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70-397, Fall 2002
Guests on 10/15/02
On October 15th, Craig Gomulka, an Associate at Draper Triangle Ventures will be visiting our class. He will be reviewing how he and Draper Triangle performs detailed due diligence. This will be an excellent opportunity to ask questions about what we have learned in class and what you have read in Winning Angels. This may also be an excellent opportunity for you to explore ways you could perform diligence for your class project. Any other (tasteful) question is “in bounds”.
 
Guests on 9/17/02

Jay Katarincic of Draper Triangle
Paul Cohn of Mellon Ventures
Angel Investor Jane Kirkpatrick, former CIO of FreeMarkets

Our panelists will be prepared to talk about:

  • Their basic investment model - how do they decide what industries, markets and products look most interesting?
  • Their deal filter - how do they decide if a deal is worth a close look?
  • Other factors affecting which deals they pursue - what are the intangible factors affecting the firm’s decision to pursue a deal?