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October 19, 2007
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7:30 a.m.   Networking Breakfast
     
8:00 a.m.   Welcome & Keynote
   
  • Welcome: Dean Chang, Director, MTECH - Ventures and Education Programs

  • Keynote: Tom Scholl, Partner, Novak Biddle; Chairman, Board of Visitors, A. James Clark School of Engineering; Founder, Telogy Networks

  • Morning Moderator: Jim Chung, Director, VentureAccelerator

     
8:30 a.m.   Big Idea or Big Business?
   
  • Scott Laughlin, Serial Entrepreneur and Past Director, MTECH VentureAccelerator

     
8:50 a.m.   Building the Dream Team
   
  • Sam Feigin, Member, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo

  • Duke Chung, CEO and Founder of Parature, Innovative

  • Ian Ybarra, co-author, RECRUIT OR DIE: How Any Business Can Win the War for Young Talent

  • Chris Cantarella, Principal, Heidrick & Struggles

     
9:30 a.m.   Networking Break
     
9:45 a.m.   Bootstrapping – Big Company Ambitions, Shoestring Budgets
   
     
10:25 a.m.   Grants – Secure Seed Funding and Keep Company Ownership
   
  • Ali Andalibi, Program Director, Biotechnology, SBIR/STTR, National Science Foundation

  • Joseph Naft, Associate Director, MTECH Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program (MIPS)

  • Henry Ahn, Program Manager, Technology Funding Programs,
    Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO)

     
10:55 a.m.   Networking Break
     
11:10 a.m.   Venture Capital – Perspectives of Professional Investors
   
     
11:50 a.m.   Effective Networking
   
  • Ian Ybarra, Ian Ybarra, apprentice to master networker Keith Ferrazzi, author of "Never Eat Alone"

     
12:10 p.m.   The Elevator Pitch
   
     
12:30 p.m.   Networking Lunch
     
1:30 p.m.   Breakout 1A – Securing and Managing Intellectual Property
   
1:30 p.m.    Breakout 1B - Authoring a Great Business Plan
   
  • Sarah Djamshidi, Director, Technology Advancement Program (TAP), A. James Clark School of Engineering

2:30 p.m.   Breakout 2A - Marketing for Technology Ventures
   
2:30 p.m.   Breakout 2B – Strategies for Innovation
   
     
4:00 p.m.   Closing Reception with Food and Drinks


 

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