Welcomes

THE 2ND ANNUAL

NEXT GENERATION ENTREPRENEURSHIP & GLOBAL CROWDFUNDING FORUM

JW Marriott Le Merigot
Friday, November 15th, 2013
9am-7pm 1740 Ocean Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90401 USA The event website: www.metropoleglobal.com

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TESTIMONIALS 2012

I really, really liked the Forum. It was extremely informative and the quality of speakers was amazing. Congratulations! Fernanda Baserga-Rudd, Consulate General & Promotion Center of the Argentine Republic, Investment Office Among the best entrepreneurial and investment forums I went to in recent years. Bianca Dellepiane, President, Bridges to Italy Heartiest congratulations on putting together such a well-attended and interesting Forum. We were pleased to have been a part of it. Ed Sauve, Senior Advisor for Global Services, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) Thank you for the exceptional Forum! I believe that the energy that was flowing through the event will transpire into many positive interactions amongst all the participants involved! Vince Megaro, Founder, Methes Energies Canada Inc. Great job of assembling the top people in L.A.s tech scene, and they provided some really thoughtful and insightful commentary. Congrats. Charlie Crumpley, Editor of the Los Angeles Business Journal It was a smash! The attendees were all high quality and the panels very informative. Well done. Mark R Ross, Managing Director, Diamond Capital Advisors (This Forum) gave me hope and ideas for returning to secure and profitable investments. Jay Wertz, Editor at Paramount Pictures, Angel Investor Congratulations on a great event. Many thanks for inviting us to be a part of it. Julia Son, Hong Kong Trade Development Council I made some great contacts and the speakers were top-notch. I left the conference with a ton of new information. Well done! Linhard Stepf, President of FrankfurtRhineMain Corp. Nice job with the event. We need a lot more of these for LA! Hale Boggs, Partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips

IT IS NOT JUST A FORUM IT IS A MOVEMENT

Launched in 2012 on a fundamental belief that access to capital should be equitable and unbiased, our Forum quickly has become Los Angeless foremost meeting place for the extraordinary thinkers and game-changers. Our audience include a unique mix of world-class entrepreneurs, innovators, scientists, artists, private investors, leading crowdfunders and foreign governments representatives. We believe in power of sharing ideas and knowledge and are confident that the right solutions can be found by gathering the right people those who are at the forefront of the funding industrys change, who think and act outside the box and have desire and capacity to overcome the status quo Speakers 2013 include a unique mix of extraordinary achievers such as David Seidler, Oscar winner for writing a screenplay Kings Speech; Jeff McCarthy, Managing Director of Lending Club; Adam Chapnick, Principal at Indiegogo; Korstiaan Zandvliet, co-founder of a world- leading equity based crowdfunding platform Symbid.com and many more

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OUR FORUM IN B.R.I.E.F.

B R I E F

Bold: Our Forums motto is based on a premise of impact: we connect, we learn, we act. For one day we are
becoming a think tank and a do-tank creating a bounty of realistic ideas of how to raise capital for high impact ventures and invest in the most secure and socially responsible way.

R I E F

Resourceful: We feature and assess the entire system of business financing tools: from angel, VC, debt to
crowd capital. Weve been called a Davos of Entrepreneurship for authority and being truly global.

Interactive: The Forum is set to assure maximum interaction among attendees and panelists. There are virtually
no speeches every participant is a speaker and encouraged to be involved into a lively discussion with panelists.

Empowering: High caliber of both speakers and attendees turns the event into a powerful exchange of best
practices and lessons learned from building impactful businesses and exploiting the private and crowd capital.

Fun: We get a fun mix of people who traditionally do not have an opportunity to meet each other in other business
settings: from private investors and scientists to foreign consulates representatives, world-class entrepreneurs, producers, philanthropists, and entertainers.

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FORUM 2013 DISCUSSIONS

How to navigate through the variety of funding options existing in the current market place and what really works How entrepreneurs who reside outside the Silicon Valley hub can reach VCs, angel investors, incubators, and accelerators What the best crowdfunding sources are available world-wide and how to evaluate them in the context of other existing funding opportunities JOBS act and how to locate legitimate equity crowdfunding sources How entrepreneurs from creative industries (such as films, art, music and fashion) can exploit crowdfunding and create new markets What the risks are for those running a crowdfunding initiative, and for those participating in one, and how they can be minimized What exactly lenders are looking for in a transforming market place and what sources of debt capital available are on-line How to spot sizable investment opportunities in a start-up market place and encourage a rise of high-impact ventures How to help women- and minority- entrepreneurs to gain an access to financial capital

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JOIN US TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Korstiaan Zandvliet

David Seidler

Brad Wyman

Jennifer Post

Ash Kumra

Joy Schoffler

Aigerim Shorman

Charles Luzar

Rick Smith

Jeff McCarthy

John Van Den Nieuwenhuizen

Petra Griffith

Dara Albright

Dan Mapes

Ronald Kleverlaan

Colin Mangham

Larry Namer

Ruth Hedges

David Carter

Victoria Silchenko

David Harvilicz

Erick Jackson

Howard J. Leonhardt

Adam Chapnick