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Thu Sep 24, 2009 5:00 PM
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MIT Enterprise Forum of NYC Presents:
Lessons Learned by Top NYC Entrepreneurs
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When "Silicon Alley" launched in the mid-1990`s, the technology entrepreneurship community was nascent and had very few successes compared to its counterparts in Silicon Valley and Boston. Fast forward 10 years - New York is now one of the fastest growing regions for entrepreneurship and there have been several very high profile exits that have moved the needle for the entire technology industry.
Join the founders of LivePerson, TACODA, and Mimeo on September 24th for a fireside chat on what some of the most well respected technology entrepreneurs learned from their past ventures and how New York has evolved into a major hub of technology entrepreneurship. These CEOs will share their war stories from their past and current startups and offer advice on how to navigate the current economic environment.
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DATE:
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
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TIME:
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5:00pm - 5:30pm: Networking
5:30pm - 7:00pm: Intro Remarks by PwC Tech Group and Fireside CEO Chat
7:00pm - 8:00pm: Networking
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PLACE:
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PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Headquarters
300 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Room: PWC Auditorium
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Free to members of MIT Enterprise Forum
$50 non-members, $10 extra at door
All members and guests are welcome.
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Panel Speaker Biographies
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Robert LoCascio
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
LivePerson
As the founder of LivePerson, Robert LoCascio is the guiding force behind the company`s vision to bring dependable, real-time sales support and customer service to the online businesses. With a background in interactive media and a track record of building successful, new business ventures, Robert brings to LivePerson a unique blend of technological and business expertise. He was named a finalist for the Metro New York Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2008 Award.
Prior to LivePerson, Robert was the founder and CEO of IKON. IKON developed public kiosks for college campuses that integrated interactive video features with advertising and commerce capabilities. IKON`s advertising clients included Citibank and Northwest Airlines. In 1995, Robert sold IKON to a leading college marketing firm and started Sybarite Interactive, a real-time chat technology component to serve as a customer service tool. Sybarite built a Web-based community named TOWN for companies such as Xerox and TRW. The inception of the LivePerson product came from the real-time chat technology within TOWN. Robert holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Loyola College
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Dave Morgan
CEO
Simulmedia, Inc.
Dave is the CEO of New York City-based Simulmedia, Inc., a marketing technology company serving the television industry which he founded in late 2008. A serial entrepreneur, Morgan previously founded and ran both TACODA, Inc., an online advertising company that pioneered behavioral online marketing and was acquired by AOL in 2007 for $275 million, and Real Media, Inc., one of the world`s first ad serving and online ad network companies and a predecessor to 24/7 Real Media (TFSM), which was later sold to WPP for $649 million. After the sale of TACODA, Dave served as Executive Vice President, Global Advertising Strategy, at AOL, a Time Warner Company (TWX). A lawyer by training, Morgan served as General Counsel and Director of New Media Ventures at the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association in the early 1990`s and was an associate with the Philadelphia law firm Duane Morris.
Morgan received a B.A. in Political Science from The Pennsylvania State University and a J.D. from the Dickinson School of Law. He serves on the board of directors and executive committee of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and on the boards of directors of newspaper publisher AH Belo, Inc. (AHC) and the American Press Institute (API). He and his wife writer Lorea Canales live in Manhattan with their two girls.
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Jeffrey Stewart
Founder
Urgent Group
Jeff Stewart is a serial entrepreneur, inventor and investor specializing in technology-enabled growth businesses. Jeff is the founder of Urgent Career, a technology start-up seeking to revolutionize the way growth companies find and screen sales talent. Jeff is also the founder and managing director of Geometric Group LLC and Urgent Ventures LLC, both focused on seed-stage investments. Jeff is also a co-founder of Belgrave Trust, a carbon offset service tailored to the needs of high-net-worth individuals.
Prior to Urgent Career, Jeff founded Monitor 110, which offered Internet-based data and analysis tools to institutional investors. Monitor110 was based in NY with operations in the Philippines and China.
Jeff is also founder, former CEO, and current chairman of Mimeo.com, a state-of-the-art, Internet-based document production service included in the 2004 and 2005 Inc. 500 lists of the fastest growing companies, the 2005 Red Herring 100 list of private companies that drive technology, and Deloitte`s Technology "Fast 500" list.
Mr. Stewart`s entrepreneurial career began in 1995 with his launch of Square Earth, an Internet technology company whose customers included Citibank, Compaq, UPS, Merrill Lynch, Oppenheimer and AIG. Consistently profitable, Square Earth grew at a rate of over 100% per year, merged with Proxicom in January 1998, and successfully completed an IPO as the combined company in 1999.
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Steve Brotman (Moderator)
Managing Director
Greenhill & Co.
Steve Brotman is a Managing Director of Greenhill & Co, and co-founder and co-head of Greenhill SAVP. Prior to founding SAVP in 1998, Steve was the founder, CEO and Chairman of AdOne Classified Network, one of the nation's leading classified ad web sites which was acquired by Hearst, Scripps and Advance-Newhouse. While at SAVP, Steve was a finalist for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2000 and was named in Crain's 2001 Tech 100. While at AdOne, Steve was selected for the 1997 Crain's Top 25 Players Shaping Silicon Alley and the 1995 Top 40 under 40 among New York businessmen.
Steve currently serves on the boards of Mobile Commons, ReachForce, Critical Mention and Knovel (Observer) and has previously served on the boards of Medidata (Observer), DataSynapse (Observer) and UGO (acquired by Hearst in 2007). In addition, Steve serves on the board of the MIT Enterprise Forum's New York chapter and has served as a mentor and judge for the Columbia Business School Lang and Greenhouse Funds.
Steve received his undergraduate degree in Economics from Duke University and a joint JD/MBA degree with honors from Washington University.
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Board Member Organizer:
Somak Chattopadhyay
Chapter Treasurer
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This is a service of the MIT Enterprise Forum of New York City.
Copyright 2009 All rights reserved
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Contact: Eddie Quiroz
Phone: 888-639-9321
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