory hybrid dedicated to providing independent designers with the resources & skills to streamline their production process & transform local manufacturing into the most affordable, innovative option for all.

Agenda:

6-6:15pm – Introductions

6:15-7:30pm – Panel Discussion

7:30-8:00pm – Q&A + Networking

Sponsors:

Prize Sponsor – Special $50 credit for Elance services to be given to attendees, which will be announced by Tony Chung.Tony is an entrepreneur and model based in New York City.  He is the Founder and Creative Director of Geekwhat Design, a web design and development firm based in Union Square.  Over the past 2 years, Tony has grown and expanded his business without the burdens of traditional expansion by tapping into the Elance virtual network.  As such, Tony is now a Mobilizer for Elance to share his story and empower folks in New York City to grow their business the smart way by using Elance.

Elance is where people Work Differently™. A pioneer in today’s freelance revolution, Elance is the world’s leading platform for online work. Today over 500,000 businesses and 2 million freelancers use Elance in 170+ countries. Innovative global enterprises, small businesses and startups tap into the Elance talent pool, building teams from web and graphic designers, copywriters, social media marketers, customer service agents, and more. More than 1 million freelance jobs are completed through Elance annually.

Food Sponsor – Our partner Robinson Catering is providing mini bottled waters, deviled eggs, salad, and a fruit/cheese platter. Thanks to Chef Robinson!