BUSINESS TRANSITION

Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Time: 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Location: Epping Forest
1830 Epping Forest Drive
Jacksonville, FL 32217
Speaker: Joe Hawkins, Principal
Heritage Capital

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Check In & Cocktails 5:30pm - Brandywine Room
Dinner 6:15pm - duPont & Mason Rooms (upstairs)
Speaker and Program 7:00pm 

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About our Speaker:
Joe Hawkins (JD, MBA, CEPA) has over 35 years of experience in investment banking, venture capital, and early-stage businesses in the U.S. and abroad. Joe's primary focus is advising clients on M&A transactions and capital raising for companies at all stages. Joe has launched over 20 businesses in the technology, education, manufacturing, and retail sectors. His responsibilities have included overseeing the day-to-day operations of multiple ventures in fields ranging from retail to technology and software. Most recently, Joe founded and led PlanetHS, LLC, a software company serving high school and middle school athletics nationwide. As CEO, he managed the business model's transition from a consumer-oriented service supported by ad revenue to one focused on school athletic departments (reaching 2,400 schools) and state associations. PlanetHS provided workflow management and comprehensive compliance tools for state associations, high schools, and middle schools supported by annual fees. PlanetHS merged with a larger company offering complementary software in the same market in 2019. Joe has also led the commercialization of technologies invented in university laboratories and the National Laboratory system of the Department of Energy  Click here to learn more about Joe. 

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