VIRTUAL MONTHLY CHANCE MEETINGS
APRIL 6, 2020 - 5-6 pm
Theme: Crisis Resources for Entrepreneurs & Small Businesses
Silicon Couloir continues to create and aggregate resources and information for entrepreneurs and small businesses to weather the COVID-19 crisis on our COVID-19 Resource & Assistance page. Please join Executive Director Gary Trauner for a virtual Chance Meetings to discuss a handful of vital resources for your business. Resources to be discussed are linked below:
1) Silicon Couloir's Crisis Management Guide
2) Silicon Couloir's Cashflow Management Guide Checklist
3) Silicon Couloir Cashflow Template
4) U.S. Chamber of Commerce COVID Small Business Guide and Checklist
5) WY Unemployment Benefits under CARES Act
Please use the information below to join our Virtual Chance Meetings at 5 p.m. on April 6th. Zoom works best by downloading the Zoom application to your computer or smartphone:
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://zoom.us/j/971794086+
16699006833, 971794086# US (San Jose)
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
Meeting ID: 971 794 086
Click here for a beginner’s guide to Zoom.
NEWS AND NOTES
Silicon Couloir Welcomes New Board Members
We are grateful for the guidance, vision, and support of these new board members— now and in the coming years.
With a long history of entrepreneurship and business building, Bryan Kujawski has had the privilege of creating new businesses (solo and with great co-founders), joining businesses and investing in / supporting various early-stage ventures. He’s been on all sides of the table -- as an entrepreneur, operator, investor, board member, and advisor/mentor. While his main discipline has been AdTech, he’s dabbled in a number of categories including in eCommerce (and other SaaS businesses) as well as businesses that create actual physical products.
When not directly involved in a business, Bryan focuses on being a resource to those companies that he invests in and participates in via various entrepreneur-focused organizations and otherwise. He’s a firm believer in 'paying it forward' and, in all cases focuses on creating value and being a force of good (no matter what).
Bryan has both undergraduate and graduate business degrees from Emory University in Atlanta, GA. Having spent the majority of his business career in the southeast, for the last three years, he and his wife have happily resided in JH.
Mary McCarthy is a real estate industry executive with experience in institutional capital raising, design, and executive recruiting. She is Principal of Untitled Solutions LLC, her advisory firm, and Of Counsel to Terra Search Partners, a San Francisco-based executive recruiting firm.
Trained and having worked as an architect, Mary pursued a long career in real estate finance and investment fund-raising. Mary began her business career in Morgan Stanley’s real estate investment banking department following her MBA from Wharton. She subsequently worked for real estate investment firms in capital raising roles and concluded her finance career in 2015 as a senior managing director in the Capital Markets Group of Hines, an international real estate firm. Having joined Terra Search Partners in 2016, Mary transitioned to an advisory role with Terra as she moved to Jackson Hole full time in 2018.
Mary is a trustee and mentor with Silicon Couloir and is a member of the Town of Jackson’s Design Review Committee. As well, she serves on the Advisory Council for a new real estate development program at the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture. Previously, Mary served on the boards of UVA’s Architecture School Foundation and Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Mary is a member of the Urban Land Institute and its Responsible Property Investment Council.
Mary holds a BS in Architecture from the University of Virginia, as well as M Arch and MBA degrees from the University of Pennsylvania’s Design and Wharton Schools, respectively.
Chris Woolley is a bank founder, business advisor, mentor, and investor in a variety of companies and funds. From 1990 through 2005, Chris held various senior and executive business banking positions with Wells Fargo, Imperial Bank, and Comerica Bank.
In 2005, Chris co-founded de novo business bank Square 1 Bank which raised $105 million in initial capital to serve venture capital and private equity-backed growth companies. While there, he served in several executive management positions and was responsible for managing and growing the bank’s national life science practice as well as its Western US technology practice. At various times, he had executive oversight for practices in San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, Seattle, Denver, Austin, Houston, Chicago, Boston, and North Carolina. Square 1 went public in 2014 and was sold to PacWest Bancorp in 2015.
In 2016, Chris became a Founding Director and investor in Endeavor Bank, a de novo business bank serving small and middle market entrepreneurs and investors. Endeavor opened in 2018 after a successful capital raise of $26.5 million.
Chris has been a mentor in the Silicon Couloir TEAMS program since its inception and serves on the TEAMS Executive Committee. Chris holds a CPA certificate, is a former FINRA Series 7 licensee, and graduated summa cum laude from the University of California Santa Barbara with a degree in Business Economics. He enjoys the many outdoor activities that Jackson Hole offers including skiing, trail running, cycling, and kayaking.
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