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8:45
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Welcome
Cook Auditorium
Gregg Fairbrothers '76 Director, Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network and Adjunct Professor of Business Administration, Tuck School
Opening Remarks
Cook Auditorium
Jim Varnum '62 President, Mary Hitchcock Hospital
Opening Address
Cook Auditorium
Colin Blaydon Buchanan Professor of Management and Director, Tuck's Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship
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9:10
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E-Ship IMPROV! Idea Round
Cook Auditorium
Presented by Borealis Ventures
New this year for Greener Ventures: E-Ship IMPROV! A unique, two-round business competition, E-Ship IMPROV! emphasizes the 2005 Greener Ventures focus on people as the most important key to entrepreneurial success. During this "idea round," three different business ideas will be pitched to the audience. Three teams of Tuck students and alumni player-coaches will collectively select one of these three ideas to work on throughout the day. At the end of the day, join us for the second, "team round," when each team and its coach will pitch their business plan to the conference audience. After the presentations, the audience will decide by paper ballot which team best executed the business idea.
Introduction
Phil Ferneau '84 TU'96 General Partner, Borealis Ventures
Matt Rightmire TU'96 Venture Partner, Borealis Ventures
Alumni-player coaches
John Bello TU'74 Founder and former CEO, SoBe Beverages
Blair LaCorte TU'90 Operating Partner, Texas Pacific Group
Gordie Nye '76 TU'81 General Partner, Prism Venture Partners
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10:15 AM-3:00 PM
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King Collection of Scientific Instruments Exhibition
Bosworth Study Rooms
Dartmouth's Professor Allen King Collection of Historic Scientific Instruments, dating to the College's founding in 1769, is one of the largest institutional collections of such instruments in North America, and the largest collection composed of instruments designed, built, and used in the institution where they are currently housed. The 3,000 artifacts in this collection each have their own story of students and faculty, teaching and research, academic politics and finances, and entrepreneurial risk-taking, echoing Dartmouth's own history.
Frank Manasek Visiting Scholar, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Rich Kremer Dartmouth College Professor of History
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10:15
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Dartmouth Entrepreneurs and Their Stories
Stoneman Classroom
Panelists present a picture of entrepreneurship through the life stories of people involved in different facets of the entrepreneurial process.
Moderator
Phil Ferneau '84 TU'96 General Partner, Borealis Ventures
Panelists
Steve Lipscomb '84 Founder and CEO, World Poker Tour
Dave Hodess '84 President and CEO, Gamefly.com
Jeff Shapiro '83 President and CEO, Great Eastern Radio LLC
Financing Through Venture Capital
Barclay Classroom
Financial experts discuss the venture capital environment for startups and early-stage companies, and offer direction on meeting financing needs.
Moderator
Michael Horvath Research Scholar and Adjunct Associate Professor of Business Administration, Tuck School
Panelists
Robert Jevon TU'79 Partner, Boston Millennia Partners
Tom Blaisdell TU'89 Partner, DCM-Doll Capital Management
Rich Brown TU'93 General Partner, The Aurora Funds
Tough Issues: Money and People
Rosenwald Classroom
Executives explain the ins and outs of attracting and retaining top-flight employees in an entrepreneurial environment.
Moderator
Colin Blaydon Buchanan Professor of Management and Director of Tuck's Center for Private Equity & Entrepreneurship
Panelists
Amy Wang de Rham TU'86 Partner, Rhodes Associates
John Barrett TU'94 Managing Director, Conley & Company
Matt Rightmire TU'96 Venture Partner, Borealis Ventures
DEN Startup Showcase
Frantz Classroom
Dartmouth startup companies will be presenting themselves throughout the day and networking with conference attendees. These moderated presentations will include time for questions from the audience, and will be a valuable educational experience for our early-stage companies and conference attendees.
Moderator
Shayan Bhattacharyya '01
DEN Teams
NeoVention, LLC
Dynamic Clinical Systems, Inc.
Futropha, Inc.
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11:15
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Break
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11:30
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Women-Led Startups: What the Rest of You Are Missing
Stoneman Classroom
Successful businesswomen outline the unique challenges and opportunities they have faced as entrepreneurs.
Moderator
Jane Martin General Partner, Village Ventures
Panelists
Lisa Porter Kable '90 Co-founder and Managing Partner, Artemis Woman
Audrey Kania TU'90 Executive VP, World Poker Tour
Donna K. Lencki Co-founder and CEO, ChoiceLinx
Building Effective Teams
Rosenwald Classroom
Business leaders discuss the important dynamics of bringing people together and best practices in building diverse, capable early-stage teams.
Moderator
Bob Hower TU'93 General Partner, Advanced Technology Ventures
Panelists
Mark Stein '83 Partner, McDermott Will and Emery
Peter Barris TU'77 Managing General Partner, New Enterprise Associates
Eric Herr former President, Autodesk
DEN Startup Showcase
Frantz Classroom
Moderator
Bill Martin '87 Teaching and Research Fellow, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Tuck School
DEN Teams
Woomera, Inc.
Research Dataware, LLC
MIST, Inc.
DEN Startup Showcase
Lubrano Classroom
Moderator
Shayan Bhattacharyya '01
DEN Teams
Sound Innovations, Inc.
Deep Brain Stimulation
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12:30 PM
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Lunch
Byrne Hall
Open seating in PepsiCo, Jacquemin, Lindenauer, and Executive Dining Rooms
Sandwich Buffet, Progin Lounge
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1:00
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Fireside Chat
Stell Hall
Insights from the founder on how execution made the difference between success and failure in the launch of World Poker Tour.
Moderator
Steve Lubrano TU'87, Assistant Dean, Chief Operations Officer, Tuck School
Speaker
Steve Lipscomb '84, Founder and CEO, The World Poker Tour
Introduction to Patenting and the Patent Process
General Motors Classroom
This workshop will address the common questions and misconceptions about patents and the process of obtaining a patent from the USPTO.
Workshop Leader
Bill Loginov Managing Partner, Cesar and McKenna, LLP
Getting the Ink to Inc.
Danziger Classroom
A discussion of the process of bringing your business plan to life in the corporate form, including choice of entity and jurisdiction, common contractual structures implemented by corporate founders, and tax and securities law issues.
Workshop Leader
Scott Pueschel Partner, Pierce Atwood, LLP
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2:00
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Managing People Another Way
Stoneman Classroom
A conversation with the founder of Sun Hydraulics on strategies such as "horizontal management" that helped Sun become and industry leader and the subject of several Harvard Business School case studies.
Moderator
Gregg Fairbrothers '76 Director, Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network
Speaker
Bob Koski '51 Founder, Sun Hydraulics
Seed Stage Financing
Rosenwald Classroom
The founder and the lead angel investor of JetBoil recount how they put together the initial funding and launched the consumer-products firm.
Moderator
Fred Wainwright TU'02 Adjunct Associate Professor of Business Administration; Executive Director, Tuck's Center for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship
Panelists
Dick Green '75 Managing Director, Granite State Angels and Board Member, JetBoil
Dwight Aspinwall '84 Co-founder, JetBoil
DEN Startup Showcase
Frantz Classroom
Moderator
Bill Martin '87 Teaching and Research Fellow, Tuck School
DEN Teams
Artemis Woman Inc.
Dartmouth Alumni Magazine
Stellaris, Inc.
DEN Startup Showcase
Lubrano Classroom
Moderator
Shayan Bhattacharyya '01
DEN Teams
NR Therapeutics
Accentus, LLC
MapMundi, LLC
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3:00
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Break
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3:15
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E-Ship IMPROV! Team Round
Cook Auditorium
Presented by Borealis Ventures
They're back! In the "team round," each team and its coach will pitch their business plan to the conference audience. After the presentations, the audience will decide by paper ballot which team best executed the business idea. The winning team will be announced during the mixer.
Moderators
Phil Ferneau '84 TU'96 General Partner, Borealis Ventures
Matt Rightmire TU'96 former VP/GM, Yahoo!
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4:55
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Closing Remarks
Cook Auditorium
Paul Danos Dean, Tuck School of Business
Mixer
Stell Hall
Following closing remarks, the E-Ship IMPROV! winner will be announced.
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