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Risk Capital and Technology Investment
| Speaker : |
William Cate,
Managing Director: Beowulf Investments |
| Date: |
1 April 2002 (Monday)
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| Time: |
3.00pm - 4.30pm (Light refreshments
available from 4.30pm to 5.00pm) |
| Venue: |
Conference
Room E, Level 4, FBA2 Building, Business
School, NUS (Section E4) |
Abstract |
This lecture explores the importance of
technology investing in distribution rather
than startups. It argues that the Asian axiom
"Engineered in the States and manufactured
in Asia" must include a third phase "distributed
everywhere." Leveraging risk capital
is vital to reducing risk and enhancing profits.
Governments are one source of leveraged capital.
The purpose of these programs is to create
local jobs. Two failed Canadian Government
funding projects and the Singapore Super Fund
will be used as examples. There are five general
types of venture capitalists in North America.
The lecture will explore their basic needs
and goals. A simple math model will be used
to compare the Venture Capitalist strategy
against the Risk Capitalists approach.. And,
there will be a discussion of the proposed
goals for an International Joint Venture that
meet both the Asian desire for jobs and the
leveraged distribution model of the Risk Capitalists.
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About the Speakers |
| Mr. William Cate has taught at several American
colleges and universities including: The University
of Missouri at St. Louis, St. Louis University,
Forest Park Community College and Miami Dade
Junior College. He's been a speaker at most
of the annual American investment conferences.
He's a well-published American writer with
articles appearing in many national financial
newspapers and magazines. He's often quoted
in articles on venture capital and equity
markets. In 1981, he founded Beowulf Investments
and remains its Managing Director. Beowulf
Investment has been a consistently successful
Risk Capital Fund. It operates on business
principles that aren't found in tradition
al textbooks on venture capital. |
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We are pleased to invite
you and your colleagues to attend the talk.
As there are limited number of seats available,
please register for the talk via email to
Shannen ( cetsoosk@nus.edu.sg)
with your name, designation and company/institution
(and email add if via fax),
by 28 March 2002. Please forward this invitation
to your friends and colleagues who may be
interested. Admission is free |
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