Monday April 20
2009

8:00 am - 10:00 am

NYC ENT Launch Announcement/Opening Ceremony

Venue: NYU

11:00 am - 5:30 pm

Business plan competition:
Semi-Finalist Presentations

(By Invitation Only)

Venue: Fulbright and Jaworski L.L.P.

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Entrepreneurship Series
with Jason Olim (Co-Founder of CDNOW.com), Part 1 of 2

Venue: Fulbright and Jaworski L.L.P.

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Topics:

Organizations and The Role of the Founder

Formalizing The Founding Team: Capital Structures, Compensation and Catastrophes

Growing the Team: Recruiting, Interviewing and Hiring

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Stratamerge: Mobile Mondays
Hosted by Lubna Dajani

Venue: Fulbright and Jaworski L.L.P.

Tuesday April 21
2009

7:30 am - 9:30 am

NY:MIEG Event, Presented by Sobel Media

The Future of Business: Is Social Media the Answer?

Venue: Samsung

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Moderator: Merrill Brown, Founder & Principal of MMB Media LLC

Fred Seibert, Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer at NextNewNetworks & President at Frederator Studios

Richard Carey, Chief Engagement Officer at Intentional Games

Jim Anderson, CTO Dorthy.com

Andrew Pancer, Founder & COO at Media6Degrees

10:00 am - 4:30 pm

Business plan competition:
Entrepreneur Boot Camp for 7 Finalists

(By Invitation Only)

Venue: Fulbright and Jaworski L.L.P.

Distinguished Venture Capital Guests:

Sarah Tavel, Bessemer Venture Partners

Andrew Parker, Union Square Ventures

Jason Yeh, FirstMark Capital

Girish Gupta, RRE Ventures

Mark Davis, DFJ Gotham

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Emerging Trends in Media

Venue: Fulbright and Jaworski L.L.P.

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Topics:

Emerging Trends in Media

Before, During and Current Media Landscape

Using Social Media to Create a Draw


Panelists:

Rick Heitzmann, Managing Director at FirstMark Capital

Allen Stern, Founder of CenterNetworks and Cloud Contacts

Cindy Sperling, Director at SoftBank Capital

Darren Herman, Head of Digital Media, Kirshenbaum Bond + Partners/The Media Kitchen

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Entrepreneurship Series
with Jason Olim (Co-Founder of CDNOW.com), Part 2 of 2

Venue: Fulbright and Jaworski L.L.P.

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Topics:

Market Research Strategies

Introduction to Financial Statements:

Reading and Preparing Income Statements & Balance Sheets

Strategic Planning and Operations

B2B Sales Strategies

Topics in Consumer Marketing

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Ultra Light Start-Ups Legal Roundtable Discussion

Venue: Fulbright and Jaworski L.L.P.

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Topics:

Incorporation

Intellectual Property

Terms and Conditions

Privacy Policies

Licensing

Partnerships

Wednesday April 22
2009

7:30 am - 8:00 am

Networking Breakfast

Venue: Bloomberg L.P.

Register Now for all 5 Morning Events at Bloomberg from 7:30 am to 11:00 am

8:00 am - 8:30 am

The Future of Digital Media

Venue: Bloomberg L.P.

Register Now for all 5 Morning Events at Bloomberg from 7:30 am to 11:00 am

Keynote Speaker:Robin Kent, Former Chariman & CEO of Universal McCann Worldwide


8:30 am - 9:00 am

Is Venture Capital Obsolete?
The future of Funding in the United States

Venue: Bloomberg L.P.

Register Now for all 5 Morning Events at Bloomberg from 7:30 am to 11:00 am

Keynote Speaker:Robin Kent, Rod Underhill, Co-Founder of MP3.com


9:00 am - 10:00 am

Hit the Ground Running:
Leveraging NYC Resources

Venue: Bloomberg L.P.

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Panelists:

Jalak Jobanputra, Vice President of New York City Investment Fund

Amish Jani, Manging Director at FirstMark Capital

Ann Li, Vice President at New York City Economic Development Corp

Vince Sbano, General Cousel & Co-Founder of PCM Exchange

10:00 am - 11:00 am

Liquidity Events in the Current Economic Environment

Venue: Bloomberg L.P.

