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Entrepreneurship@CornellCelebration '09




Celebration 2009 Podcasts




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THURSDAY 4/16/09 SESSIONS  

The Johnson School & CCTEC -Business Roundtable and Introduction to the Cornell Angel Network
Moderator: Warren Packard, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvestson (DFJ)

Panelists:

  • Dave Ahlers, President, DMA Assoc., Ltd.
  • Gary Ambrosino ENG '80, Managing Dir., clearValue Strategies
  • Skip Besthoff MBA '99, General Partner, Castile Ventures
  • Jennifer Dulski BA '93, MBA '99, CEO & Co-Founder, Center'd
  • Steven Gal CALS '88, Chairman and CEO, ProQuo
  • William Hoy JD '98, Partner, Harter Secrest & Emery, LLP
  • James McNair MBA '83, Sr. Managing Dir., Corinthian Capital Group, LLC
  • William Verhelle JD '98, CEO, First American Equipment Finance
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CALS/AEM - Walker Education Innovation
Presenter: Jay Walker '77, Chairman, Walker Digital

Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year Keynote, "Org Dot Com"
Presenter: Jay Walker '77, Chairman, Walker Digital

FRIDAY 4/17/09 SESSIONS  

The Johnson School - Separating Success from Failure: A Reality Check
Moderator: Tom Willett JD '72, Member, Harris Beach, PLLC
Panelists:

  • Thatcher Bell '97, Principal, DFJ Gotham Ventures
  • Skip Besthoff MBA '99, General Partner, Castile Ventures
  • Steve Gal '88, Chairman and CEO, ProQuo
  • Dan Simpkins '80, MEN '81, Founder, Chairman, CEO, Hillcrest Labs
  • Bill Trenchard '97, Chairman, LiveOps

The Johnson School - Creative Design for Affordability: Innovations for the World's Biggest Challenges
Moderator: Reena Jana, Innovation Editor, Business Week
Panelists:

  • Christopher Fong, Education Vertical Lead, Google.com; Business Plan Evaluator, Google.org
  • Elizabeth Johansen, Product Designer, IDEO
  • Mike Lin, Founder and Principal, Vestal Design Atelier, LLC
  • Kevin McGovern '70, Chairman and CEO, McGovern Capital, LLC

Jay Walker - Students - coming soon
Presenter: Jay Walker '77, Chairman, Walker Digital

The Johnson School - From the Back of the Napkin to Business Reality: Success Stories from Enterprising Women
Panelists:

  • Sharon Dauk MBA '89, Owner, Sharondauk.com
  • Kelsey Kohler, CEO, Digital Certainty, LLC
  • Angela Mwanza MBA '00, Sr. VP, Financial Advisor, UBS Private Wealth Management
  • Adele Oliva MBA '93, Partner, Quaker Bioventures
  • Jessica Rolph '87, MBA '04, COO, Happy Family

The Johnson School - Beyond the Bubble: Building the Pipeline for the Next Generation of Energy Technologies
Moderator: Wesley Sine PhD '01, Asst. Prof. of Management and Organizations, The Johnson School

Panelists:

  • Roy Daniel, CEO, Energy Storage and Power, LLC
  • John Ewen '93, Sr. VP, Corporate Finance and Investment Banking, Ardour Capital Investments, LLC
  • Jim Lyons PhD '84, CTO, Novus Energy Partners
  • Mark Stowers, VP, Research and Development, POET Research



College of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Using Social Networking in Building a Successful Entrepreneurial Venture

Panelists:

  • Kirsten Barker '92, President and Co-Founder, Prendismo
  • Jay Fluegel '98, VP of Product Management, Event Innovation
  • Steve Gilfus '97, Chairman and CEO, Event Innovation
  • Colleen Wainwright '83, Principal, Communicatrix
SustaInvest - Sustainable Portfolio Pitch Competition Finals -- Coming Soon--



College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and CaRDI- A Regional Approach to Building Entrepreneurship
Panelists:

  • Rod Howe, Asst. Dir., Community & Economic Vitality, Cornell Cooperative Extension; and Exec. Dir., CaRDI
  • Kelsey Kohler, CEO, Digital Certainty, LLC
  • Michael Park, Director, System6 Software, Inc.
  • Beth Powers, CFO, Dresser Rand
Jay Walker - Failure


Jay Walker - Raising Capital

Big Idea Undergraduate Competition

Part 2

 

 






Mark your calendar for Celebration '10, April 15-16, 2010. To receive more information about next year's event, please provide your email and mailing address to clp7@cornell.edu.