Are You Ready for IPO?
Strategies and Steps For How and When to Take Your Company
Public
Thursday,
January 24, 2008
Live from MIT's
Kresge Auditorium
Presented in association with:
Is your company ready to go public? Now? In a few years? How will you know
and what are the steps you can take to be sure you're ready?
Find out from experienced entrepreneurs who have done the due diligence, traveled
the road show, and successfully taken their companies public. And hear from
the financial side as to what investors are looking for from companies interested
in printing stock certificates someday.
Join the MIT
Enterprise Forum and the NASDAQ Educational Foundation for our next Global
Broadcast. "Are You Ready for IPO" will focus on
:
- the issues a company must address before going public,
- the pros and cons of different markets,
- how the current economic landscape can help or hurt your funding strategies,
and
- when is the right time for your company to make the move.
Register to attend the live program on the MIT Campus today, or join us at
one of our many global viewing site locations!
Panelists:
Bob
Buderi (moderator)
Founder, CEO & Editor in Chief
xconomy
Bob Buderi is one of the country’s foremost business and technology
journalists. As a noted author and magazine editor, he is a sought-after commentator
on innovation and global competitiveness. Before taking his most recent position
as a research fellow in MIT’s Center for International Studies, Bob served
as Editor in Chief of MIT’s Technology Review, then a publication
with a circulation of 315,000, published ten times a year. Bob led the magazine
to numerous editorial and design awards and oversaw its expansion into three
foreign markets, its introduction of electronic newsletters, and its organization
of highly successful conferences. As BusinessWeek’s technology
editor, he shared in the 1992 National Magazine Award for “The Quality
Imperative,” a special issue of the magazine.
Bob is the author of three books about technology and innovation. Guanxi (2006)
looks at Microsoft’s Beijing research lab as a metaphor for global competitiveness. Engines
of Tomorrow (2000) describes the evolution of corporate research. The
Invention That Changed the World (1996) examines the work of a secret lab
at MIT during WWII. Bob served on the Council on Competitiveness–sponsored
National Innovation Initiative and is an advisor to the Draper Prize Nominating
Committee. He has been a regular guest of CNBC’s Strategy Session and has
spoken about innovation to many organizations, including the Business Council,
Amazon, eBay, Google, IBM, and Microsoft.
Jonathan Bush
Chairman and CEO
athenahealth
In 1997, Jonathan Bush co-founded athenahealth as a women's health practice
management company. Today, athenahealth has emerged as the leading provider
of on-demand business services to medical groups and operates the largest national
physician network in the United States, helping to bring process integrity
to the delivery and payment of medical care. In September 2007, athenahealth's
highly anticipated and publicized IPO debuted on the NASDAQ and had the single
best debut of any company in the country with a 97percent gain on the first
day. Since then, the company's share price has risen 125 percent from its debut.
Jonathan and his company have been profiled in well-respected publications
such as Fortune Magazine, Fast Company, The New York Times, The Wall Street
Journal, Red Herring and BusinessWeek as well as regularly appearing
on national broadcast outlets like CNBC and Fox News.
Before athenahealth, Bush was an EMT for the City of New Orleans, a combat
medic in the U.S. Army, and a managed care strategy consultant for Booz-Allen & Hamilton.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from Wesleyan University and
a master's degree with distinction in business administration from the Harvard
Business School. He is currently a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations,
trustee of the Farm School, and father of five children.
Bruce Evans
Managing Partner
Summit Partners
Bruce R. Evans is a Managing Partner of Summit Partners, a global private
equity and venture capital firm that invests in growth companies. Since its
founding in 1984, Summit Partners has raised approximately $9 billion in capital
and invested in nearly 300 companies across North America and Europe. These
companies have completed over 120 public offerings and more than 110 strategic
sales or mergers. Summit's funds have consistently performed in the top quartile
as compared to its peers. Today Summit has more than 140 employees and offices
in Boston, Palo Alto and London. During his 22 years with Summit Partners,
Bruce has served as a director of 25 companies, including 10 public companies.
He received a BE in Mechanical Engineering and Economics from Vanderbilt
University and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. In addition, he
is currently a member of Vanderbilt University's Investment Committee.
Jonathan Goldstein '83, '84, SM '86
Managing Director
TA Associates
Jonathan Goldstein is Managing Director of TA Associates, one of the oldest
and largest private equity firms in the world. Based in their Boston office
since 1986, Jonathan's focus is healthcare, technology, and service-based businesses.
He sits on the boards of a number of healthcare and technology companies, as
well as the New England
Venture Capital Association and the Executive Committee of the Board of Associates
of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, and the New England Venture
Capital Association. Jonathan received bachelor's degrees in biology and chemical
engineering, and a master's in biochemical engineering from MIT, and an M.B.A.
from Harvard Business School.
Gail Goodman
President and CEO
Constant Contact
Gail took leadership of Constant Contact in April 1999, where
she has led the company's growth to more than 150,000 customers worldwide.
Gail is a seasoned software executive with senior management, marketing, product
management, business development, and management consulting experience at Open
Market, Progress Software Corporation, Dun & Bradstreet Corporation Software, and
Bain & Co.
Gail is a frequent speaker at industry events. She also sits on the board
of directors for many firms, including chairman of the board of directors at
Constant Contact, member of the board of trustees of the Massachusetts Software
Council, steering committee member of the ESPC (Email Sender and Provider Coalition),
member of The Massachusetts Chapter of the National Federation of Independent
Businesses, and member of the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council.
Gail holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from The University of Pennsylvania and
a Master of Business Administration degree from Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth.
