I want to make you all aware of an opportunity to listen to one of the most experienced entrepreneur in the Abilene area, James Porter. He will be speaking at the March ReInvent Abilene gathering, next Thursday, March 12th. From the ReInvent Abilene mass email (shoot an email to Tom.Dolan@ttu.edu if you want to be on this list):

We'll be taking a Venture Capitalist look at business plans. James Porter will present plans, the audience will grade them and James will talk about how Venture Capitalist may grade in a different fashion! The idea is for us to get inside the Venture Capitalist head to try to understand what is of importance from his perspective. Venture Capitalist Business Plan Evaluation - Bring a friend! Thursday, March 12, 2009 5:00pm to 7:00pm Texas Tech University at Abilene 302 Pine Street - Across from the Downtown Abilene Post Office James Porter is ACU's Entrepreneur-in-Residence. Porter was the CEO and President of Triad Systems, served in executive roles in two successful start-up businesses, was on the board and executive committee of the Information Technology Association of America and served for ten years on the AICPA Accounting Standards Executive Committee for the Software Industry. Porter currently serves on two public company boards, two privately held company boards and two private university governing boards, including ACU's Board of Trustees. He has also served on the boards of two large medical centers and several foundations. He and his wife live in The Woodlands, Texas.

Too bad this is during springbreak... Any students out there wanting to go with this, but will be out of town? Let Tom know by commenting below.