Export to

• Google Calendar
• iCalendar file
• hCalendar markup
  <div class="vevent h-event"> <h1 class="summary p-name">OEN CEO Roundtable with Frank Helle: Raising Money in a Difficult Economy </h1> <div class='date'><time class="dtstart dt-start" title="2011-02-22T11:30:00" datetime="2011-02-22T11:30:00">Tuesday, February 22, 2011 from 11:30am</time>–<time class="dtend dt-end" title="2011-02-22T13:30:00" datetime="2011-02-22T13:30:00">1:30pm</time></div> <div class="location vcard p-location h-card"> <a class="url" href='http://calagator.org/venues/202390835'><span class='fn org p-name'>IronStone Bank </span></a> <div class="adr p-adr h-adr"> <div class="street-address p-street-address">309 SW Sixth Avenue</div> <span class="locality p-locality">Portland</span> , <span class="region p-region">OR</span> <span class="postal-code p-postal-code">97204</span> <div class="country-name p-country-name">US</div> (<a href='https://maps.google.com/maps?q=309%20SW%20Sixth%20Avenue,%20Portland%20OR%2097204%20US'>map</a>) </div> </div> <div class="description p-description"> <p>Frank Helle, CEO of Axian, Inc., will lead an interactive discussion about the art and science of raising capital. Attendees will learn the do-s and don't-s from some real-world hands-on experiences. Share with other CEOs your experiences, insights and frustrations from past efforts and gain insights for more successful future outcomes.</p> <p>This session will feature expert content provided by "an old-pro" at raising capital, Spencer Brown, Board Chair of Oregon Aesthetics Technologies, Inc., who has raised over $250,000,000 for a variety of start-up and later stage companies, and by a "first-timer" who has recently raised Angel money for his company. Learn from their successes and frustrations to improve your odds!</p> <p>Our group will discuss how to attract attention, methods and styles of presentations that are most effective, when and how to adjust to the unexpected, strategies to employ, and tactics of persuasion found to be most effective. You also will receive a high-level recap of the discussion.</p> <p>Open only to CEOs or Presidents of currently operating companies that have employees. Boxed lunch will be served. This program is limited to 12 participants, and is available on a first-come, first-served basis.</p> <p>Moderator: Frank Helle, CEO of Axian, Inc. - <a href="http://www.axian.com">www.axian.com</a> Content Expert: Spencer J. Brown, Board Chair of Oregon Aesthetic Technologies, Inc. - <a href="http://www.ansr.com">www.ansr.com</a></p> <p>Speaker: Frank Helle Frank Helle is CEO of Axian, Inc., a privately-held web-services engineering firm building custom software and data solutions. Previously, he was a senior global leader at Monsanto Company. He lived in Brussels Belgium for 5 years managing manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain for Europe, Middle East, and Africa. He then lived in Singapore for 5 years as Asia-Pacific Managing Director for 3 Monsanto Divisions.</p> <p>Frank's leadership helps organizations realize more of their full potential, and often focuses on turnarounds and turbo-charging growth.</p> <p>Aside from positioning Axian to be "built to last," Frank mentors and coaches local CXOs to help them compete in the global marketplace and create more jobs in Oregon. Frank is an active Board Director of Oregon's Association for Corporate Growth as Past-President, is an active Board Director of Oregon's high tech trade association, Tech America, is on the Software Association of Oregon CEO Roundtable Steering Team, and is an active volunteer with the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network - Chairing the CEO Roundtable.</p> <p>Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2011<br> Time: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Location: IronStone Bank, Conference Room 309 SW 6th Ave. Portland, OR 97204 OEN Member Registration: $46.00 <br> Non-member Registration: $80.00</p> </div> <h3>Links</h3> <ul> <li><a class="url u-url" href="http://www.oen.org/events.aspx?id=193">Website</a></li> </ul> </div>