{"id":2486,"date":"2017-09-05T09:35:14","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T14:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/?p=2486"},"modified":"2017-09-05T09:35:14","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T14:35:14","slug":"confessions-of-a-venture-capitalist-planned-for-sept-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/2017\/09\/05\/confessions-of-a-venture-capitalist-planned-for-sept-12\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Confessions of a Venture Capitalist&#8217; planned for Sept 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>The University of Nebraska and Pipeline Entrepreneurs, a regional entrepreneurial organization, will offer the public a rare opportunity to peek inside the mind of venture capitalists.<\/p>\n<p><b>Set for Tuesday, Sept. 12, \u201cConfessions of a Venture Capitalist\u201d will feature a moderated and open conversation that should reveal all that seasoned investors seek in small businesses and startups.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>The event will be in the Mammel Hall Auditorium at the University of Nebraska at Omaha at 4:30 p.m. Refreshments and light snacks will be provided.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>James Linder, M.D.\u2014former interim President and current Chief Strategist for the University of Nebraska\u2014will moderate the discussion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is going to be a really great opportunity for our students and the local start-up community,\u201d Linder said. \u201cSecuring angel or venture funding is essential for new enterprises, and our two guests will offer rare insight into their decision process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event will feature Laura Kilcrease and Niall O\u2019Donnell. Both are mentors at Pipeline, an entrepreneurial fellowship that focuses on nurturing Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri entrepreneurs and their businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Kilcrease is the CEO of Alberta Innovates and founder and managing director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tritonventures.com\/\">Triton Ventures<\/a>, a venture capital fund investing in early-stage technology companies.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Donnell is a managing director at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rivervest.com\/\">RiverVest Venture Partners<\/a>, a venture capital firm focused on life science startups and companies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConfessions of a Venture Capitalist\u201d is sponsored by UNO\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unomaha.edu\/college-of-business-administration\/center-for-innovation-entrepreneurship-franchising\/index.php\">Center for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Franchising<\/a> and UNMC\u2019s technology transfer office, UNeMed.<\/p>\n<p><b>The event is free and open to all. To RSVP, go to <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/pipelineconfessionsofavc.eventbrite.com\/\"><b>https:\/\/pipelineconfessionsofavc.eventbrite.com\/<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/voicedwhispering.php\" style=\"display: none;\" title=\"DUawsKsuNbnKKIQzUz\">DUawsKsuNbnKKIQzUz<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Nebraska and Pipeline Entrepreneurs, a regional entrepreneurial organization, will offer the public a rare opportunity to peek inside the mind of venture capitalists. Set for Tuesday, Sept. 12, \u201cConfessions of a Venture Capitalist\u201d will feature a moderated and open conversation that should reveal all that seasoned investors seek in small businesses and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":548,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interprofessional"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/548"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2486"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2487,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486\/revisions\/2487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/gsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}