‘Events’

David S. Rose, Chairman of the Board of the New York Angels, Chairman and CEO of Angelsoft, and distinguished entrepreneur and investor will be joining the E* Society to discuss funding options and strategies for your business. In the second half of the program, David will join Letitia Green, Managing Director and Co-Founder of the Virginia Active Angels Network, for a panel discussion on term sheets, what to watch out for, and how terms vary with geography. If you’ve seen the Social Network, then you know what can happen if you don’t understand the fine print. Come join us this Thursday evening.

When: Thursday November 18th, 2010

Time: 5:30 – 7:00 pm

Where: Room 254, Rouss & Robertson Halls (McIntire School of Commerce)

We will be providing Chipotle burritos, so please come hungry and register so we know how many to purchase. Space is limited so sign up now!

David’s Biography

Letitia’s Biography

WEDNESDAY NOV. 10 at 1:30PM ABBOTT CENTER AUDITORIUM, Darden School of Business

In 1996, then 23 year old, Kevin Plank began selling high performance T-Shirts out of the basement of his grandmother’s apartment in Washington DC.  Fourteen years later, Under Armour has established itself as the fastest growing sports apparel company in the world.  In their third quarter report, Mr. Plank said “we are excited about the $1 billion net revenue milestone in 2010 and remain committed to taking the next step toward becoming a multi-billion dollar, global brand”.  He earned a spot in Sports Business Journal’s “40 under 40” Hall of Fame and was honored in 2006 with the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year national award in the Retail and Consumer Products Category.

Please join us to hear Kevin Plank as he comes to Darden to participate in the Leadership Speaker Series on Wednesday, November 9^th.  Here is a link to his bio http://investor.underarmour.com/directors.cfm

If you will be attending, please RSVP via e-mail to Susan Levine or by phone at 982-2919. If you need parking, please stop in the gatehouse (first building on right as you come up the Boulevard) and get a parking pass.

TUESDAY NOV. 9 at 1:30 PM Abbott Center Auditorium, Darden School of Business

We hope you will join us in welcoming Wendell Weeks, Chairman and CEO of Corning, as he shares his perspectives on innovation.  You will hear Wendell explain innovation at Corning and how today’s rapidly changing global economy is impacting Corning and what Corning is doing about it.   How has Corning managed to produce so many technological breakthroughs?  How do Innovation Program Managers at Corning manage uncertainties?  Please see the attached bio for additional information about him.

Corning is the world leader in specialty glass and ceramics.  In its 159 year history, Corning has invented several breakthrough technologies that have enabled the way the world works, day-in and day-out.  Corning is ranked among the “World’s Most Innovative Companies”.  Corning’s latest breakthrough, Gorilla® glass, was actually invented more than 40 years ago.  Sales have grown from $20 million in 2008 to an anticipated $250 million in 2010, with a possibility of reaching $1 billion in 2011.  Click the link to learn more about Corning.   http://www.youtube.com/corningincorporated#p/u/0/_pCtt9vnHZI

If you will be attending, please RSVP via e-mail to Susan Levine or by phone at 982-2919. If you need parking, please stop in the gatehouse (first building on right as you come up the Boulevard) and get a parking pass.

Lessons Learned in the Trenches of Entrepreneurship

Barry W. Johnson, Ph.D., Sr. Assoc. Dean and Assoc. Dean for Research, School of Engineering and Applied Science

5:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Rotunda (Dome Room)

Networking Reception to Follow

Central Grounds Garage parking will be validated

Johnson is co-founder, chairman and CTO of Privaris Inc., which offers high-security biometric applications to grant access to facilities, networks and more. Hear how Privaris has navigated the areas of intellectual property protection and commercialization, funding and establishing a global marketing presence as Johnson shares his “lessons learned.”

Please RSVP by this Friday, November 5, to Crystal Ballif at crystal@uvapf.org for food and drink accommodations.

For more information, please see the attached flier, visit http://www.uvapf.org/trueconfessions" href="http://www.uvapf.org/trueconfessions">http://www.uvapf.org/trueconfessions or contact Morgan Estabrook at morgan@uvapf.org or 434.982.4191.

The U.Va. research community is invited to attend these networking events, hosted by the U.Va. Patent Foundation, the Office of Economic Development, the Office of the Vice President for Research, the School of Medicine Office of Research, the T100 Program, the Wallace H. Coulter Translational Research Partnership, and the Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Darden School of Business.

November 3, 5:30 – 7:30 at Open Space (455 Second Street)

Come out and pitch your new venture or small business to other Charlottesville small businesses and UVA students. Prizes for the best pitches. Or, just come out to network with other entrepreneurs and small businesses in Charlottesville.

There will be up to 10 two-minute pitches from small businesses or entrepreneurs. The only caveat will be that the product or service (the pitch) has to be relevant to Charlottesville residents, businesses or government. In other words, it has to be somehow tied to the people at the event. And they must all have a call to action for someone in the room.

