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The EntreTech Forum was launched in the Fall '07 as a consistent schedule of monthly program-meetings through a speaker series of moderated panels providing technology-innovation presentations. These will feature entrepreneurial and corporate accomplishments along commercialization pathways with discussions of tech transfer and technology incubation from universities and industry. The subject of capital raising and deal structure will be included along with presentations of emerging academic research. The open meetings will be held in Waltham at the Emerging Enterprise Center of Foley Hoag and at campus locations. Details for the next meeting are listed below.

Selling Vision and Innovation - How to get your first early stage sale? - Big Biopharma and Little Life Sciences companies speak out.

 

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Foley Hoag Emerging Enterprise Center

1000 Winter Street

Waltham, MA

see www.entretechforum.org

Future and Past Events Include:

Date	Location	Topic: Program Title
September 16, 2008	Foley Hoag	Selling Vision and Innovation - How to get your first early stage sale? - Big Biopharma and Little Life Sciences companies speak out.
October 21, 2008	NU Alumni Center	Web 2.0 and Distance Learning meets Academia - Understanding the Transformational Impact of Web 2.0 Technologies on Our Universities.
November 18, 2008	TBD	Recent high tech university spin-outs - who is funding these deals and why?
December 16, 2008	TBD	Nanotechnology - Timing is everything - knowing when to start commercializing academic research projects.
January 20, 2009	TBD	Going to the GYM - Web-Media & Search, how Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft are interfacing with Boston's universities.
February 17, 2009	TBD	Greening of America - the conversion of bio-agriculture to eco-sustainable businesses
March 17, 2009	TBD	Cleantech - Power Wars - who wins in the end and where does academia fit in?
April 21, 2009	TBD	Robotics - Entrepreneurs and academics discuss the future breakpoints between artificial intelligence and human intelligence
May 19, 2009	TBD	Sensors, Solar, and Society - from optics labs to main street, Photonics/Optics lights the way
June 16, 2009	TBD	Will you be safer now than you were four years ago? Defining the cutting edge for Terrorism and Technology

 

 

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The EntreTech Speakers series introduces students from the School of Technological Entrepreneurship (STE) to experienced entrepreneurs who can share real world experiences. The purpose of the series is to bridge materials students are learning in class with actual examples from people who have experienced it first hand. The motivation is to have students learn how concepts have been applied in actual startup situations. Speakers may relate to students stories demonstrating the methods they used to overcome serious issues they faced. These could relate to financing the company at various stages, identifying real markets for their products, bringing the company public, or going through an acquisition. Nine sessions are planned each academic year.

Digital Media Talk

 

Speaker: Evan Schumacher

Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 6:30 pm to 8:00 p.m.

Location TBD

Abstract:

Bio:

Academic Year Series Titles:

Date	Room	Speaker
October 2, 2008	TBD	Evan Schumacher – Going.com
November 6, 2008	TBD	Jeremy Sink – TD Banknorth
December 4, 2008	TBD	John Cullinane – “Constructing your main message” (www.livedata.com)
January 8, 2009	TBD	Tony Pirri - How will the university treat my patentable ideas?(NU TTO)
February 5, 2009	TBD	Patent - How important are patents anyway?
March 5, 2009	TBD	Michael Brysek – Gilt Groupe
April 2, 2009	TBD	Christopher E. Needham - Seguin Partners, LLC
May 7, 2009	TBD	Ken Rapp, President & CEO Velquest
June 4, 2009	TBD