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Advice for women entrepreneurs on ins
and outs of financing
LONDON,
ON, June 4, 2009 - Financing
entrepreneurial ventures is always a
tough sell, but in today’s bleak economy
the task is even more difficult.
Understanding of the ins and outs of
financing goes a long way to increase
the chances of success. At an upcoming
Ivey Women Entrepreneurs Connect event,
experienced entrepreneurs and finance
specialists will share their knowledge
and expertise about business financing.
The event
takes place Wednesday, June 10 starting
at 6 p.m. at Verity Club in Toronto.
Organized by the Richard Ivey School of
Business and KPMG Enterprise, the
session will open with a presentation by
Jacoline Loewen, Partner with Loewen &
Partners Inc. and a best-selling author,
on venture financing and what options
and strategies to consider to find the
best financing fit. A private equity
expert, Loewen has raised more than $100
million for companies and shares her
insights in her latest book Money
Magnet: How to Attract Investors to Your
Business.
A panel
session will follow with Sarah (Whatmough)
Thomson, Founder and President of
Women’s Post; Colleen Falls, Senior Vice
President of KPMG Corporate Finance, and
Jen Kluger, Co-Founder of Foxy
Originals, a Toronto-based jewelry
design company. Beth Wilson, Canadian
Managing Partner with KPMG Enterprise,
will moderate the panel.
"Economic
conditions may have changed the
investment environment, yet history has
shown that many successful businesses
are born in recessionary times so it’s
well worth pursuing an entrepreneurial
vision," said Stewart Thornhill,
Executive Director, Pierre L.
Morrissette Institute for
Entrepreneurship at Ivey Business
School. "The best way to manoeuvre in
this challenging landscape is to broaden
your knowledge and contact base."
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Event: |
Ivey Women Entrepreneurs Connect
(including cocktail reception &
networking) |
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Date: |
Wednesday, June 10 |
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Time: |
6-9
p.m. |
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Location: |
Verity Club, 111-D Queen Street
East, Toronto, Ontario |
To purchase
tickets, please contact Ellen Brown at
519-661-4236,
embrown@ivey.uwo.ca or click here:
Purchase tickets
Media
interested in attending, please contact
Dawn Milne, 519-850-2536,
dmilne@ivey.ca
About the Richard Ivey School of
Business, The University of Western
Ontario
The Richard Ivey School of Business at
The University of Western Ontario (www.ivey.ca)
offers undergraduate (HBA)
and graduate degree programs (MBA,
Executive MBA and
PhD) in addition to non-degree
Executive Development programs. Ivey has
campuses in London (Ontario),
Toronto, and Hong Kong. Ivey
recently redesigned its curriculum to
focus on
Cross-Enterprise Leadership â€" a
holistic issues-based approach to
management education that meets the
demands of today's complex global
business world.
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For more
information, please contact:
Dawn Milne, Communications Specialist,
Richard Ivey School of Business,
519-850-2536,
dmilne@ivey.ca
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