PRINCETON ENTREPRENEURS' NETWORK
6TH
ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE
"The E Factor" Friday, May 27, 2005
Sponsored By:
In Conjunction with
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY'S
SCHOOL OF
ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE
and THE BENDHEIM CENTER FOR FINANCE
Friday, May 27, 2005
8:00am - 7:30pm
Friend Center,
Princeton University Campus, Princeton, NJ
Map To Friend
Center / Printable Campus
Map / Driving
Directions /
NJ Transit & SEPTA (NYC
or Philly)
/ Amtrak (Acela
Express)
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
*** Check-in will begin at 8:00am in the Friend Center Atrium and will remain open until 12:00pm
noon ***
8:30am - 9:30am
WOMEN'S NETWORKING BREAKFAST
NEW VENTURE SHOWCASE BREAKFAST
9:45am - 12:30pm
$10,000 BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION
Six lucky companies will be pre-selected to give 15 minute presentations,
followed by 5 minutes in the lion's den (i.e. Q&A with our esteemed judges). One team will be the lucky winner.
In addition a $2500 prize will be awarded to the best-written plan (of all plans submitted). Plans should be emailed to businessplans@princetonen.org.
The competition is open to all Princetonians and their friends, family, colleagues, and business associates.
The deadline for submission is May 11, 2005.
Judges include:
Morton Collins *63, Battelle Ventures LP
Donald R. Dixon '69, Managing Director, Trident Capital, L.P.
Richard P. Schneider '69, Managing Director, Easton Hunt Capital Partners, L.P.
Jeffrey M. Drazan '80, Managing Partner, Sierra Ventures
Irfan Kamal '86, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Zefram LLC
Dwight A. Green '87, Partner, Venture Development Center, Inc.
Devin F. Hosea '91, Managing Director, Ritchie Capital Management
Madhu Tadikonda '93, Principal, Accretive Technology Partners, LLC
Andrew McKenzie '94, Associate, Westbury Equity Partners
Andrew Mims '95, Principal, ABS Ventures
Bijan Salehizadeh, M.D. '95, Senior Associate, Highland Capital Partners
Thomas L. Vander Schaaff '96, Vice President, Edison Venture Fund
12:30pm - 1:30pm
NETWORKING LUNCH
NEW VENTURE SHOWCASE
1:45pm - 2:45pm
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Kelly Perdew, Winner of NBC's The Apprentice. Since winning "The Apprentice,"
Kelly has been assigned several projects for the Trump Organization,
including 40 Wall Street, Trump Tower Tampa and Trump Ice.
Prior to winning ‘The Apprentice’ Kelly held multiple Chairman and CEO positions,
however recently Kelly has moved into advisory and Board of Director positions with his other business ventures.
As the Chairman and co-founder of MotorPride,
Kelly has taken the lessons he’s learned from a history of successful entrepreneurial
ventures and brought them together to build the perfect community website for car, truck and motorcycle enthusiasts.
As the former President of CoreObjects Software, Kelly has provided leadership in strategy,
sales, business development, legal, finance and operations.
As the former Acting President for www.eteamz.com, Kelly helped secure Angel and VC
financing, grew the value of the company through acquisitions and strategic relationships, and led the negotiations for the successful sale of the company to www.active.com.
Kelly was also the co-founder, President & CEO of K12 Productions, LLC, an event
marketing and production company that he grew to profitability. The Layoff Lounge, K12’s premier nationwide platform, is a networking event for job seekers, hiring companies, recruiters and all of their associated service providers.
Prior to eteamz and K12 Productions, Kelly was a strategy manager at Deloitte Consulting in the technology practice.
Before Deloitte, Kelly led business development and was acting CFO for ImageTel, a videoconferencing
service provider where he helped grow sales for clients such as Lehman Brothers, AETNA and the FBI.
3:00pm - 4:00pm
PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Embracing Entrepreneurship
How do I know if my good idea will make a good company?
Entrepreneurial Careers
What is it like working in a start-up environment?
PANELISTS:
David Brodess '84, Amazing Goods LLC
Matthew Morgan '85, VP of Strategic Development, Passport Corporation
Raghav Gupta '98, Digital Media Consultant, Entrepreneur, & Former COO of Live365
Ben Fishman '98, Founder, The Grow Network
The State of Entrepreneurship
Where are new businesses being created? What are the "hot" industries? What will the next trend be?
PANELISTS:
Michael C. Alcamo '87, Chairman, M.C. Alcamo & Co., Inc.
Shad Weaver '96, Vice President, Claritas Capital
Not-For-Profit Entrepreneurship
Engineering for a Better World: The Princeton Vision
A discussion on the changes in the engineering curriculum and Princeton’s role in transforming the study of technology.
PANELISTS:
Maria Klawe,
Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science;
William Russel,
Dean of the Graduate School;
Vince Poor *77, Director of the Center for Innovation in Engineering Education
4:15pm - 5:15pm
ENTREPRENEURS WORKSHOP
Corporate Formations & Structures
Top 10 Business Plan Mistakes
Marketing Strategies: How to get noticed
Financing Strategies: How to get funding
5:30pm - 7:00pm
NETWORKING SOCIAL
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