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TiE-Pittsburgh Event
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"Inviting Uncle Sam into the Entrepreneur's Family"
A business panel discussion sponsored by
TiE
(The IndUS Entrepreneurs)
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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Wednesday, November 1, 2006
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
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Venue:
Offices of Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney
One Oxford Center, 20th Floor, 301 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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Panelists:
- Angela Kennedy, CEO, Carnegie Speech
- Keith LeJeune, PhD, Co-Founder, ICx-Agentase
- Cathy Cotell, VP of Strategy, University & Early Stage Investment, In-Q-Tel
- Joe Kuklis, co-Founder & Principal, GSP Consulting
- K. Scott Baker, Govt. Relations Consultant, Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney
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Moderator:
Rajiv Enand, Sr. VP, Strategic Business Initiatives, UPMC
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Program:
6:00 to 7:00pm - Networking
7:00 to 8:30pm - Panel Discussion
8:30 to 9:00pm - More Networking
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Topics covered will include:
- Investments / Grants from the Govt.
- Tax breaks and other economic incentives
- Signing on and keeping the Govt. as a client
- Verticals of interest to the Govt. (e.g., Homeland Security, Alternative Energy)
- Security clearances, IP issues
- Other topics (e.g., involving local / state Govt., "Dos and Don'ts for entrepreneurs" while dealing with the Govt.)
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