Ethan Frome - VANJ
June 18, 2013
Cristian A. Ossa, Angel Investor &
Screening Committee Chair
Delaware Crossing Investor Group
Marriott Hanover, 1401 Rt. 10 East, Whippany, NJ Phone: 973-538-8811
Registration 11:30, Luncheon 12:00 noon – 2:00 PM
Angel Tells How to Get Checks:
A Recovering Entrepreneur’s Lessons in Raising Angel Money
After graduating top of his MBA class from the University of Massachusetts in 1991, Mr. Ossa joined a small boutique consulting firm focused on business development. These formative years taught him the importance for small companies to stay focused, drive sales and maintain a solid operational back end. He has founded various companies, including a consulting firm; Rosetta Technology Group, a multi-million dollar business consulting firm that has been profitable since inception. He founded , and directly contributed to the firm reaching over 100 million in yearly sales.
Subsequent to , Mr. Ossa founded ; a container pricing and bidding system. Over 8 million dollars of venture and Angel funding, and company was later sold to Descartes systems [NASDAQ: DSGX]. Live Audience Business Solution was Mr. Ossa’s next venture. The Company produced actionable marketing information for the perishable goods industry.
As a consultant, Mr. Ossa has been successful in working with large fortune 100 companies on Business Intelligence, process improvement and large scale product management and system deployment. His projects have ranged in size from several hundred thousand, to over $5 million with a deployment of over 3,000 users.
Mr. Ossa has lectured on entrepreneurship, small business development as well as Angel and Venture Capital investing. He has been a featured judge on the “Sharkette Tank”, as well as a panelist and judge for various organizations. He is currently the Screening Committee Chair of Delaware Crossing Investment Group. He welcomes opportunities to work with, and invest in start-up companies.
Upcoming 2013 VANJ Luncheons – Save the Dates
July 16, 2013 – David N. Feldman, Esq., Partner, Richardson & Patel and Author of,
“The Entrepreneur’s Growth Startup Handbook: 7 Secrets to Venture Funding and Growth Success”
September 17, October 22, November 18, December 17 – Speakers to be Announced
Please pre-register; an attendance list is distributed at the meeting. Use the form below and mail with your check payable to VANJ (charge for members is $35 and $55 for nonmembers), to be received no later than Monday (12 noon) before the meeting to VANJ, 26 Main Street, Chatham, NJ 07928-2402. Telephone reservations are taken only if mail would not be timely. Call Clara Stricchiola at (973) 631-5680, or fax your reservation to (973) 984-9634 / E-Mail: clara@. Door Registrations/Late Registrations - $75
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