Adeo Ressi is a dynamic and engaging speaker who has opened business conferences in the Bay Area, New York, Europe, and the Middle East. His engaging style and humorous anecdotes have both educated and entertained audiences on topic of entrepreneurship and finance across the online, technology, cleantech, biotech, and space industries.
Topics
The Decline of Venture Capital
Target: Finance; Entrepreneurs
The venture capital industry is under assault from defaulting investors, declining public image, poor returns, and portfolio failures. The grand dream of funding great companies is in crisis. Can the venture capital industry be saved? What changes are in store? How will companies find the capital that they need, and where are the current market opportunities?
Jumpstart a Financing Climate
Target: Specific Industry; General Audiences
When investors decide to pursue an industry, hundreds of billions of dollars are put to work overnight. Start-ups and industry leaders alike get unparalleled access to capital. Just as quickly as it starts, it also dries up. How can you attract investors to your industry, and how can you avoid the pitfalls of intense investor interest?
Get Funded for Your Dream
Target: General Audiences; Any Industry
Everyone is waiting for your big idea, and there are billions of dollars available to help you get started. Even the best entrepreneurs have problems raising critical growth capital, and the rules of fundraising change every few years. Learn the most up-to-date rules of the game, as well as tips to make fundraising go smoother.
Finding the Perfect Investors
Target: Entrepreneurs; Any Industry
Raising capital is hard, but finding the perfect investor is harder. There are tens of thousands of investors in the world. Less than a quarter of them are good at what they do. Many of them will waste your time and add complexity to you business. Learn how to find and attract the best investor for you and your business like a moth to the flame.
Adeo is quickly becoming my hero. Between thefunded.com and the smattering of videos and discussions I’ve found around the intertubes, it’s difficult to come up with a more straightforward and frank source of funding info.