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GoodCompany Ventures catalyzes start-ups with innovative solutions to big, unmet social needs. GoodCompany entrepreneurs get a great place to work in Philadelphia, a community of like-minded entrepreneurs, and access to a network of capital sources and expert advisors. We champion models that offer investors both financial return and social impact

Mission GoodCompany seeks only for-profit companies. The idea of addressing critical social issues with the rigor and access to capital of the business world can be implemented through nonprofit, hybrid and for-profit business models. However, GoodCompany’s founders particularly value the sustainability of models that provide private investors with attractive social and financial returns. •

Social impact should be a central component of the mission or operations. While many businesses have important social objectives and/or highly active philanthropic activities, we are looking for models where social impact is integral to what the company does.



Scale matters. Local solutions can often have big impacts on local communities, but are not often investable.



We think the needs of a sustainable economy are some of our largest social needs. That means, for example, that our interests span education, clean technology and economic development… and your new idea, too.



GoodCompany accepts entrepreneurs who agree to measure their impact against a triple bottom line encompassing people, profit and planet. Of course, entrepreneurs need to find a measurement system that makes sense for them. A refined set of metrics (that we happen to like) for summing across the “non-financial” bottom lines can be found at BCorporation.



Innovation matters. Old business models can be effective ways to address social issues, but they rarely provide strong financial returns. We are especially interested in models that harness cutting-edge technology or re-think existing models.

4700 Wissahickon Ave. • Suite #126 • Philadelphia • PA 19144 • www.GoodCompanyVentures.org • 215.951.7200 _

Founders Sidney E. Amster, MBA, Co-Founder and Partner, Phase II International, Clinical Professor, Temple University’s Fox School of Business - GoodCompany Ventures Board Member Jacob Gray, Partner, Murex Investments - GoodCompany Ventures Board Member Dr. Shoshanna Loeb, Chief Scientist and Executive Director, Telcordia Technologies - GoodCompany Ventures Board Member Lee R. Marks, Senior Counsel, Greenberg Traurig, LLP - GoodCompany Ventures Board Legal Counsel Garret Melby, Executive Director, Iolite Social Capital - GoodCompany Ventures Board Member Naeemah Nelson, Business Development Coordinator, Resources for Human Development GoodCompany Ventures Board Member Chris Bentley, GoodCompany Ventures Executive Director Alice Cathcart, Vice President, Market Development, Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation Edward Curry, Vistage Chair, Strategic Advisor and Private Investor David Famolari, Program Manager & Senior Scientist, Telcordia Technologies Robert Fishman, LCSW, Founder and Executive Director, Resources for Human Development Stephen M. Goodman, Partner, Morgan Lewis and Bockius, LLP, Business and Finance Practice James Jaffe, President and CEO, National Association of Seed and Venture Funds Jason Keramidas, Deputy Secretary General, Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Organization Joel Steiker, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Murex Investments

4700 Wissahickon Ave. • Suite #126 • Philadelphia • PA 19144 • www.GoodCompanyVentures.org • 215.951.7200 _

Mentors and Speakers GoodCompany’s carefully-selected group of mentors and speakers have committed to providing invaluable guidance and support to participating entrepreneurs through either group sessions, one-on-one mentoring or pro-bono services. All of our mentors and speakers are experienced members of the earlystage community, and include successful entrepreneurs, early-stage attorneys, technologists, venture capitalists, angel investors and early-stage service providers.

