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Columbia Entrepreneurship

Building Credible Financials for Early Stage Investors

Please join us for an evening with David Ehrenberg, a long-time friend, partner and mentor to Columbia University Entrepreneurship. He started Early Growth Financial Services to provide a service that didn’t exist when he was working at early stage companies – high-quality accounting and strategic financial consulting services on demand.

David will conduct 90-minute interactive workshop, which will lay out

  • What angels are looking for in a set of credible financials
  • What really impresses them
  • What they DON’T want to see

What You’ll Take Away:
Founders of early-stage ventures are in love with their products, and all too often, they want to tell the whole, long story. Early-stage investors are all to often jaded, cynical and well, just real busy. If they even give you 10 minutes, it is likely that they’re distracted. How can founders make the most out of their pitch? How can you edit your the financial side of your story down to the most compelling bits?
David has seen it all, from both sides of the conversation. In this workshop, he’ll help you understand what is most relevant to investors and what is superfluous. He’ll help you gain an understanding how to build credibility by telling a credible story through numbers.
Why It Matters: If you’re raising capital for the first time, you’ll be a novice going up against a hardened veteran. Most founders can clearly articulate their value proposition, but sometimes struggle when it comes to telling a concise and credible numbers story.
About the Expert

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David Ehrenberg Founder, Partner and Chief Executive Officer,
Early Growth Financial Services

David Ehrenberg founded Early Growth Financial Services (EGFS) in 2008 to address the lack of on-demand financial support available to startups. David’s passion for mentoring entrepreneurs, and helping early-stage startups to thrive, led him to create the integrated financial solution that EGFS provides, from day-to-day accounting to strategic finance, tax, and valuation support.
As CEO, David has overseen incredible growth at EGFS, leading to its being ranked #5 in Silicon Valley Business Journals’ annual Fastest Growing Private Companies award for 2013. David’s articles and insights are frequently posted in such prestigious publications as Forbes, Inc, VentureBeat, Huff Post Small Business, Yahoo! Small Business Advisor, Startup Nation, and more. He is an active speaker and event leader who presents regularly to founders and others within the startup ecosystem. He also co-founded and moderated Pitch Flip LA 2013 in which investors from Silicon Valley presented to a broad sampling from the LA startup community.

David has strategic and operational expertise in all areas of early-stage finance, including strategic planning, forecasting, venture funding, debt financing, and M&A. Prior to founding EGFS, David was the first CFO for Abound Logic, playing an integral role in building out the company’s finance and administrative infrastructure. Before that, David was a Controller for Microsoft, in a division that focused on creating new products and business solutions. Earlier in his career, David was a key member of the finance team at Extreme Networks and Voice Stream Wireless and VP of Finance for Radiant Research, where he was responsible for selling the company in two transactions and ensuring a successful exit for investors and management.
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