Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership to host web series on startups

The Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business and Elon University Executive Education will host the seven-part web conference series “Creating and Funding University Startups” broadcast from the National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2).

 

The first seminar, Funding University Startups with SBIRs, will be on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008, from 12:30-2 p.m. in the Koury Business Center’s LaRose Digital Theater.  Faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends of the university who are interested in entrepreneurship and growing an entrepreneurial culture in the university and community are encouraged to attend.

 

Please RSVP: via e-mail to ExecEd@Elon.edu or call 336.278.6091

 

Series Schedule:

 

Funding University Startups with SBIRs
Wednesday, Jan 30, 2008, 12:30-2:00 ET
Jo Anne Goodnight (Acting Director, Division of Special Programs, Office of Extramural Programs, National Institutes of Health)
Kesh Narayanan (Director, Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships, National Science Foundation)
Charles Wessner (Director of the Program on Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, The National Academies)

Alumni Funded University Commercialization Funds
Wednesday, Feb 13, 2008, 12:30-2:00 ET
Daniel Behr (Director Business Development, Harvard)
Melissa Carrier (Director of Venture Investments, University of Maryland, Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship)
Leon Sandler (Executive Director, MIT Deshpande Center)

What Do Early Stage Investors Really Look For In Startups (I)
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008, 12:30-2:00 ET
Peter Shannon (Principal, Atlas Ventures)
Constance Freedman (Cue Ball)
David Beisel (Vice President, Venrock)

What Do Early Stage Investors Really Look For In Startups (II)
Wednesday, Feb 27, 2008, 12:30-2:00 ET
Jura Zibas ( President, Clear Springs and Executive Vice President, S.N. Phelps & Co. )
Dan Gordon ( Director of Research, Valhalla Partners )
Stephen Ringlee ( Managing Director, Cimarron Capital Partners )

The Commercialization Continuum – Creating IP to Creating Companies
Wednesday, March 5, 2008, 12:30-2:00 ET
Tracy Warren (General Partner, Battelle Ventures)
Alex Fischer (VP of Commercialization, Battelle)
Glenn Kline (General Partner, Innovation Valley Partners)

What Do Corporate VCs Really Look For In Startups
Wednesday, March 12, 2008, 12:30-2:00 ET
Don Clark ( General Manager, NEC Corporation of America )
Paul Cummings ( Principal, Honda Strategic Venturing )
Julie Gerstenberger ( Director, External Alliances, Eastman Kodak Company )

What Do Early Stage Investors Really Look For In Startups (III)
Wednesday, March 19, 2008, 12:30-2:00 ET
Thomas L. Churchwell (Managing Partner, Midwest Venture Partners)
Mark Grovic ( Founding Partner and Managing Director, University of Maryland, New Markets Fund )
Matt McCooe ( Founding Managing Partner, Chart Venture Partners)