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2005 Technology Start-Up Boot Camp Agenda (2005)
Downlonad the official program
Download the program plus all speaker slides; individual slide sets are available below. Video of each presenation also appears below.
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Networking breakfast |
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| 8:30 a.m. |
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Welcome Remarks
Scott Magids, Director, MTECH Ventures
Phil Weilerstein, Executive Director, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance
Dr. Nariman Farvardin, Dean, A. James Clark School of Engineering
Dr. Jacques Gansler, Vice President for Research, University of Maryland
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Morning Moderator: Scott Laughlin, Director, VentureAccelerator Program |
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| 9:00 a.m. |
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Should You Take the Leap?
Brownell Chalstrom, Venture Partner, Avansis Ventures
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| 9:30 a.m. |
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What is Technology Entrepreneurship?
Dr. Gilmer Blankenship, Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, and Chairman, Techno-Sciences, Inc.
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| 10:00 a.m. |
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How to Bring Order to the Chaos of a Start-Up
Scott Magids, Director, MTECH Ventures
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| 10:25 a.m. |
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Networking break |
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| 10:45 a.m. |
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Incredible Idea or Real Business?
Andrew Scherer, CEO, Scherer Cybrarian Services
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| 11:15 a.m. |
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Teams, the Most Important Asset in a New Business
Martin Knott, The Shepherd Group
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| 11:45 a.m. |
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Entrepreneurship is Alive and Well in Our Region
Dr. Stephen Fritz, Director of Technology Transfer, TEDCO
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| 12:15 p.m. |
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Networking lunch |
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Afternoon Moderator: Philip J. Gross, Managing Director, Expense Reduction Analysts, Inc. |
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| 1:15 p.m. |
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Financing Your Venture
Gina Dubbe, Managing Partner, Walker Ventures
Christopher Foster, Deputy Secretary, Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development
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| 2:15 p.m. |
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Keys to Success
Mark Anstey, Founder and CEO, DataStream Content Solutions, LLC and Potomac Publishing Company
David Eisner, Founder, President, and CEO, Dataprise, Inc.
Rich Harris, Managing Director, SpaceVest
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| 3:15 p.m. |
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Closing Remarks, Raffle and Networking |
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Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (MTECH)
A. James Clark School of Engineering
University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
Copyright © 2005 University of Maryland |
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