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Sal Buccieri Memorial Venture Impact Award
Frederick J. Beste III
Fred
Beste has never had a real job. His career began in 1968 with
Greater Washington Investors, Inc., a publicly-held venture capital
firm, where he was Vice President and Treasurer. He then joined Kentucky
Highlands Investment Corporation, a private venture, capital development
firm, where he was Vice-President and, ultimately, President and Chief
Executive Officer. He joined MAVF in 1984 as the founding President and
Chief Executive Officer of its first general partner. During the course
of his career, he has served on the boards of directors of dozens of
companies, and has advised and worked with thousands of entrepreneurs.
He has been widely published on the subjects of venture capital and
entrepreneurship, and has done extensive public speaking on both
subjects as well. He was the Inaugural Honorary Chairman of Early Stage
East. He was the Chairman of the 1994 Mid-Atlantic Venture
Fair, and the recipient of the
Greater Philadelphia Venture Group's 1995 Blair L. Thompson Memorial
Award for career achievement. He received his B.A. in Economics from
Stetson University.
E-mail: [email protected]
Click here to download a Word document version of Fred's speech.
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