Learn the importance and value of advisory boards as you launch and grow your company. At this seminar you will learn from a panel of entrepreneurs who have successfully built strong advisory boards, and professionals who have served on boards of start-up/growing firms.

Topics to be covered will include:
• How to craft an effective and valuable board of advisors
• How to maximize the impact of advisors, individually and as a group
• How and when to compensate advisors

Panelists

Ted Greene
Ted is a Partner at Old Willow Partners, and has more than 18 years experience building and growing successful operations. He was the founding CEO of Akoya—the leading provider of on-demand, analytic software for highly engineered parts—where he recruited leading industry experts as advisors and directors. He also co-founded SGS Net, an IT software and services firm, and served as CEO and on the Board of Directors.

Truls Henriksen
Truls is Founder and CEO of Ecto, a company that provides social software for collaboration and learning. In addition to building and working closely with an advisory board while launching Ecto, he is a member of the advisory board for the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech. Prior to Ecto, Truls founded two other technology start-ups.

Dan O’Connell
Dan is Director of the Stanley C. Golder Center at the University of Illinois, and has nearly 30 years of venture capital and small business investing experience. He has served on numerous boards of directors and partnership advisory committees. Dan currently sits on the Board of Directors for Pegasus Research, and on the Board of Advisors for Aavin Equity Partners.

Jim Stoynoff
Jim is Founder and President of Synthesis Solutions, and is a seasoned entrepreneur. He currently chairs Alliance Development for the Chicago chapter of SCORE, and is a member of the University of Illinois Extension Community & Economic Development Advisory Board. Additionally, he serves in an advisory capacity to Orchard Village, which provides support services to individuals with developmental disabilities, IC Stars, and Haven Youth Outreach.