Are You Ready For An IPO
Wed, 02/13/2008 - 5:30pm
See map: Google Maps
Are you ready for an IPO?
A Special Thanks To Our Exclusive Global Broadcast Sponsor
Motley Fool called athenahealth's 2007 IPO "heavenly" with shares doubling from the opening day price in September.
Business Week said Constant Contact had, "one of the best initial public offerings of the year."
Find out from the CEOs how these two companies successfully navigated the often tricky landscape of taking a company public at the next MIT Enterprise Forum Global Broadcast presented in association with the NASDAQ Educational Foundation.
Whether you're ready to go public now or five years from now, learn what's important to be successful:
. the issues a company must address before going public,
. the pros and cons of different markets,
. how the current economic landscape can help or hurt your funding strategies, and
. when is the right time for your company to make the move.
Our featured national panel:
. Jonathan Bush, CEO, President and Chairman of athenahealth
. Bruce Evans, Managing Partner, Summit Partners
. Jonathan Goldstein '83, '84, SM '86, Managing Director, TA Associates
. Gail Goodman, President and CEO, Constant Contact
Learn from experienced entrepreneurs who have done the due diligence, traveled the road show, and successfully taken their companies through an IPO. Hear from the financial side as to what investors are looking for from companies interested in going public.
The national panel presentation will be followed by a Seattle panel discussion and Q&A from the audience with moderator John Castle, University of Washington and panelists including Eric Harber, President and COO, HipCricket; David McShea, Partner, Perkins Coie and Michelle Burris, CFO, Trubion.
