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TiE-Pittsburgh Event
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"TiE Pittsburgh Power Roundtable"
Sponsored by
TiE
(The IndUS Entrepreneurs)
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
6 p.m. to 8 p.m
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Venue:
In the Cannon Room (University Center), on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University
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Enjoy networking time and the opportunity to spend 30 minutes each participating in two
roundtable discussions with area experts where the topics will be:
- "Raising Money" with Ned Renzi, Partner, Birchmere Ventures and Krishna Pendyala, COO, Waldron Wealth Management
Focuses on key challenges in raising significant funding (Series A round).
- "Early Investors/Angel Investors" with Matt Harbaugh, Chief Investment Officer, Innovation Works and Dr. R. Craig Coulter, Founder and Chief Scientist of HyperActive Technologies
Opportunity to get seed funding to translate the idea into a workable business model.
- "Creating an Exit Strategy" with Atul Bansal, Cofounder of Laurel Networks and Rajiv Enand, Senior VP, Strategic Business Initiatives, UPMC
Not every start up reaches the IPO stage. There are other exit opportunities available to entrepreneurs.
- "Intellectual Property and Licensing Issues" with Robert Wooldridge, Director, Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation (CTTEC)
Universities are making it easier to commercialize their intellectual property. An overview of the Carnegie Mellon/ University of Pittsburgh strategy.
- "Accounting and Legal Issues for Multinational Operations" with David S. Smith, Attorney at Law from Pepper Hamilton
Increasingly, entrepreneurs use global delivery models leveraging countries such as India and China. The multinational structuring has to be done carefully.
- "Emerging Industry Concepts - Biotechnology" with Mitchell Fink, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, founder of Critical Therapeutics and Dr. Robert Kormos, UPMC, Co-Director Heart Transplantation, Director Artificial Heart Program, Medical Director McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
What are the latest ideas in this space and what are the potential opportunities for experienced entrepreneurs?
- "Emerging Industry Concepts - Nanotechnology" with Ramesh Pisipati, Project Manager, Future Business at Bayer MaterialScience LLC and Elias Towe, ECE; Albert and Ethel Grobstein Memorial Professor – MSE; Director – CNXT at CMU
What are the latest ideas in this space and what are the potential opportunities for experienced entrepreneurs?
- "Product Strategies" with Jim Berardone of the Product Strategy Network and Deb Shearman, VP of Product Management at Matrix Solutions
With few exceptions, start ups need to constantly modify and upgrade product offering. How do you develop a coherent product strategy?
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Event Registration:
Register Early!
Maximum of 8 people per table per 30-minute session. Table preferences will be first come,
first served based on registration date for the event. Once you have registered, you will be
contacted in advance to ascertain your interest in seating.
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Event Fees:
TiE Members may attend this event for FREE but must still register.
Non-Member Professionals - $25
Non-Member Students - $10 with valid student ID
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Click here to register for this event.
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