PRINCETON ENTREPRENEURS' NETWORK
8th ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE
"The New World of Entrepreneurship"
Sponsored By:
Friday, June 1, 2007
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Princeton University Campus, Princeton, NJ
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
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| 8:30am–11:00am | Registration |
| 8:30am–9:30am | Networking Breakfast |
| 9:45am–10:45am | Conversations with ... an Innovator |
| | Bill Hambrecht '57 is a true pioneer. Not only did Bill co-found Hambrecht & Quist – one of the first investment banks specializing in emerging high-growth technology companies – but he followed up that successful company by founding WR Hambrecht + Co – which has developed an innovative platform called OpenIPOŽ as a means to level the playing field for both investors and issuers. |
| | » William R. Hambrecht '57 – WR Hambrecht + Co (http://www.wrhambrecht.com/about/bios/index.html) |
| | » Interviewer – Emily Thornton '87, Associate Editor, Business Week magazine |
| 10:45am–11:00am | Break |
| 11:00am–12:00pm | Venture Capitalist Panel |
| | Learn from three leading venture capitalists about the types of companies that they are funding, what they think are the criteria for a successful entrepreneurial company, and how to work with a venture capitalist. |
| | » Bruce K. Graham '82 – Infinity Capital (http://infinityllc.com/brucegraham.html) |
| | » Paul Maeder '75 – Highland Capital (http://www.hcp.com/content3761.html) |
| | » Moderator – Michael Alcamo '87, President, M.C. Alcamo & Co., Inc. (http://www.mcalcamo.com/management.php) |
| 12:00pm–12:45pm | Lunch & Networking |
| | Catered lunch for pre-registered attendees. |
| 12:45pm–1:45pm | Perspectives from ... a Company Operator |
| | Listen to and learn from the story of an entrepreneur who left the finance world to start a company that he scaled to a size that a Fortune 500 company acquired him. Understand the differences of being an entrepreneur in a startup environment versus being in a Fortune 500 company. Bring your questions for someone who has lived the entrepreneurial dream. |
| | » Randy Winn '92 – CapitalIQ (http://www.capitaliq.com/main/aboutus.asp) |
| | Social Entrepreneurship Session |
| | Listen to and learn from the story of successful social entrepreneurs. The panelists will share the journey that they have taken within the world of social entrepreneurship, how they decided to take this path, and the steps that you can take to do so as well. |
| | » Bruce Fleming '77 – CEO and Chairman of the Board, Canusa Corp (http://www.canusacorp.com/) |
| | » Charles Munn '77 – Chairman of the Board, Tropical Nature (http://www.tropicalnature.org/) |
| | » Robert Niehaus '77 – Chairman, Greenhill Capital Partners (http://www.greenhill.com/homepage.php); Chair, Student Sponsor Partners (http://www.sspnyc.org/) |
| | » Alex Salzman '07 – Co-Founder, rethos.com (http://www.rethos.com/ ) |
| | » Moderator – Gwendolyn Fortson Waring '77 – Attorney and Community Activist |
| 1:45pm–2:00pm | Break |
| 2:00pm–3:30pm | Office Hours with ... an Expert – walk in and seek answers to what's on your mind |
| | » Venture Capitalists – pitch your business plan, receive feedback on your startup idea, seek advice on how to grow your business, understand how to work with a venture capitalist, or ask about working with your Board. Pick the topic that is of interest to you and ask the expert. |
| | » Legal – are there legal questions that are gnawing at you? Such as ? how do you incorporate? How do you protect your intellectual property? What are the best practices in corporate governance? When are employment contracts necessary? How should you structure stock option plans? Pick the topic that is of interest to you and ask the expert. |
| | » Business Plans – how to write a business plan? What is the format to use? What are the best practices? Are there tools that could help you? What do you do with it once it is written? Pick the topic that is of interest to you and ask the expert. |
| | » Social Entrepreneurship – Are you interested in doing good while making money? Do you want to meet others who have followed this path? Do you want to understand the challenges and lessons learned in following a path of social entrepreneurship. Share your experiences and meet like-minded entrepreneurs in this special forum. |
| 3:30pm–4:30pm | New Technology Investments in China |
| | Venture capital investments in China hit a new record of $1.78 billion in 2006. What technological and economic factors are fueling this massive investment and what's in store for 2007 and beyond? |
| | » H. Vincent Poor *77, Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science |
| | » Matthew Bersani '82, Partner, Shearman & Sterling (Hong Kong) |
| | » Edward White '77, Managing Director, Lehman Brothers |
| | » Ben Yu *98, Managing Director, Sierra Ventures |
| | END OF CONFERENCE |
