Experts Connection Offers Dual Perspectives on How to Get Hired by Venture Capital or Private Equity

(I-Newswire) September 30, 2009 - NOVATO, Calif. (October 1, 2009) – The best jobs aren’t necessarily with publicly traded companies. Portfolio company executives and investors can find exciting challenges with companies that are backed with funding from venture capital or private equity. In the next Experts Connection teleseminar, “Private Equity & Venture Capital: Two Views,” Mike Lorelli, CEO of WaterJel Technologies, and Andrew Whiteman, Founding Managing Partner of 2X Consumer Products Growth Partners, will provide alternate views on how to land a job with a company backed by private equity or venture capital. The teleseminar is scheduled for October 28, from 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. ET, (1:00 – 2:30 p.m. PT). The Experts Connection teleseminar series for executive career management is sponsored by NETSHARE® (www.netshare.com).

The rules of either landing a job or getting funding from either a private equity firm or a VC firm are not complex, but they are important to understand. If you blunder in with the wrong pitch or the wrong perspective, you will lose the interview before you have a chance to explain what you have to offer. In this 90-minute presentation, Andy Whitman will provide the venture backer’s viewpoint on what they are looking for in a C-level executive, and Mike Lorelli will talk about what it takes to get hired by private equity or VC firms.

During the teleseminar, attendees will learn:

• Key terminology, so you can talk to VCs and private equity backers in their own language;
• How to assess the source of the investors’ money;
• The different types of venture capital and private equity firms;
• How funds are invested;
• How to work with investors;
• How to assess compensation;
• The impact of VC and PE on management, and;
• The economics of equity.

“The old adage ‘follow the money’ is as important in hiring and career management as it is in funding a new venture,” said Katherine Simmons, CEO of NETSHARE and host of the Experts Connection teleseminars. “This Experts Connection teleseminar provides the dual perspective of investors looking to hire experienced managers, and executives who love getting hired by investors. Those who attend will come away with a better understanding of how to present themselves as an indispensable asset that can help start-up companies bloom.”

The Experts Connection teleseminar series gives executives access to leading career experts. The cost of the seminar is $60, $50 for NETSHARE members, and access is provided via web and telephone. For more information, visit the Experts Connection online at www.experts-connection.com.

About the Presenters
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 five 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 to 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.

About NETSHARE
NETSHARE (www.netshare.com) is a confidential, membership based organization dedicated to providing executives across all disciplines and industries with quality $100K plus job lists. NETSHARE also offers networking opportunities and a community of peers for the exchange of strategic information related to job search, professional development and best practices. NETSHARE has been recognized by Fortune and Forbes magazines as the best online destination for executive positions.

Contact:
Annette DiSano
NETSHARE, Inc.
(415) 883-1700
Annette@netshare.com

Tom Woolf
Woolf Media & Marketing
(415) 259-5638
tomw@woolfmedia.com

About Woolf Media & Marketing:
Woolf Media and Marketing is a communications consultancy founded and operated by Tom Woolf. Working with a network of experienced global partners and professional communications practitioners, the consultancy maintains a stable of experienced staff members ready to help you take your media and marketing programs to the next level.

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