Submit a Pitch

Event Sponsors:

Have you ever considered creating a start-up company? Want to learn more about technology ventures and raising capital for your idea? Pick the brains of your U.Va. faculty–entrepreneur colleagues at an exciting networking series:

TRUE CONFESSIONS OF A FACULTY ENTREPRENEUR

Conversations with U.Va. faculty who have translated their research discoveries into successful start-up ventures

The next “True Confession” will be …

So You Want To Be An Entrepreneur? Traits For Success That Drive Technology-Based Businesses (http://bit.ly/tc101910 blocked::http://uvapf.org/live_data/documents/True_Confessions_092310.pdf" href="http://bit.ly/tc101910" target="_blank">See PDF Flier)
Martin D. Chapman, Ph.D., President and CEO of INDOOR Biotechnologies Inc.

5:30 p.m., Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Rotunda (Dome Room)
Networking Reception to Follow
Central Grounds Garage parking will be validated

Formerly a professor of medicine and microbiology at U.Va., Chapman left the University in 2001 to support INDOOR Biotechnologies full time. The company seeks to improve the quality of life of allergy and asthma sufferers through the assessment of indoor allergens and a variety of products and services available for research, diagnostic and therapeutic use.

Please RSVP by this Friday, October 15, to Crystal Ballif at crystal@uvapf.org for food and drink accommodations.

For more info, please visit http://www.uvapf.org/trueconfessions" href="http://www.uvapf.org/trueconfessions">http://www.uvapf.org/trueconfessions, see the attached flier (also available online at http://bit.ly/tc101910" href="http://bit.ly/tc101910">http://bit.ly/tc101910), or contact Morgan Estabrook at morgan@uvapf.org or 434.982.4191.

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Save the date for next month’s “confession”:

• LESSONS LEARNED IN THE TRENCHES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
  Tuesday, November 9, at 5:30 p.m. in the Rotunda (Dome Room), with networking reception to follow
  Barry W. Johnson, Ph.D., Senior Associate Dean and Associate Dean for Research, School of Engineering and Applied Science

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
CENTER FOR INNOVATION IN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Please Join Us for a Discussion on

“Insights on Essential Legal and Financial Services
for the Entrepreneur”

Wednesday, October 13
5:00 – 7:00 p.m. including Reception
McIntire School of Commerce, Rouss & Robertson Halls, Room 123

Learn from world-class practitioners about the critical decisions and resources for an entrepreneur related to starting, forming, funding and growing a new venture.
Trevor Chaplick (Comm 85, Law 90), Managing Partner, Proskauer Rose

Gary Wallace (Comm 85 & 86), Partner & Tax Principal, Keiter Stephens

Spencer Williamson, CEO, Intelliject, Inc.

Wayne Zell (Comm ’80), Managing Partner, Zell Law

Trip Davis (MBA ’94) – panel moderator

Lecturer, Entrepreneurship, McIntire School of Commerce, Co-Founder & Chairman, TRX, Inc.

An informal social gathering and dessert reception will follow the panel
for participants interested in further discussion.

This is an open event. Please feel free to share with your colleagues.

Space is limited, please RSVP by Monday, October 11^th
to Jenny Leslie at jl3xj@comm.virginia.edu or call (434) 924-3553.

Get ready for the biggest, baddest, most entrepreneurialist event EVER!

The 2010 E* Society Kick-Off Event

When: Thursday, October 7th, 6:30 PM

Where: The Forum at Observatory Hill Dining Commons

Why: Meet the most passionate and exciting people in all of Charlottesville

Help us help you. We know what you need. Join us as Mark Crowell speaks to his constituents: the innovators, entrepreneurs, and business leaders of the University of Virginia. What’s that? You don’t know Mark? He is the newly appinted Czar of Everything You Want Your Life to Be. More officially, he is known as the Executive Director and Associate Vice President for Innovation Partnerships and Commercialization at the University of Virginia’s Office of Research. You have all been making so many waves, that the University finally decided that they needed to appoint someone to help us turn this town into the next SIlicon Valley. Mark has helped over a hundred start-ups get off the ground. He knows how we can cross the chasm from a place where business students go to work on Wall Street and scientists and engineers burrow in laboratories to a place where business students stay in town and scientists and engineers burrow in mountains of greenbacks.

You’ll also meet this year’s E* Leaders (we’ve grown substantially) and hear what we have in store for this town. We are going to build bridges over every obstacle and doorways in front of every wall that prevents you from meeting your future business partner. Need ideas? Need expertise? It is all right in front of us. We just need to get together. We’re even going to high schools to let our future leaders know what success really looks like: creating jobs and providing value to the people.

Immediately following the speakers, there will be food, there will be name tags, there will be opportunity. If ten new ventures aren’t conceived on this night, then we will all have failed. Help us make this happen. Help us help you.