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PRINCETONEN 14th Annual Conference

We are proud to announce Brian Spaly, class of 2000, as our key note speaker. Brian is not only a Princeton grad, but also has an MBA from Stanford, has worked in investment banking, management consulting, and then decided to start a pants company --  Bonobos Pants. Read this fascinating article about Brian, Bonobos, and his co-founder in the New York Times. Brian is back in the start-up game, as the new CEO of Trunk Club.

REGISTER TODAY: http://princetonen2010.eventbrite.com
Tickets are $30.00 for the full event, lunch, and cocktails

14th ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE of the
PRINCETON ENTREPRENEURS' NETWORK

9:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Friday, May 28, 2010

Friend Center
Princeton University Campus, Princeton, NJ
Campus Map / Parking and Transportation 

900- 9:30 am Registration
9:30

Welcome, Opening Remarks

Alex Salzman: Social Enterprises and PrincetonEN

Nikhil Basu Trivedi: Princeton Entreprneurship Club
10:00 am Brian Spaly, '99 - "My Journey into Entrepreneurship"
 11:15am

Workshops:

The ABC's of Emerging Growth Companies: Learn the legal issues that come with starting a company. Steve Baglio from Gunderson Dettmer will be running this workshop.

Business Plans For the Real World:  You don't have to settle for writing a business plan that will be used one time. Write one to really help you manage your business. Learn how from business plan expert Tim Berry.

Press Panel- How to Land Your Story in Print: PR strategist Kevin McLaughlin ’97of  Resound Marketing will moderate a panel of reporters, representing various media segments, who will share insight from “their side of the desk” and offer best practices and tips on how to secure stories on your company – which can be applied to just about any press outlet. Panelists include: April Joyner, “Elevator Pitch” writer for Inc.; Maisha Walker ’94, “Internet Strategist” blogger for Inc., JP Ruth of NJBiz, and Tony Hagen of The Times of Trenton.

 

 
12:15 pm

Lunch and Networking
1:15 pm

Ken Brenner: Social Enterprise in Today's World
1:45pm

Business Plan Competitions Begin:

2 Tracks:

1. For Profit Emerging Growth Companies

  • 3 Companies will pitch for 3 minutes to compete for a spot in the final presentations
  • 5 Companies will presetn 10 minute pitches with 10 minutes of Q&A from our judges and Audience

2. Social Enterprise Track

  • 4 Companies compete

 
3:45 Winners Announced
4:00 pm Cocktails and Networking

 

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All photographs are property of Princeton University or Flickr under Creative Commons. All other content is © Princeton Entrepreneurs' Network, 2009.