50/50 Panel Diversity

Our first Hanover Entrepreneurs Forum with a gender balanced speaker lineup

 

Friday, April 6

Program Schedule:

8:30-9am – Registration and Continental Breakfast

9-9:15am - Welcome

 

9:15-10am - Keynote Fireside Chat

Moderator: Jeff Crowe ’78

Managing Director, Norwest Venture Partners

Steve Hafner ’91

Co-Founder and CEO, KAYAK.com

-----

10:15-11am – Panel Session 1a:

Navigating the Startup Fundraising World

Moderator: Laura Rippy ’89, Managing Partner, Green D Ventures

David Bradbury, President and Fund Manager, Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET) and Vermont Capital Seed Fund

Gail Hoffman P’16,’19, Managing Director, Golden Seeds

Mark Bernfeld ’78, Entrepreneur and Angel Investor

-----

10:15-11am - Panel Session 1b:

When is the Right Time to Make the Entrepreneurial Leap

 

Moderator: Claire Harnett ’19, DEN Student Leader

Rob Kornblum ’91, EIR-GE Ventures and best-selling author

Ed Warren Tu’17, Co-Founder and CEO, Zippity Cars

Lidia Valdés  ’14, Th’15, Co-Founder of Lodestone Biomedical

-----

11-11:15am – Break

 

11:15-Noon - Panel Session 2a:

 

Lab to Market - Accelerating Commercialization

 

Moderator: Phil Ferneau '84, Tu'96, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Borealis Ventures

Nila Bhakuni, Director, Technology Transfer Office

Meredith Fisher, Partner, Partners Innovation Fund

Caitlin Hodge Tu’14, Director of Business Development, The Engine

-----

11:15-Noon - Panel Session 2b:

 

The Path to Startup Acquisition

 

Moderator: Bailey Miller ’18, DEN Student Leader

Jeremy Katz ’95, Entrepreneur and Angel Investor

Linda Gridley ’83, Partner and Co-Head of the Digital Media Group, AGC Partners

Bill Hudenko, Chief Science Officer, Voi

-----

Noon-1pm – Lunch

 

1:15-2pm - Panel Session 3a:

How to Build a Better Startup Team

 

Moderator: Jacqueline Loeb ’08, Co-Founder, Scouted

Deb Kemper Tu’94, Managing Director, Golden Seeds

Maia Josebachvili '05, VP of Marketing and Strategy, Greenhouse

Mark Stein ’83, Partner, Morgan Lewis

-----

1:15-2pm - Panel Session 3b:

Cultivating an Ecosystem for Social Entrepreneurs

 

Moderator: Andrew Samwick, Director, Nelson A. Rockefeller Center

Jordana Kier ’08, Co-Founder, Lola

Matt Dunne, Founder and Executive Director, The Center on Rural Innovation (CORI)

Dia Draper, Co-Founder, Gift Crate and Director of Strategic Initiatives at Tuck

-----

2-2:15pm - Break

 

2:15-3:15pm - DEN Startup Competition Finals

3:15-4pm - Announcement of winners

 

Ticket Prices:

General Admission: $50

Students, Faculty, and Staff: $10

Register Today!

 

Friday, April 6

Hanover Inn

Thank you to our lead sponsor

Borealis Ventures

Thank you to our additional sponsors