Startup Success is Sales, Marketing and More

When:
October 15, 2019 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm America/New York Timezone
2019-10-15T18:00:00-04:00
2019-10-15T21:00:00-04:00
Where:
Draper Labs, Hill Building
One Hampshire Street
Cambridge
MA

Entrepreneurs’ Network

Registration:

ENET Member – Free
Non-ENET Member – $10.00

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Learn startup basics and complexities. Hear stories of success and failures in an interactive audience forum. We are featuring Jack Derby, Mass High Tech All-Star, co-founder of 9 companies, investor in 54 companies and Professor of Entrepreneurship. The session will be part presentation, part lecture, part Q&A across all facets driving startup success. Bring your questions, your startup challenges, and learn steps required to drive your startup success.

Join us for a compelling discussion and some great networking.

Agenda:
6:00-7:00 PM – Registration & networking
7:00-7:10 PM – ENET Chairman’s announcements
7:10-7:25 PM – eMinute – Up to 3 Startup companies’ presentations
7:25-8:30 PM – Jack Derby speaking on the night’s topic – Audience participation required
8:30 – 9:00 PM – Final networking includes meeting presenting speakers

Speaker and Moderator

Jack Derby, Director, Tufts Entrepreneurship Center, Cummings Family Professor of Entrepreneurship

Jack is responsible for the Tufts University Entrepreneurship Center where he teaches two courses and manages a highly engaged and active center of professors and students constituting the largest minor on campus. The Center hosts 20+ entrepreneurship events each year culminating in the $100K New Ventures Competition ranked by Forbes as one of the leading university competitions in the U.S. Jack is passionate about Tufts and its students and has received the Henry and Madeline Fisher Award voted by the students as the most highly ranked teacher on campus.

Prior to forming a management consulting firm, Jack served as CEO of Mayer Electronics, President of CB Sports, President of Litton Industries Medical Systems, CEO of Datamedix and President of Becton Dickinson Medical Systems. For his work as an entrepreneur, co-founding nine companies, Jack was named to Mass High Tech’s All-Star Team. He received the Pro Bono PublicoAward from the Smaller Business Association of New England, the Meritorious Service Award from the Association for Corporate Growth, and the Vincent Fulmer Distinguished Service Award from the MIT Enterprise Forum where he served as Chairman.

He’s an active board member in a number of companies and with a long investing history as an early stage investor as General Partner at Kestrel Ventures, Chairman of Common Angels and a General Partner at Converge Ventures.

eMinute Presentations will be at the start of the meeting. These very short presentations enable young startup entrepreneurs to gain experience in presenting their summary business plans to expert panels and audiences.

This meeting is free to ENET members and $10 for non-members. To expedite sign-in for the meeting, we ask that everyone — members as well as non-members — pre-register for the meeting online. Pre-registration is available until midnight the day before the meeting. If you cannot pre-register, you are welcome to register at the door.

REFRESHMENTS: Pizza, salad, and soft drinks will be served at this meeting.

LOCATION: Draper, Hill Building, One Hampshire St. Cambridge, MA 02139. The address is One Hampshire St, but the entrance is actually on Broadway. Attendees must arrive at Draper before 7 pm. Entrance is locked after 7 pm.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: Kendall Square stop on the Red Line.

PARKING: Evening discounted parking available at Blue, Yellow, and Green Parking Garages http://greaterbostonparking.com/kendall.html. Metered parking is often available after 6 pm.