GCVF and Florida Venture Forum Welcome Ray Leach
The Gulf Coast Venture Forum and Florida Venture Forum are pleased to host Ray Leach, CEO of Jumpstart Inc., as the keynote speaker at the 2012 / 13 Annual Season Kick-off Meeting on November 1, 2012 at the Trianon Bonita Bay, Bonita Springs, FL.
Registration and reception will begin at 5:15pm followed by the speaker presentation at 6:15pm. The meeting will conclude by 8:00pm. The price of admission is $45. You can pre-register by visiting the
Florida Venture Forum website. The kick-off event is open to the public however seating is limited, so please pre-register.
The event is jointly hosted by Gulf Coast Venture Forum, Florida Venture Forum, Tamiami Angel Fund I, Small Business Development Center of Florida Gulf Coast University and The Partnership for Collier's Future Economy.
The SWFRTP is a local co-host.
Sponsorship opportunities are still available; please call Deborah Johnson at (239) 687-5824 or email at deborah@gcvf.com for more information.
Ray Leach, CEO of Jumpstart Inc. will be delivering a message about "Growing Entrepreneurial Ecosystems And Transforming Regional Economies".
Ray Leach is a serial entrepreneur, experienced angel investor, expert in technology entrepreneurship, and national thought leader on entrepreneurship and innovation. He has led JumpStart's effort in creating economic transformation through entrepreneurship since its founding in 2004. Under Ray's leadership, the organization has gained national recognition for its innovative model. Prior to JumpStart, Ray taught workshops at the MIT Sloan School of Management and served as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence for CommonAngels, Boston's largest angel organization. Ray has founded three companies, among them two companies he bootstrapped until their sale to Multigraphics Inc.
