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Presents The FIRST in the Entrepreneur Lecture Series Tuesday September 10, 2002 What are investors looking for? ISBT office x1298 Terrence H. Hicks is Vice-President Investments & Entrepreneurial Services at the Ben Franklin Technology PArtners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (BFTP/SEP). The Ben Franklin Technology PArtners is an economic development corporation that supports the development of technology-based enterprises through a variety of investment programs and technology services. Mr. Hicks is responsible for all of the organization's technology and community based financing programs. BFTP/SEP has a portfolio of over 130 early and emerging stage technology companies; the largest such portfolio in the region. Mr. Hicks came to the Ben Franklin Technology PArtners in November, 1993 after twenty years of experience in small business lending and corporate treasury activities with Fidelity Bank (currently First Union) and Sun Company respectively. Mr. Hicks previously served as Vice President of Sun Company's Specialized Small Business Investment Company, Alliance Enterprise Corporation. Mr. Hicks has a BA in economics from Swarthmore College and an MBA in finance from LaSalle University. He is on the boards of the Pennsylvania Private Investors Group, the Entrepreneur's Forum of Greater Philadelphia, and the Penn Southeast Mezzanine Fund. |