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| September 12, 2006 |
Leveraging the Booming Indian Economy
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| July 27, 2006 |
Entrepreneurs Network Social
Joint event with Pitttsburgh Technology Council
An informal afternoon gathering of entrepreneurs and professionals.
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| June 21, 2006 |
Bridging the Marketing-Sales Divide
Joint event with the Product Strategy Network
Michael Bosworth presented a leading method for integrating tactical marketing with sales.
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| March 31, 2006 |
India Business Conference
Joint event with South Asian Business Association at CMU’s Tepper School of Business
Full-day conference with multiple speakers and panels highlighting and exploring various opportunities and challenges of doing business in India.
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| January 19, 2006 |
Blogging & Podcasting: A New Marketing Tool
Panelists: Robert Scoble, Technology Evangelist with Microsoft; Mike Woychek,
Founder of Pittsburgh Bloggers Forum; Jim Singer, Intellectual property attorney
with Pepper Hamilton LLP
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| November 8, 2005 |
Power Roundtable Dinner
Cosponsored by Innovation Works
Panels included:
Raising venture capital (VC ): Joel Adams, Adams Capital, & Ravi Koka, SEEC
Protecting intellectual property: Jim Singer, IP Attorney, Pepper Hamilton and Roger Byford, Founder, Vocollect
Challenges in Technology Outsourcing: Girish Godbole, President, UBICS, and Srini Raghavan, President, Paprikaas Animation Studios
Company formation & structuring corporate partnerships:: David Kalson, Cohen & Grigsby PC, Mohan Ramani, Entrepreneur
Hiring, firing, salaries and benefits issues: Alexandra Hendrickson, SVP DHR International, and Rose Carberry
Getting attention from partners and customers: Andrea Fitting, Fitting Group, Marketing & Razi Imam, CEO, SalesGene
Elevator Pitch: John Rodney, Attorney - Thorp Reed Armstrong, and MIT Forum Elevator Pitch Organizer
Raising angel investment: Andy Kuzneski, Greyhawk Capital and Madhavi Vuppalapati, CEO, Prithvi Solutions
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| October 6, 2005 |
Dr. Vijay Mallya "The King of Good Times"
A talk by Dr. Vijay Mallya (Chairman, The UB Group), the charismatic global
business leader who has built a multi-billion dollar business empire while earning
recognition, wealth and fame.
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| September 13, 2005 |
Hot New Companies – Elements that spiced their businesses
Panel discussion on how several local early-stage companies have overcome odds
and have raised significant capital, assembled solid management teams, closed
customer deals and have started generating revenues. The panelists were:
Pete DeComo, CEO, Renal Solutions, Razi Imam, President and CEO, SalesGene,
Andy Hannah, President and CEO, Rajiv Enand, CEO,
Caracal, Moderator: Ravi Koka, Founder and CTO, SEEC Inc.
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| June 6, 2005 |
Will the Elephants Trump the Tigers?
A topical panel on investing in India
Panelists: Arindam Bhattacharjee, CFA, Portfolio Manager,
Emerging Markets Management / Strategic Investments, Jonathan Everett, J.D.,
Managing Director and co-Founder, The VIEW Group, Rosemary Macedo, SVP & Portfolio Manager,
Global Equities, Bailard, Prof. C. K. Prahalad, Management guru and proponent of
"Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid", Punita Kumar-Sinha, PhD, Senior Portfolio Manager,
India Fund (IFN: NYSE), Moderator: Ganesh Mani, TiE Pittsburgh Charter Member
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| April 28, 2005 |
Power Roundtable Dinner
A joint event with Chai Tech/UJF
This unique event, the first of its kind in Pittsburgh, allowed entrepreneurs and other professionals to interact
closely with veteran entrepreneurs, VCs, bankers, lawyers and marketing experts.
Panelists included: VCs, Ned Renzi and Roger Byford; lawyers David Grubman, and David Gould, Buchanan Ingersoll PC;
entrepreneurs : Ron Biancini, Sunil Wadhwani, President iGate; marketing experts:
Craig Butzine and David Oshlag; experts in the life sciences and digital worlds:Doros Platika,
David Ruppersberger and Krishna Pendyala.
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| February 15, 2005 |
How to Create Corporate Value through Strategic Outsourcing?
Joint event with ACG
Speaker: Sunil Wadhwani, Chairman and CEO, iGate Corporation
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