INVESTOR-READY ENTREPRENEUR SEMINAR TO BE OFFERED AT WFU

Raising equity capital is challenging at best. Becoming an Investor-Ready EntrepreneurTM is designed to educate and prepare growth-oriented entrepreneurs to successfully engage private equity investors.

Learn from experienced investors and entrepreneurs. Panelists and moderators include:
- Chris Gyves, WCSR – transactional attorney and investor
- Patrick Kammer, C Change Surgical – serial entrepreneur
- Tim Janke, SBTDC / IMAF – investor and early stage fund executive
- Bill Parrish, SBTDC – consultant, entrepreneur and investor

KEYNOTE: Kim Westmoreland, Managing Director, KeraNetics
Kim is a serial entrepreneur and founder of six start-ups, including KeraNetics, a biomaterials company focused on creating innovative keratin-based products.

TO REGISTER: The Becoming an Investor-Ready Entrepreneur registration fee is $295; however, you are eligible for a special scholarship rate of $95 courtesy of our statewide and local sponsors.

DATE/TIME: August 7, 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM

PLACE: Worrell Center, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.sbtdc.org/investorready

SPONSORED BY: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice. PRESENTED BY: the SBTDC.

Legal Insights for Entrepreneurs: Non-Compete Agreements

This is the second in a multipart series of legal tips for entrepreneurs.  A non-compete agreement is designed to prevent an employee from working for a competitor for a period of time after his/her employment ends with the current employer.  Many emerging companies require their key employees to sign non‑compete agreements.  This seems to  make perfect sense as the best way to protect your business.   However, as a public policy, courts generally disfavor non-compete agreements because they effectively limit the capability of the employee to find another job.  Therefore, special attention should be given to the drafting of any non-compete agreement to promote its enforceability.  Read more on non-compete agreements