Time |
Session |
Location |
All day |
Expo featuring young entrepreneurs and resources | Grand Hall/Atrium (1st floor) |
9:00-9:30am |
Breakfast/Registration (Sponsored by Wegmans) | Main entrance area of Whitman |
9:30am |
Dream Big and Take Ownership of Your Dreams; Craig Watters Introduction to Emcees of the Day:Jessica Law & Brian Weinreich |
Lender Auditorium (Room 007) |
9:45am |
Morning Keynote Speaker; TBA | Lender Auditorium (Room 007) |
10:30am |
BREAK (Sponsored by Wegmans) | Outside Lender Auditorium |
11:00am |
Morning Breakout Sessions: Please choose one of the following sessions to attend; these sessions will be repeated in the afternoon. |
1st and 2nd floor classrooms |
Session 1: |
Actual Steps to Starting a Business: Brett Dovman, Stephen Lynch, and Wade Slitkin from Panelfly | Room 101 |
Session 2: |
Running a Business While in School; RJ Sherman, Pete Kistler & Trace Cohen from Brand-Yourself.com | Room 102 |
Session 3: |
Risky Business: Mistakes to Avoid When Getting Started | Room 103 |
Session 4: |
Networking: You Never Know Who Could Help You Out; Justin Breese from Congruser | Room 104 |
Session 5: |
Elevator Pitch Prep; Neil Tarallo | Room 204 |
12:00pm |
Lunch and Networking with numerous young entrepreneurs (Sponsored by Jreck Subs & featuring DJ Adam Gold) | Grand Hall/Atrium (1st floor) |
1:00pm |
Afternoon Breakout Sessions: Please choose one of the following sessions to attend; these sessions will be repeated in the afternoon. |
1st and 2nd floor classrooms |
Session 1: |
Actual Steps to Starting a Business: Brett Dovman, Stephen Lynch, and Wade Slitkin from Panelfly | Room 101 |
Session 2: |
Running a Business While in School; RJ Sherman, Pete Kistler & Trace Cohen from Brand-Yourself.com | Room 102 |
Session 3: |
Risky Business: Mistakes to Avoid When Getting Started | Room 103 |
Session 4: |
Networking: You Never Know Who Could Help You Out; Justin Breese from Congruser | Room 104 |
Session 5: |
Elevator Pitch Semi-finals; Pitch your business idea to a group of judges for a chance to make it to the final round | Room 204 |
2:00pm |
BREAK (Sponsored by Wegmans) | Outside Lender Auditorium |
2:15pm |
Afternoon Keynote Speaker: Michael Simmons; “How to Create a Life of Passion, Purpose, & Prosperity with Entrepreneurship” | Lender Auditorium (Room 007) |
3:00pm |
Elevator Pitch Competition: Top 5 finalists compete to win up to $1,000 in prizes; Coordinated by Professor Neil Tarallo & '08 Winner Andrew White | Lender Auditorium (Room 007) |
3:15pm |
Ice Cream Social & Music from DJ Adam Gold of WAER’s Funk Show Music, Raffle Prizes & Elevator Pitch winners will be announced! | Grand Hall/Atrium (1st Floor) |