Participating Mentors and Guest Speakers Sidney E. Amster, MBA, co-Founder and Partner, Phase II International Richard J. Anthony, Sr., Managing Director, The Solutions Network and Founder, The Entrepreneur’s Network James Caruso, CPA, Partner, Fesnak and Associates, LLP Bob Cooper, President, Frontier Service Design Edward Curry, Vistage Chair, Strategic Advisor and Private Investor Christopher J. Dervishian, Shareholder, RatnerPrestia David Famolari, Program Manager & Senior Scientist, Telcordia Technologies Robert W. Fesnak, CPA/ABV, CMA, CVA, Partner, Fesnak and Associates, LLP Don Gleklen, Strategic Business Advisor and Private Investor, Director, Firstrust Bank Stephen M. Goodman, Partner, Morgan Lewis and Bockius, LLP, Business and Finance Practice Jacob B. Gray, Partner, Murex Investments Jonathan Harrison, Director, National Social Innovations James Jaffe, President and CEO, National Association of Seed and Venture Funds Jason Keramidas, Deputy Secretary General, Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Organization Chuck Lacy, Founder and President, The Barred Rock Fund, former President, Ben and Jerry’s Dr. Shoshanna Loeb, Chief Scientist and Executive Director, Telcordia Technologies Lee R. Marks, Senior Counsel, Greenberg Traurig, LLP Garrett Melby, Executive Director, Iolite Social Capital Michael R. Reinhard, National Penn Chief Financial Officer Jeff Rosenblum, Executive Vice President, Business Development, SHPS and Founder, Arbor Associates Joel Steiker, co-Founder and Managing Director, Murex Investments Robert H. Strouse, President, Wind River Holdings Woody Tasch, Founder and Chairman, Slow Money, President Emeritus, Investor’s Circle (invited)

4700 Wissahickon Ave. • Suite #126 • Philadelphia • PA 19144 • www.GoodCompanyVentures.org • 215.951.7200 _

Participating Ventures SocialSense Ads empowers people to contribute to social causes of their choice by simply donating ad spaces on their websites, blogs or other web pages. Participants get clear visibility on their contribution and its impact. You can soon learn more about them on www.socialsenseads.com Cyrus-XP LLC's mission is to harness collective knowledge, creativity and skills to advance the management and delivery of healthcare. Cyrus-XP is developing LTCHIE (Long Term Care Health Information Exchange), a Health Information Technology service for the Long Term Care market. LTCHIE leverages Open Source technologies to create a standards-based, low cost, low risk platform for the storage and dissemination of clinical information. The company is promoting the adoption of Health Information Technology and healthcare interoperability standards, specifically HL7. More information may be found at www.cyrusxp.com and www.ltchie.com. CalendarFly is a single source scheduling solution for families, with the activities and assignments of children and parents updated instantly and automatically. By creating a superior and free scheduling option for schools, CalendarFly has created an easy-to-use and free collaborative calendar that is perfect for families. Students' personal calendars are updated with school and sports events and assignments instantly and automatically and parents’ personal calendars are updated with this information and their own. And, because CalendarFly is free, all school communities, regardless of income, can use it. Family scheduling and tracking is made simple – for everyone! VolunteerBIG.com is an online network distinctively tooled to strengthen the impact of volunteers and non-profits. The network both synthesizes and innovates upon current networking technology while focusing on creating tools that flesh out the company’s founding principle that individuals and groups, when properly empowered and incredibly well connected, can together create dramatic changes in their community. A focus on creating the most fulfilling experience possible for the volunteer will end up paying dividends for non-profits. BlackGold Biofuels (BGB) has developed groundbreaking, patent-pending technology to convert nuisance sewer greases into biodiesel, a low-carbon diesel fuel substitute that can be used in any diesel engine without modification. BGB handles the sale of the technology licenses, processes equipment, provides ancillary support services to water utilities, waste haulers, and energy developers and owns and operates processing units itself. BGB’s technology simultaneously solves multiple major problems in the wastewater and biofuels industries, creating a lucrative renewable energy asset from a pollution liability. More information can be found here: www.blackgoldbiofuels.com Math Foundations, LLC is an education company whose mission is to provide innovative math remediation solutions to two and four-year colleges and job training programs. The company was founded by Angela McIver, PhD in response to the lack of assessments, interventions and professional development to effectively remediate students who leave school with weak math foundations. With 1.3 million students enrolled in remedial courses each year, Math Foundations believes that innovative interventions can help keep these students in school and positively impact the quality of students entering the workforce. More information can be found here: www.mathfoundations.com Onion Flats was established in 1997 as a development/design/build collection of companies centered in Philadelphia and is dedicated to sustainable and creative urban development. Onion Flats strives to be exemplary developers, architects and builders. Onion Flats has recently completed the first LEED-H Gold single family homes in Philadelphia and is completing what will be the first market-rate LEED-H Platinum multi-family project in the country. More information can be found here: www.onionflats.com

