Valuation: Whats My Company Really Worth?

To register for this event go to http://alumweb.mit.edu/clubs/pugetsound/events/register.html The MIT Club of Puget Sound and the MIT Enterprise Forum of the Northwest are jointly sponsoring the MIT Enterprise Forum Satellite Broadcast "VALUATION: What's My Company Really Worth?" on Thursday, Jan 18, 2001 at 4:00 p.m. The broadcast is being hosted by Safeco at the Safeco Plaza Building at the corner of NE 45th Street and Brooklyn Ave in the University District. The panel will include representatives with a successful background in venture capital, investment banking, and entrepreneurship who are in a unique position to define equity in today's marketplace and explain newly emerging valuation strategies.The moderator will be Joe Hadzima, Managing Director of Main Street Partners LLC, a venture development and technology commercialization company. The panelists include: Marcia J. Hooper, a Partner at Advent International and a member of the North American Deal Team; John Jarve '78, General Partner & Managing Director, of Menlo Ventures, where he focuses primarily on early-stage communications and Internet investments; Alex Laats '89, President, CEO, and co-founder of Informio, Inc.; and T.L. Stebbins, Managing Director, Co-head of investment banking and a member of the Board of Directors of the New England Research Service.If you would like to attend the broadcast, here are the specifics:Date: Thurs, Jan 18, 2001Time: Arrive 3:45 pmWhere: Safeco Plaza Building at the corner of NE 45th Street and Brooklyn Ave in the University District (4333 Brooklyn Ave NE, University District)RSVP: We need to have a list of attendees prior to the event. There is no cost for this, but we need to have all the names prior to the event. Register at: http://alumnweb.mit.edu/clubs/pugetsound/events/register.htmlMIT Enterprise ForumThe MIT Enterprise Forum is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and strengthening the way new companies get their start, and to providing the information and understanding they need to grow and prosper. For over twenty years, the MIT Enterprise Forum has been helping entrepreneurs start and grow successful technology-based businesses. Twenty-two Forum chapters around the world have implemented the case presentation methodology pioneered at MIT to create opportunities for entrepreneurs to present new business concepts to industry experts, venture capitalists, and technology leaders.Satellite Broadcast SeriesThe MIT Enterprise Forum Satellite Broadcast Series includes three programs each year for entrepreneurs and investors. The third broadcast in this year's series will be part of MIT Tech Reunions Week on Wednesday, June 6,2001. Earlier broadcasts include: virtualy life with Timothy Berners-Lee, Internet Futures with Robert Metcalfe, High Tech Enterprises with Edward Roberts, Breakthrough Technology with Robert Langer, Entrepreneurship with Alex d'Arbeloff, What To Do with Michael Dertouzos, The Soft Side of New Enterprise with Ray State, What Private Equity Investors Are Looking For moderated by John Dean, Structuring Venture Capital Deals moderated by Joe Hadzima, and Building Value Through Entrepreneurship moderated by Howard Anderson.For more information, contact Paul Lingard, 617-253-8053, or plingard@mit.edu MIT Enterprise Forum, Inc.-28 Carleton