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Monthly Meeting - Thursday, April 1, 2010 Date:  Thursday, April 1st, 2010 Place:  Sacramento Hilton 2200 Harvard Street Sacramento, CA 95815 (Business 80 and Arden Way) Cost:  $31.00 Members & 1st-Time Guests $36.00 Non-Members Time:  6:00 PM: Networking 6:30 PM: Dinner and Speaker Presentation Topic:  Venture Capital Financing for Early Stage Development Company Speaker:  John Fisher, Vice President of Finance, Bloo Solar Menu:  Chicken Mediterranean Entrée, Salad and Dessert CPE:  1 hour Program Level:  Overview Prerequisites/ Preparation:  None RSVP:  By 12:00pm, Tuesday, March 30, 2010 Call (916) 552-1470 or Email If, at the last minute, you cannot attend our monthly dinner meeting, be sure to cancel by noon on the Wednesday before the meeting. Cancellations can be made by calling (916) 552-1470 or emailing aswa_sacramento@yahoo.com. Since we must pay for all reserved meals, late cancellations or no-shows will be billed for the full cost of the meal. If you RSVP on behalf of a guest and the guest does not attend, we will bill you for the cost of your guest's meal. Details John Fisher, Vice President of Finance for Bloo Solar, will speak on the topic of Venture Capital Financing for Early State Development Company.  John will explore the critical components for the entrepreneur to consider when seeking venture capital, how venture capitalists view the process as well as a walkthrough of a successful presentation. John Fisher is the Vice President of Finance for Bloo Solar, a West Sacramento manufacturer of third generation solar technology.  John holds degrees in Accounting and Marketing from the University of California, Berkeley.  He is an MBA in Finance and also a Certified Public Accountant.  John has over 25 years of executive financial and operational experience with high growth technology companies operating in the Silicon Valley.  John has significant experience working with publicly traded companies and has participated in over $500M of strategic M&A transactions.  Over his career, he has helped create significant shareholder value and then monetized that value through a series of liquidity events including his last transaction which sold for over $100M.  John is also a co-inventor on three pending energy patents. Official National Registry Statement: ASWA is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State Boards of accountancy have the final authority on the acceptance of individual courses of CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors: 150 Fourth Avenue, Suite 700, Nashville, TN, 37219-2417. Web site: www.nasba.org.