4700 Wissahickon Ave. • Suite #126 • Philadelphia • PA 19144 • www.GoodCompanyVentures.org • 215.951.7200 _

GoodCompany Venture Program Schedule Session Calendar

Topic

Week 1

June 1st / 1-2pm

Week 1

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony: Special Guest, Michael Nutter, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia GoodCompany Orientation: Special Guests, Chuck Lacy and Stephen Goodman Expert Session: Social responsibility and its impact on company: Special Guests, Christina Houlahan, Bob Fishman, Valarie Malter, Kerwin Tesdell, and Jonathan Harrison Group Session: Social responsibility and its impact on company

Week 2

Company Updates: 3 min presentation on Social Responsibility

June 11th / 2-3pm

Week 2

Expert Session: Ecosystem Analysis – Markets & Competitive Landscape: Special guests: Teddy Rice, Rob Adams, and David Nevas Group Session: Ecosystem Analysis – Markets & Competitive Landscape Company Updates: 3 min presentation on Ecosystem Analysis

June 11th / 3-6pm

Expert Session: Product Launch Strategy: Special guests: Fred Allegrezza, Jeff Rosenblum, Allison Guzzio, and Bhairav Trivedi Group Session: Product launch strategy

June 18th / 3-6pm

June 19th / 11am-12pm

Week 4

Special Session: What you need to know – Special Legal & Governance Concerns presented by Lee Marks and Sid Amster Company Updates: 3 min presentation on Product Launch Strategy Expert Session: Corporate & product marketing & branding: Special guests: Laurie Gelb Group Session: Corporate & product marketing & branding

Week 5

BREAK FOR JULY 4TH

Week 6

Company Updates: 3 min presentation on Corporate & product marketing & branding Expert Session: Sales and business development: Special guests: Bob Cooper, Ed Curry, Gloria Rabinowitz, John Care, and John Vairo Group Session: Sales and business development

Week 1 Week 1

Week 2 Week 3 Week 3 Week 3 Week 3 Week 4 Week 4

Week 6 Week 6

4700 Wissahickon Ave. • Suite #126 • Philadelphia • PA 19144 • www.GoodCompanyVentures.org • 215.951.7200 _

Date / Time

June 1st / 3-6pm June 4th / 3-6pm June 5th / 9am-12pm

June 12th / 9am-12pm June 18th / 2-3pm

June 19th / 9-11am

June 25th / 2-3pm June 25th / 3-6pm June 26th / 9am-12pm

July 9th / 2-3pm July 10th / 3-6pm July 10th / 9am-12pm

Week 7 Week 7 Week 7 Week 8 Week 8 Week 8 Week 9 Week 9 Week 9 Week 10 Week 10 Week 10

Company Updates: 3 min presentation on Sales and business development Expert Session: Team building and Human Resources: Special guests: Richard Anthony, Scott Keifer Group Session: Team building and Human Resources

July 16th / 2-3pm

Company Updates: 3 min presentation on Team building and Human Resources Expert Session: Intellectual property protection: Special guest: Christopher Dervishian Group Session: Intellectual property protection

July 23rd / 2-3pm

Company Updates: 3 min presentation on Intellectual property protection Expert Session: Financial planning and sales projections Special guests: Robert Strouse, Mike Emmi, Robert Fesnak Group Session: Financial planning and sales projections

July 30th / 2-3pm

Company Updates: 3 min presentation on Financial planning and sales projections Expert Session: Governance, Capital, & Fundraising: Special guests: Steve Goodman and Don Gleklen Group Session: Governance, Capital, & Fundraising

July 23rd / 2-3pm

July 16th / 3-6pm July 17th / 9am-12pm

July 24th / 3-6pm July 24th / 9am-12pm

July 31st / 3-6pm July 31st/ 9am-12pm

July 24th / 3-6pm July 24th / 9am-12pm

BREAK Mid-Sept.

Company presentations: Venture Fair Special guest: Bart Houlahan

4700 Wissahickon Ave. • Suite #126 • Philadelphia • PA 19144 • www.GoodCompanyVentures.org • 215.951.7200 _

Sept 10th / 9am-3pm

Address GoodCompany Ventures 4700 Wissahickon Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19144 P: 215.951.7200 x3002 F: 610.500.5139 Email: [email protected]

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