Financing Your Business: How to turn ‘the good, the bad & the ugly’ into ‘good better, best’

On June 18, 2013 Dan Mathers (Investment Accelerator Fund) presented to a full house of Hamilton Innovators at Innovation Factory’s June Lunch ‘n Learn (sponsored by KPMG).

Dan’s presentation, titled “Financing your Business: How to turn “The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly,” into “Good, Better, Best” was both engaging and informative.

Dan is President of IronBit Consulting Inc. Dan has more than 25 years of experience building and leading technology businesses, and has led all sizes of businesses from large divisions of multi-nationals, to involvement as part of the leadership team for multiple start-ups. These businesses have created more than $1 billion in shareholder value.

He has also spent much of the last 6 years coaching and mentoring more than 100 early and late stage startups from across multiple industry sectors.

Currently, Dan is the Investment Director for the Investment Accelerator Fund, and is responsible for driving all of the investments in the South Western Ontario. He is also an embedded executive with several promising Ontario technology startups.

In addition, Dan is currently a member of the Boards of Directors and Advisory Boards for several organizations.

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