Bruce Everitt is a Professor of Finance at Wilfrid Laurier University's Lazaridis School of Business & Economics, where he has taught Entrepreneurial Finance since 2013. He holds the CFA and Chartered Director (C.Dir) designations and a Master of Finance degree. Before entering academia, he spent over twenty years in corporate finance at RBC and Sun Life Financial. Bruce leads the Laurier Startup Fund, serves on the Golden Triangle Angel Network's selection and office hours committees, and has advised three early-stage companies, including one that reached a public listing. The Entrepreneurial Finance Technical Note Series draws on more than a decade of preparing students to evaluate live deals alongside active angel investors.