How I sold 4 companies, raised $500M+ and reached $2B+ in revenues
George will talk about his entrepreneurial experiences in building multiple successful tech companies. From the early stages of raising funding from VCs like Kleiner Perkins and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, to growing high revenue companies and eventually exiting via IPO and M&A.
The event starts with a Networking Reception where food and drinks will be provided.
Agenda
6:45pm – 7:00pm – Intros, demo/sponsor tables mentions
7:00pm – 8:30pm – Speakers program and Q&A
8:30pm – 9:00pm – Meet the speaker, networking
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Date:
Thursday, 11/12/2015
Time:
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Location:
Founders Floor
2 North 1st St., 5th Floor
San Jose, CA 95113
COWORKING ACCELERATOR
Interested in taking your startup to the next level?
Discussion Topics
Other topics included:
– How to partner with corporate VCs and big companies
– Landmines to avoid that can be disastrous for startups and other VCs involved
– How to position your startup to be acquired by a large corporation
– How corporations can use venture capital to access startup innovation, a steady pipeline of partnerships, investments and ultimately M&A opportunities
– And much more…
Speaker
GEORGE NORTHUP
Tech Entrepreneur
His companies have been backed by elite Silicon Valley investors including Kleiner Perkins, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Foundry Group and Mobius Ventures.
Currently, George is the CEO of Author-it, an enterprise software company serving Fortune 500 companies.
Previously, he was the CEO of Memeo, an Inc. 5000 online file sharing company. Backed by Foundry Group, Memeo partnered with Samsung, Google, Sony and WD and successfully exited in 2014.
Earlier, George was CEO of AuctionDrop: 3rd fastest growing private company in Silicon Valley/ San Jose Business Journal Fast 50; 12th in Deloitte & Touche Tech Fast 50 Silicon Valley Rising Stars; and an Inc 500 Fast Growth Company.AuctionDrop successfully exited in 2008.
He was also EVP/CFO of LiveCapital, a financial software entity, sold to D&B, which eventually grew from 0 to $500M+ in annual revenues.
He was EVP/CFO of Online Resources, an internet banking company which he took through an IPO with JP Morgan as lead banker. Today, Online Resources provides internet banking services to 15% of U.S. households & processes more than $200B of annual payments. Online Resources has 17 of the top 50 U.S. banks as customers.
George started at Deloitte & Touche and has a B.S. degree with cum laude honors, from Duke University. He was a varsity athlete at Duke with the nationally ranked lacrosse program.
He is an active board member, investor and advisor to various tech companies and startups.
JAMES LIM
Managing Director
North Point Advisors
James is currently the Managing Director of North Point Advisors who has been involved in mergers and acquisitions for top companies, including Starbucks, Jamba Jice, Kellogg’s, Guitar Hero, Papa Murphy’s, Sutter Health, and others totaling more than $15B in transactional value.
Free street parking
Free parking garage
Public transportation
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