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CDVCA's 10th Anniversary Conference Highlights
March 3-5, 2004 in New York City
CDVCA's 10th Annual Conference was held at the Westin New York in Times Square from March 3-5, 2004. Over 240 participants gathered to reflect on and celebrate the past decade of community development venture capital, to consider the future of the field, and to learn from the more than 50 leaders in the field who presented at a wide variety of sessions.
Conference sessions included:
- Sustainability: A Strategy for Enhancing Value
- Frontier Investing: A New Look at Indian Country
- Venture Capital for Rural America: RBIP
- Methods for Valuing Enterprises: A Refresher Course
- Results of CDVCA's Industry Research
- Best Practices in Writing Presentations for Investors
- Being an Effective Board Member
- Developing and Managing a Volunteer-Based Business Advisory Service
- Lender Liability: Issues and Answers
- Deal Structures: Near-Equity Transactions
- Enhancing Employee Wealth: Strategies that Benefit Investors and Employees
- Pension Funds and the Insurance Industry as Sources of Capital
- CDFI Fund's Financial Assistance Program and the New Markets Tax Credit
- Term Sheets: A Mock Negotiation
- Case Study Presentation: SJF Ventures & Ryla Teleservices
The Conference Program Book with CD, containing copies of all of the above presentations, is available for purchase. Visit CDVCA's publications library to place an order.
Other conference highlights included a luncheon address by Sir Ronald Cohen, Executive Chairman of APAX Partners Worldwide, Chairman of the U.K. Social Investment Task Force, and Chairman of the U.K's first CDVC fund, Bridges Community Ventures, an evening celebration at Madame Tussaud's wax museum, the awarding of the second annual CDVCA Excellence Awards, and CDVCA's first ever venture fair.
CDVCA's special thanks go to Citibank and the Citigroup Foundation, lead sponors of the event. We also thank JPMorganChase, Deutsche Bank, the National Venture Capital Association, Wachovia, HSBC, Key Bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Greenpoint Bank Foundation for their generous support. We also thank all the speakers and volunteers whose hard work and preparation made for an outstanding event.
Click here for photos from the conference.
QUESTIONS?
Contact info@cdvca.org.
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