When

Thursday July 24, 2014 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM CDT
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Round Rock Chamber of Commerce 
212 E. Main Street
Round Rock, TX 78664  

 
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WEN Austin: Hall Martin - How to Use Crowdfunding to Fund Your Startup, July 24, 6:30pm@ RR CoC 

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Topic for July 24:   How to Use Crowdfunding to Fund Your Startup – a tutorial with Hall Martin 

Location:

  • Round Rock Chamber of Commerce, 212 East Main St., Round Rock, TX 78664
  • Please enter through the east side doors, by the Round Rock Public Library. 

Date/Time:  Thursday, July 24 @ 6:30 PM 

Agenda:

  • 6:30 – 6:45      Welcome, introductions, announcements, calendar
  • 6:45 – 7:00      Geeta Halley - Business Resources available at the RR Library
  • 7:00 – 8:30      How to Use Crowdfunding to Fund Your Startup – a tutorial with Hall Martin
  • This tutorial will cover the following topics:
  • Crowdfunding– what it is and how it works
  • Crowdfunding models & new Intrastate ruling
  • Elements of a crowdfunding campaign
  • The Pitch video
  • Campaign planning
  • Five most common mistakes in crowdfunding
  • 8:30 – 9:00     Your one question / Your need / Networking

Cost: Free

Membership: Open to the public - show up to listen or participate

Short Bio:  Hall Martin is the Director of the Texas Entrepreneur Network.  He founded the firm to provide leadership in developing the entrepreneur eco-system for early and mid-stage companies in Texas.  His expertise lies in launching startups, creating accelerator programs and funding companies.

Mr. Martin serves as the Vice-Chair of the Baylor Angel Network and as the Director of the Wilco Angel Network.  Previously he served as the Director of the Central Texas Angel Network where he established the network and grew the membership to 50+ members with $5M invested in over 20 deals.

Mr. Martin leads a program at the University of Texas in Austin, on transferring university technology into successful startup companies.  He has written numerous articles on entrepreneurship and early stage investment topics.

Mr. Martin is the Founder and Managing Director of Incubation Station, a consumer package goods accelerator based in Austin, TX.

Mr. Martin is the Founder and Director of the Texas Open Angel Network which is a 501c3 non-profit dedicated to the education of angel investors.

Prior to his current work, Mr. Martin held positions at National Instruments for over twenty-four years as a Corporate Development Director, Emerging Technologies in which he focused on research into new technologies and markets.  Mr. Martin launched from startup and grew several initiatives into multi-million dollar business units.  These business units include Europe, RF, wireless networks, big physics, sound and vibration and life science.  He holds a B.A. in computer science from Baylor University and an M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin and is a member of Upsilon Phi Epsilon, the Computer Science Honor Society. 

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