Party for "New Venture Seed Fund" awards.
Sep. 27th, 2007 10:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
emchyBIG PARTY! Thursday, October 18, 8-11PM at the Edge SF!
AC4A , the SF LGBT Community Center, and the Edge SF invite you to party with the winners of the 2007 "New Venture Seed Fund" awards. These four, tremendous community leaders are poised to make the Castro more fun, more interesting, more diverse -- for years to come! (including Queer Open Mic)
More details to follow but, for now, please save the date. Cheers!
Seed Fund lead sponsors:
And Castro for All
The San Francisco LGBT Community Center
The Edge SF
Seed Fund co-sponsors:
The Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club
The Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club
The San Francisco Entertainment Commission
The San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee
The Stop AIDS Project
Seed Fund selection committee* and advisors:
Geoff Benjamin
Billy Curtis*
Aimee Forster*
Kenny Gong
Page Hodel*
Jon Huggett
Jocelyn Kane*
Luke Klipp
Jennie Lake*
Myong Leigh
Mike Marshall*
John Newsome
Tim Roseborough
Ken Stram
Dave Wheeler
Lisa Williams
Background on the New Venture Seed Fund:
The New Venture Seed Fund seeks to encourage and support enterprising entrepreneurs to create new, social ventures whose formats are explicitly inclusive and affirming of women, people of color, youth, and/or other underserved LGBT sub-communities—and, at the same time, welcoming to all LGBT people.
Each 2007 Seed Fund recipient will receive nominal funding awards of between $500-$2000, as well as:
AC4A , the SF LGBT Community Center, and the Edge SF invite you to party with the winners of the 2007 "New Venture Seed Fund" awards. These four, tremendous community leaders are poised to make the Castro more fun, more interesting, more diverse -- for years to come! (including Queer Open Mic)
More details to follow but, for now, please save the date. Cheers!
Seed Fund lead sponsors:
And Castro for All
The San Francisco LGBT Community Center
The Edge SF
Seed Fund co-sponsors:
The Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club
The Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club
The San Francisco Entertainment Commission
The San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration Committee
The Stop AIDS Project
Seed Fund selection committee* and advisors:
Geoff Benjamin
Billy Curtis*
Aimee Forster*
Kenny Gong
Page Hodel*
Jon Huggett
Jocelyn Kane*
Luke Klipp
Jennie Lake*
Myong Leigh
Mike Marshall*
John Newsome
Tim Roseborough
Ken Stram
Dave Wheeler
Lisa Williams
Background on the New Venture Seed Fund:
The New Venture Seed Fund seeks to encourage and support enterprising entrepreneurs to create new, social ventures whose formats are explicitly inclusive and affirming of women, people of color, youth, and/or other underserved LGBT sub-communities—and, at the same time, welcoming to all LGBT people.
Each 2007 Seed Fund recipient will receive nominal funding awards of between $500-$2000, as well as:
- Tailored training sessions through the SF Center's Economic Development program
- Entree into professional development programs at "partner" small business and entrepreneurship programs (e.g., the US Small Business Administration, the San Francisco Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center)
- One-on-one advising from experts in the field, and access to a broad network of business leaders
- Assistance with media outreach, marketing, and PR
- Assistance with venue identification, permitting, and zoning regulations
- Assistance with continued fund development, and access to additional funding through the Seed Fund
- And much more!
