When:	2005-03-10 - 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
What:	Scaling Up Your Company
Where:	6:00-8:00pm Wynkoop Brewery (1634 18th Street), Presidential Dining Room (In Lower Downtown Denver)
Price:	$0
Questions:	RSVP: Nate Ford '93 (nford@alumni.princeton.edu)
Details:
	Building a small company into a GREAT company involves challenges. The methods and structure that got you started have to be changed as your company grows. But changed to what? Just adopting the methods of big companies will burden your company with excessive overhead and inhibit the agility that makes you successful. The event will involve a short presentation, followed by a participative discussion of the challenges you face scaling up a small technology company: Scaling up your product innovation operation means * Managing conflicting priorities, * Sustaining financial return on scarce resources, and * Defining roles and developing appropriate processes. The keys to building a GREAT organization are - Transforming yourself from a technology founder into an organizational leader, - Establishing responsive company structures, systems, and business processes, and - Making best use of effective communication. Discussion Leaders: John Farnbach '65 *72 and Mary Callahan, co-founders of Silver Streak Partners LLC. John Farnbach Ph.D.('65 *72) has 35 years' experience managing product development, marketing, and business units with a variety of large and small companies in industries such as semi-conductor components, electronic instruments, disc drives, and telecommunications software. Mary Wilson Callahan MBA, Ph.D. has a background in organizational and leadership development in small, growing companies. Mary has worked in some of the country's fastest-growing high tech companies, progressing through increasingly responsible functional and project management positions across corporate value chain.
When:	2005-03-29 - 8:00 - 5:00
What:	2nd Annual Start-Up Summit "The Road from Idea to Revenue"
Where:	Lincoln Center Canyon West Room, Fort Collins, Colorado
Price:	$0
Questions:	See Below
Details:
	PrincetonEN members have been invited to attend the following event: You Can't Afford to Miss This: If you have or plan to start their own business, or work with entrepreneurs don't miss this amazing opportunity to learn about the topics that affect you and network with the entrepreneurial community. An Amazing Learning Opportunity with Four Interactive Panels & Two Keynote Speakers: • Real World Startup Funding: The 99.99% who will not get VC funding • Organizational Form, How to choose the right structure and what it means • Realizing your success, planning your exit strategy • Recent success stories How the State of Colorado and Colorado State University promote and support entrepreneurship and is impact on economic development in Colorado o Keynote by Dr. Larry Penley, President of Colorado State University and Chancellor of the Colorado State University system o Keynote by Brian Vogt, Director of the Governor's office Economic Development and International Trade & acting Secretary of Technology Registration: Only three weeks left! General admission: $100, CSU discounts thanks to our sponsors. Booths $250 including one general admission. Go to: http://www.biz.colostate.edu/ecenter/ and follow the link to the MIT registration site or call Rose Brennan at 970-308- 4202. Date and Location: March 29, 2005, 8 AM to 5 PM, Lincoln Center Canyon West Room, Fort Collins, Colorado Hosted by: CSU Center for Entrepreneurship, Northern Colorado Idea Lab, & Northern Colorado Business Report Sponsors: Platinum: Ehrhardt, Keefe, Steiner & Hottman Gold: Faegre and Benson; Holland and Hart; City of Fort Collins Silver: Vista Ventures, Sequel Venture Partners Bronze: S&B Corporate Advisors; Northern Colorado Economic Development Council; Greeley/Weld Economic Development Action Partnership, Inc. Revolving Loan Fund In-Kind: MIT Alumni Club of Colorado, NCBR, Shannon Marketing Communications, Small Business Development Centers, Larimer County Workforce Center, TiE Rockies, Ft. Collins Technology Incubator
When:	2005-04-05 - 6:00 - 8:30
What:	The Military's Impact on the Rocky Mountain Economy
Where:	The University Club 1673 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203
Price:	$15
Reservations:
Questions:	RSVP: Nate Ford '93 (nford@faegre.com)
Details:
	Please join us for an interactive discussion with Brigadier General William P. Kane on the US Military's impact on the Colorado economy. General Kane is commander of the 302nd Airlift Wing, Air Force Reserve Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. He commands the only Reserve flying unit in Colorado and the largest tenant unit on Peterson AFB; an airlift wing of 1400 reservists and 15 C-130H3 Hercules aircraft. The wing’s mission is to train, equip and employ airlift forces in world-wide support of our nation’s interests. This includes, primarily, tactical air-land and air-drop of personnel, supplies and equipment. Other missions include providing trained support personnel in various specialties, support of aeromedical evacuations and humanitarian flights. The 302nd AW is the only Air Force Reserve unit capable of supporting the USDA Forest Service using the Modular Airborne Firefighting System. Three groups support the wing’s missions: the 302nd Operations Group, 302nd Maintenance Group, and 302nd Mission Support Group; and a medical squadron, the 302nd Aeromedical Staging Squadron is also assigned.