Perspectives on Venture Capital – Avoiding Mistakes in Early Stage Funding Sponsored by Finn Dixon & Herling LLP and the Yale Entrepreneurial Society, October 23, Monday@6pm, General Motors Room, Yale School of Management Moderator: David I Albin (Partner, Finn Dixon & Herling LLP), Panelists: Matt Blumberg (Chairman & CEO of ReturnPath, Inc, Former VC with General Atlantic Partners), Colin Foster (President & CEO of Optherion Inc, Former CEO of Bayer’s North American Pharmaceutical Operations), Liddy Karter (Managing Director, Karter Capital Advisors, Managing Director of the Connecticut Angel Investing Forum), Deborah Santy (State Program Director for the Connecticut Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Office)
Yale-New Haven Biotechnology Symposium and Career Fair Friday, October 20th @ 9 am - 3 pm; New Haven Lawn Club (193 Whitney Ave). This year's theme is "Key Therapeutic Areas for the Present and Future." Registration is free, and breakfast and lunch will be served. For the symposium schedule and more information, including how to register, please visit http://www.yale.edu/ybps/symposiumandcareerfair2006.htm.
CVG Early Stage Venture Forum Thursday, October 19th @ 3:30 pm - 9:00 pm; Hartford Convention Center. Getting serious about raising money? Come here to present and pitch to venture capitalists. The event is preceded by a workshop at 2:30 which is free to SOM students. If you're interested, RSVP to entrepreneur@mail.som.yale.edu. For more information on the Early Stage Venture Forum, visit http://www.cvg.org .
Entrepreneurship Club Happy Hour , October 19, Fun event to raise the visibility of the club by stimulating people to come up with wacky business ideas. Contact Fermin.
Y2K Kickoff Event featuring Bing Gordon, co-founder of Electronic Arts Thursday, October 12th @ 7:00 pm; Linsly-Chittenden Hall. Hear from Bing Gordon, the co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of the Electronic Arts gaming corporation. YES's annual entrepreneurship competition series is getting started, and YOU are invited. Even if you don't have a business idea, come to our kickoff event to be inspired and meet budding local entrepreneurs.
Business Planning Mixer Tuesday, October 10, 2006, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Room A-74. Want to work on starting up a new venture this year? Come make your pitch and find teammates to write a business plan together this year. Yale has many opportunities to support budding entrepreneurs, such as SOM's Entrepreneurial Business Planning elective, YES and Y50K, and the Global Social Venture Competition. But the first step is to find a team. Whether you have an idea or need an idea, this is the event for you. GSVC faculty advisor, Professor Barry Nalebuff, will give remarks on creativity and entrepreneurship. Beer and light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP with an email that lists: Name, Affiliation, Have idea or Need idea. Send it to juliana.koo@yale.edu. Cosponsored by the SOM Entrepreneurship Club, the Yale Entrepreneurial Society, and the Global Social Venture Competition.
SOM Alumni Speaker Series Kick-Off: Social entrepreneur Charles Slaughter Wednesday, October 3rd @ 11:30-12:45; Room A-53. Listen to social entrepreneur Charles Slaughter '85 discuss his expertise in retail, marketing and his latest social venture, Living Goods. Chuck has expertise in entrepreneurship, retail, marketing, and spends a good portion of his current life working to affect changes with regard to poverty and healthcare in developing parts of the world. His latest social venture is “Living Goods” and he is on such diverse boards as Spiegel, Environmental Traveling Companions, and the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation.