The 2011 Duke University 

Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Conference

"Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Funding

in a Brave New World"

SAVE THE DATE

Saturday, November 5^th, 2011

9:30am to 3:00pm

The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University

Reserve your place early

There is a suggested $10 donation for all non students. (lunch is included)

Keynote addresses from: 

Grant Cardone - NY Times Best Selling Author (Sell to Survive), weekly contributor to Entrepreneur.com, regular guest on Fox TV, MSNBC and CNBC and Founder and CEO of Cardone Enterprises, Cardone Real Estate and The Cardone Group.

Jay Faires - Founder of Mammoth Records (acquired by Walt Disney) and BNY Music (acquired by Lionsgate); former President of Music & Publishing at Lionsgate. Currently launching Jay Faires Entertainment.

 Schedule

Panel Information

Parking at Fuqua

Schedule: Saturday, November 5, 2011

9:00 am - 9:30 am (Fuqua Mallway – in front of Geneen Auditorium)

Registration

9:30 am – 9:40 am (Geneen Auditorium)

Welcome and Opening

9:40 am - 10:30 am (Geneen Auditorium)

Opening Keynote:  Grant Cardone, CEO of Cardone Enterprises

10:30 am - 10:45 am (Geneen Auditorium)

Showcase of Duke Entrepreneurship: Duke Elevator Pitches

11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Geneen Auditorium)

Panel 1: From Ideas to Exit

12:00 pm - 12:15 pm (Break and Pick-up lunch)

12:15 pm - 1:15pm (Various Classrooms)

Industry Breakout Panels: Healthcare / Social / Sports and Non Traditional / Technology

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm (Geneen Auditorium)

Closing Keynote: Jay Faires, Founder, Jay Faires Entertainment

Panel Information:

From Ideas to Exit

Geneen Auditorium

Moderator:     Bill Brown (8 Rivers Capital)

Panelists:     

Bob Creeden (Blackstone Initiative)

Kip Johnson (Womble Carlyle)

Christy Shaffer (Hatteras Venture Partners)

Industry Panel Information:

Healthcare: Where is the Medical Device Innovation?

Geneen Auditorium

Moderator:   Barry Myers (Duke and Pappas Ventures)

Panelists:    

Perry Genova (Oncoscope)

Tim Hopper (Gilero Biomedical)

Dr. Nandan Lad (Duke Medical Center)

Impact Investing and Social Entrepreneurship

Formica Classroom

Moderator:     Rick Larson (Natural Capital Investment Fund)

Panelists:     

Luke Fishback (PlotWatt)

Brian Oliver Smith (Urban Planet Mobile)

Sports and Non Traditional Entrepreneurship

Mosler Classroom

Moderator:     Mike Hemmerich

Panelists:     

Michael Milazzo (Capital Area Soccer League)

Brendan Moylan (soccer.com)

Charlie Slagle (Capital Area Soccer League)

Entrepreneurs in High-Tech

Rand Classroom

Moderator:     Alex Guttler (EVCC)

Panelists:     

Jud Bowman (Appia)

Jason Caplain (Southern Capitol Ventures)

Jed Carlson (ReverbNation)

Jesse Lipson (Citrix, formerly Sharefile)

Parking at the Fuqua School of Business

If you will be driving to campus please allow additional time for parking. You may park in the Science Drive Visitors Lot (red star on the map below). The Fuqua School of Business entrance is located directly across the street when exiting the parking lot on science drive. Upon your arrival, you will be greeted by a Duke parking ambassador and receive a visitor’s pass to display on your rear view mirror. There will be a sign in front of the lot as well.