Name: Female Forum: Raising Your Seed Round with FN'ers Meghan Conroy, Phoenix Gonzalez, Emily Best
Start: 2015-08-26T19:00:00+00:00
End: 2015-08-26T20:30:00+00:00

Female Forum is a series hosted and organized by the new Female Founder Group where we bring together influential women entrepreneurs focused on a central theme. This month's event will focus on seed funding.

Join your panelists and moderator for a virtual power lunch!

Meghan Conroy, Founder of captureproof
Phoenix Gonzalez, Co-Founder of Dotstudioz INC
Emily Best, Founder of Seed&Spark
Maria Fernandez, Chairwoman, Founder of MagneticWill (moderator)

Agenda & Format

Introductions
Summary of their situation when they raised funding
Top 3 things that they did right.
Top 3 things that they would have differently & lessons learned.
Q&A

Meghan Conroy is the Founder of captureproof, a secure platform for patients to share photos and videos with their doctor. She is a TechStars alum and has raised $1.2M. Meghan started her career as a pharmaceutical rep at Abbott Laboratories and Johnson & Johnson. She launched 14 products into the medical market always ranking within the top of the company’s sales force. After many successful years in pharma, Meghan moved to Paris to pursue a dream and degree in Photography. She then managed photography for clinical trials across Europe where the need for CaptureProof became obvious.

Phoenix Gonzalez is the Co-Founder of Dotstudioz INC which is a Digital Video Distribution and Monetization Platform. She is Chair of our Media & Entertainment Sector Group and has raised $830K. Phoenix is a multiple-hyphenate entrepreneur with limitless determination for project success. She brings with her a 15 year background in business development sales and marketing, clients include; Toyota Scion, Bare Escentuals, Wen, Cinemax /HBO and Victoria’s Secret. During the development stage of Dotstudioz, Phoenix successfully delivered the conceptual infrastructure to entertainment advisors at Sony, UTA, Freemantle, Lionsgate, Samsung Ventures, Verzion Ventures, Clearstone Ventures and Idea Lab to name a few.

Emily Best is the Founder of Seed&Spark which provides an end-to-end solution for filmmakers and film lovers to fund, promote, and watch films in a virtual studio and cinema. Emily was named 2014 New York Woman of Influence, and has raised $1.2M. Emily founded Seed&Spark to make a contribution to the truly independent community in which she would like to make moving pictures. In 2011, she had the great fortune of producing her first feature with a remarkable group of women. The spirit, the community and the challenges of that project, Like the Water, inspired Seed&Spark.

This panel will be moderated Maria Fernandez, Chair of Female Founder Group. Maria has been integral to the formation and programming of this new group.

Dial-in Info

If you would like to dial-in, you can either dial in by video stream via the GoToMeeting App or by phone with the information below:

Computer: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/join/483304918

Phone: 1 (215) 383-1013

Access Code: 483-304-918

Meeting ID: 483-304-918

Tips

Audio: For the best audio experience, mute your mic when you aren't speaking and plug-in headphones to your mobile phone or computer. You'll want to be sure that you don't miss anything from the session and that your fellow members aren't distracted by your background noise.
Connectivity: Be sure to shut down other apps and programs on your device for optimal visual and sound quality.
Q&A: Dial-in guests will need to type questions to the Organizer to be read off. Before your typed question is read to the group, FN Staff will provide your name, company and brief description on your behalf, before asking your question.

Female Forum: Raising Your Seed Round with FN'ers Meghan Conroy, Phoenix Gonzalez, Emily Best

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