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Join us TODAY at 5:30 PM to learn how to identify problems, needs, and trends worth pursuing at How to Start a Startup featuring Heath Butler, Partner at Mercury. 

You have an idea...now what? Before you start looking for funding, it's important to ensure that your idea is both viable and valuable. If it doesn't have a sound model and a market willing to pay for it, investors won't be interested anyway!

Agenda:

• 5:30 PM | Presentation
• 6:30 PM | Guest Speaker
• 6:45 PM | Q & A
• 7:00 PM | Networking

About the Speaker: 

Heath Butler, Mercury

Heath Butler focuses on B2B SaaS and B2B2C Marketplace investments in future-of-work and fin-tech themes. Heath also manages the organization’s venture studio and network platform, including corporate, service provider, and startup community relationships.

Before joining Mercury, Heath co-founded Gestalt Theory Venture Partners, a venture studio and angel investing group. Prior to Gestalt, Heath held leadership roles as a seasoned go-to-market and corporate development executive at Insperity (NYSE: NSP), the nation’s leading HR outsourcing services provider.

Outside of Mercury, Heath is an active angel investor and advocates for democratizing access to private equity opportunities for all investors. He is an active start-up mentor, including the Houston innovation community, and a regular speaker/mentor within the Ion. Heath enjoys traveling with family and likes to read, golf, cycle, and is an avid poker player.

Guest Speakers:

• • Bill Grandy - Director Softeq Venture Studio
  • Payal Patel - Principal of Softeq Ventures and Director of Softeq Venture Studio

 Register TODAY!