Don Gooding, Executive Director of the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development, is also Vice Chair of the Maine Angels and teaches Innovation Engineering at USM. Gooding will be sharing his vision for entrepreneurship in Maine and his role with MCED, an organization committed to fostering growth and self-sufficiency among the state’s most promising start-ups.
A former telecommunications market analyst and venture capitalist for fifteen years, Gooding founded and ran a global specialty music business for sixteen years, and has been an angel investor since the late 1990s. As a member of Maine Angels he has invested in early stage technology companies, including Ocean Renewable Power Company, Emergent Music, Axon Labs, Neuroptix and IW Financial.
While Research Partner for Accel Partners (1986-1996), Gooding investigated new telecom and networking markets, finding and evaluating new investment opportunities. He has authored a monthly column in Communications Week, was co-chair of the annual Accel/Stanford Center for Telecommunications Symposium, and was the first webmaster in the venture capital industry. He worked closely with companies such as UUNET, Teleos, Clear Communications and PictureTel.
He received his B.A. from Yale University cum laude with distinction in Economics in 1981, concentrating on the economics of data transmission.
The Entrepreneurs’ Extravaganza will be held at the Auburn Public Library on Tuesday, June 26 from 5:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Auburn Public Library is located at 49 Spring Street in Auburn. For more information about the event, contact the Auburn Public Library at 333-6640.
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