News
April 19 , 2007
GREAT LAKES ANGELS TO HOST TWO ANGEL WORKSHOPS ON MAY 16
Nationally Renowned Angel Investment Leader John May To Give Keynote Address
WHAT: Great Lakes Angels, a Detroit-based private investment organization, will provide angels and potential angels with an opportunity to expand their level of knowledge about new technologies and investment opportunities at two angel investing workshops and evening monthly meeting. John May, a national leader in the angel investor movement, will give the keynote address at the evening monthly meeting following the workshops. The morning workshop will cover “Post-investment Relationship” and the afternoon workshop will be on the “Due Diligence” process. The evening meeting agenda will include presentations by two entrepreneurial ventures seeking funding.
WHY: Angel investors have already provided the foundation for some of this country’s most exciting new businesses. And angels are poised to play a vital role in the economic growth of Michigan and the region. Great Lakes Angels is the only investor group in Michigan that combines active investment activities with ongoing educational opportunities. High net worth individuals can diversify and enhance their investment portfolio in a supportive, confidential environment in collaboration with experienced investors.
WHO: Keynote speaker John May is the co-author of Every Business Needs an Angel: Getting the Money You Need to Make Your Business Grow. John has extensive experience with venture funds, and is managing general partner of Calvert Social Venture Partners LP, the Mid-Atlantic Fund of Funds, LP, and an advisor to the Women's Growth Capital Fund, the Next Generation Fund, and Solstice Capital.
John is chairman of the Angel Capital Association, a program of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. He is a board member of the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association, Mindshare, and the Conservation International's Verde Fund. (Great Lakes Angels is a Founding Member of ACA)
In the fall of 2002, the Batten Institute at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business appointed John as a "Batten Fellow" and in January 2004, he became the part-time director, Northern Virginia Initiative of the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia and a UVA faculty member.
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