About

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.

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 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

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 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 early-
stage 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)

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 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

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 GoodCompany Venture Program Schedule

Session Topic Date / Time

Calendar
Week 1 Ribbon Cutting Ceremony: Special Guest, June 1st / 1-2pm
Michael Nutter, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia
Week 1 GoodCompany Orientation: Special Guests, June 1st / 3-6pm
Chuck Lacy and Stephen Goodman
Week 1 Expert Session: Social responsibility and its impact on company: June 4th / 3-6pm
Special Guests, Christina Houlahan, Bob Fishman,
Valarie Malter, Kerwin Tesdell, and Jonathan Harrison
Week 1 Group Session: Social responsibility and its impact on company June 5th / 9am-12pm

Week 2 Company Updates: 3 min presentation on Social Responsibility June 11th / 2-3pm

Week 2 Expert Session: Ecosystem Analysis – Markets & Competitive June 11th / 3-6pm
Landscape: Special guests: Teddy Rice, Rob Adams, and
David Nevas
Week 2 Group Session: Ecosystem Analysis – Markets & Competitive June 12th / 9am-12pm
Landscape
Week 3 Company Updates: 3 min presentation on Ecosystem Analysis June 18th / 2-3pm
Week 3 Expert Session: Product Launch Strategy: Special guests: June 18th / 3-6pm
Fred Allegrezza, Jeff Rosenblum, Allison Guzzio,
and Bhairav Trivedi
Week 3 Group Session: Product launch strategy June 19th / 9-11am
Week 3 Special Session: What you need to know – Special Legal & June 19th / 11am-12pm
Governance Concerns presented by Lee Marks and Sid Amster
Week 4 Company Updates: 3 min presentation on June 25th / 2-3pm
Product Launch Strategy
Week 4 Expert Session: Corporate & product marketing & branding: June 25th / 3-6pm
Special guests: Laurie Gelb
Week 4 Group Session: Corporate & product marketing & branding June 26th / 9am-12pm

Week 5 BREAK FOR JULY 4TH

Week 6 Company Updates: 3 min presentation on July 9th / 2-3pm

Corporate & product marketing & branding
Week 6 Expert Session: Sales and business development: July 10th / 3-6pm
Special guests: Bob Cooper, Ed Curry, Gloria Rabinowitz,
John Care, and John Vairo
Week 6 Group Session: Sales and business development July 10th / 9am-12pm

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Week 7 Company Updates: 3 min presentation on July 16th / 2-3pm
Sales and business development
Week 7 Expert Session: Team building and Human Resources: July 16th / 3-6pm
Special guests: Richard Anthony, Scott Keifer
Week 7 Group Session: Team building and Human Resources July 17th / 9am-12pm
Week 8 Company Updates: 3 min presentation on July 23rd / 2-3pm
Team building and Human Resources
Week 8 Expert Session: Intellectual property protection: July 24th / 3-6pm
Special guest: Christopher Dervishian
Week 8 Group Session: Intellectual property protection July 24th / 9am-12pm

Week 9 Company Updates: 3 min presentation on July 30th / 2-3pm

Intellectual property protection
Week 9 Expert Session: Financial planning and sales projections July 31st / 3-6pm
Special guests: Robert Strouse, Mike Emmi, Robert Fesnak
Week 9 Group Session: Financial planning and sales projections July 31st/ 9am-12pm
Week 10 Company Updates: 3 min presentation on July 23rd / 2-3pm
Financial planning and sales projections
Week 10 Expert Session: Governance, Capital, & Fundraising: July 24th / 3-6pm
Special guests: Steve Goodman and Don Gleklen
Week 10 Group Session: Governance, Capital, & Fundraising July 24th / 9am-12pm

BREAK

Mid-Sept. Company presentations: Venture Fair Sept 10th / 9am-3pm

Special guest: Bart Houlahan

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4700 Wissahickon Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19144

P: 215.951.7200 x3002
F: 610.500.5139
Email: info@goodcompanyventures.org

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