Experts Connection™ connects you, the business professional, with experts in career and professional development via teleseminars. Topics will be presented with an eye to the practical, rather than the theoretical, offering you the opportunity to put ideas into practice as soon as you hang up the phone. The topics are targeted specifically for the executive level professional, for the employed as well as those in transition. The teleseminars are formatted and timed to include your questions following the experts' presentations.

Guest Speakers: Mike Lorelli, CEO WaterJel Technologies, A Riverside Company
Andrew Whitman, Founding Managing Partner, 2X Consumer Products Growth Partners
Date: Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Time: 4:00-5:30 PM Eastern, 1:00-2:30 PM Pacific

Class Description: The worlds of Private Equity and Venture Capital can be intellectually challenging and financially rewarding, both for the portfolio company executives as well as the investors. At the end of the day, the art and science behind it isn’t rocket science. But it’s still easy to get one foot blown off in the first minute of that important interview or during activities working for a Private Equity or Venture Capital backed company. So listen to how it works from the perspective of a seasoned portfolio company CEO and the founding partner of a private equity firm.

In this 90 minute session you will learn:

• Key Terminology.
• Source of Investor Money.
• Type of PE & VC Firms.
• How Funds Invest.
• PE/LP Model, Capital Calls & Returns.
• Working with Investors.
• Compensation.
• Connecting with PE/VC.
• Impacts for Management.
• Economics of Equity.

About the Speakers:

Mike Lorelli is the CEO of WaterJel Technologies (www.WaterJel.com), one of Riverside Company’s 74 portfolio companies. Mike has held CEO assignments for 5 private equity portfolio companies: for Riverside Company, Rutledge Capital, and Pouschine Cook Capital Management. Mike’s background includes 24 years with Fortune 100 companies, including two division President assignments at PepsiCo, and CMO of PepsiCo’s beverage sector.

Andrew Whitman is the Founding Managing Partner at 2x Consumer Products Growth Partners www.2xPartners.com), a provider of growth capital exclusively to emerging branded consumer products companies. Focus areas include food, beverage, personal care, home care and pet care – particularly in the organic/natural, specialty/gourmet and ethnic sectors. Businesses are primarily within the $1-15 million revenue range. Prior to joining the investment side of the industry in 2001, Andy was an executive with Kraft and General Foods – as a unit head and previously in many functional roles including marketing, sales, corporate development and operations planning.