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Tuesday 4/6/2010, 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM 111 S. Wacker Drive, 41st Floor
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Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell

Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, LLP is a national law firm with extensive experience representing emerging growth businesses and venture capital funds though formation, initial financing, protection of intellectual property, and other legal and regulatory hurdles that face such businesses. 

When the time comes, Locke Lord has the necessary practical experience to advise entrepreneurs and investors regarding initial public offerings, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.

Locke Lord attorneys assist emerging growth businesses with choosing the proper entity and initial financing arrangements, as well as other possible legal issues and regulatory hurdles that growing businesses face. We advise venture capital firms and private equity funds concerning their formation and operation, including initial investments in small and start-up businesses.

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Entrepreneurs, send your executive summary to len_bland@conceptequity.com to be considered to present at the BNC Venture Capital Group.

 

 

 

 

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The BNC Venture Capital Group introduces exciting investment opportunities to professional investors (angels, early stage venture capitalists, and private equity firms seeking add-ons) and fosters the growth of entrepreneurial activity.
 

Len Bland, CEO of
Concept Equity, and David Carman, CEO of Business Network Chicago, lead the BNC Venture Capital Group. 

 
We will review four entrepreneurial opportunities.  Each presentation lasts 10 minutes, followed by a 15 minute Q&A.

Effective presentations answer 4 questions:

·What is the product or service?
-Why will customers buy it?
·Why is this management team the best one to run the business?
·How will the investor make money?


5:00 PM -  Networking
5:30 PM -  Presenter
6:00 PM -  Presenter
6:30 PM -  Break
6:45 PM -  Presenter
7:15 PM - 
Presenter

Location:

Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell
111 South Wacker Drive, 41st Floor

Chicago, Illinois 60606

 

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Evening Meeting includes food and beverages


Call Len Bland at 847-317-0656 or write len_bland@conceptequity.com  with questions or if you have any difficulty registering.  Other investors welcome.

If you have a scheduling conflict, please join us for the next meeting set for 5/4/2010.

DISCLAIMER:  Neither the BNC Venture Capital Group, Concept Equity Group, Inc. (together with BNC Venture Capital Group, the "Sponsor") nor the host for this event, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP ("LLBL"), has verified, approved or endorsed any materials or information provided (whether in writing or orally) by the presenters, audience or other participants at this event .  UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL SPONSOR OR LLBL BE RESPONSIBLE IN ANY MANNER FOR, AND EACH OF SPONSOR AND LLBL DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY WHATSOEVER IN RELATION TO, ANY MATERIALS OR INFORMATION PROVIDED BY, OR THE CONDUCT OF, THE PRESENTERS, AUDIENCE OR PARTICIPANTS AT THIS EVENT OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTIES (INCLUDING, FOR EACH OF SPONSOR AND LLBL, ANY MATERIALS OR INFORMATION PROVIDED BY, OR THE CONDUCT OF, THE OTHER).  In addition, any written materials provided by LLBL, and any presentations made generally to the participants at this event by LLBL, are solely for informational purposes and are not intended to constitute legal advice or to create an attorney-client relationship.

 

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Lemonade Day is a free citywide community educational program designed to teach youth how to start, own and operate their own business - a lemonade stand.  This May, tens of thousands of kids will set up lemonade stands across the entire Chicago area, providing businesses and families the unique opportunity to come together to help our next generation learn essential entrepreneurial skills and valuable life lessons.

 

Lemonade Day forges productive relationships between youth, schools, community groups, and businesses.  Community leaders are impressed by Lemonade Day's positive, upbeat message, and businesses recognize the long-term benefits of building a core of youth inspired and transformed by their work experience.   Lemonade Day reaches youth from every demographic all over the community.

 

For Lemonade Day to be a huge success in each city, we need the business community, city leaders, and youth-serving organizations to join forces for one common goal: to empower and equip our youth with the tools to succeed.

 

Your business or organization can help make a positive impact on your area's youth! Become a local sponsor, and help ensure Lemonade Day is completely free for youth, schools and community organizations.

 

For more information on Lemonade Day, please visit www.LemonadeDay.org. To discuss how you can get involved, please contact Executive Director, Julie Eberly at Jeberly@Prepared4Life.org

 

 

 

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Need funding to grow your business?

Looking for meaningful, exciting investments?

Concept Equity Group helps close the funding gap between entrepreneurs and investors.

We prepare entrepreneurs by:

  • Introducing vendors, customers, talent, and investors
  • Preparing investor communications
  • Providing strategic insight

We engage investors by:

  • Learning their creativity and passion
  • Leveraging their experience
  • Qualifying entrepreneurs

We match successful business people with entrepreneurs.  Contact len_bland@conceptequity.com if you would like to be included in a list of recommended business people.

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