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Panelists:

Lou Meade, Chairman, CEO & Founder of PCM Exchange

Barry Silbert, CEO & Founder of SecondMarket

Jeff Stewart, Founder of Mimeo

Gil Beyda, Manging Partner at Genacast Ventures

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Obtaining Funding in Today's Economy

Venue: Fulbright and Jaworski L.L.P.

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Moderator: Kevin Buckley

Panelists:

Brad Steele

Ellen Sandles

Chris Sugden

Ross O'Brien

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Entrepreneur’s Roundtable
Hosted by Murat Aktihanoglu

Venue: Fulbright and Jaworski L.L.P.

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Distinguished Guest:

Albert Wenger, Partner at Union Square Ventures

Thursday April 23
2009

8:00 am - 9:00 am

PaidContentNext Breakfast

(By Invitation Only)

Venue: Fulbright and Jaworski L.L.P.

Distinguished Interviewer: Wenda Harris Millard, President, Media & Co-Chief Executive Officer, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia

Distinguished Guest: Dave Morgan, Former Chairman & CEO of TACODA

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Bite PR The Importance of Public Relations
in Early-Stage Organizations

(By Invitation Only)

Venue: Fulbright and Jaworski L.L.P.

10:00 am - 11:00 am

Sun Microsystems Technology Infrastructure and Scaling

Venue: Sun

Distinguished Guests:

Angelo Rajadurai, Senior Technical Evangelist at Sun Startup Essentials

Anil Vasagiri, Senior Investment Associate at Connecticut Innovations

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Growing Your Start-Up to $1MM in Revenue

Venue: Fulbright and Jaworski L.L.P.

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Panelists:

Bradford Rand, Founder of Rand Luxury

Al Berrios, Director at Salesnique

Erik Hopf, Director of Operations at Disperse Interactive

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Funding 101: Tips for Navigating Venture Capital

Venue: Fulbright and Jaworski L.L.P.

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Panelists:

Chris Fralic, Partner at First Round Capital

Gil Beyda, Managing Partner at Genacast Ventures

Matt Turck, Pincipal at Bloomberg Ventures

Mark Davis, Associate at DFJ Gotham

Amish Jani, Managing Director at FirstMark Capital

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Networking Cocktails at Fulbright and Jaworski L.L.P.

(By Invitation Only)

Venue: Fulbright and Jaworski L.L.P.

Friday April 24
2009

8:30 am - 9:00 am

It’s not web 2.0. It’s not web 3.0. It’s simply life.

Venue: NYU

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Peter Shankman, Founder of Help a Reporter

9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Finalist Venture Pitches

(By Invitation Only)

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Survival Strategies in a Bust

Venue: NYU

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Panelists:

Jordan English Gross, Founder & COO of Dorthy.com & Saber Seven, Inc.

Owen Davis, Managing Director at NYC Seed

JB Lockhart, Vice President at Greenhill SAVP

Sarah Tavel, Associate at Bessemer Venture Partners

10:00 am - 11:00 am

Translating Your Idea into Reality

Venue: NYU

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Moderator: Donna Bogatin, StartupAlpha.com

Panelists:

Steve Brotman, Managing Director at Greenhill SAVP

Allan Young, Co-Founder of University Venture Fund

Gautam Gupta, Associate at General Catalyst Partners

Divya Gugnani, CEO of Behind the Burner

11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Roadmap for the Entrepreneur

Venue: NYU

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Panelists:

Moderator: Murat Aktihanoglu

Danny Schultz, Co-Founder & Managing Director at DFJ Gotham Ventures

Gil Beyda, Managing Partner at Genacast Ventures

Howard Morgan, Managing Partner at First Round Capital

Santo Politi, Founder & General Partner of Spark Capital

12:30 pm- 1:45 pm

Recess

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Making NYC the Best Place for Entrepreneurs

Venue: NYU

Register Now for All Afternoon Events at NYU from 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Keynote: Tokumbo Shobowale, COO of New York City Economic Development Corp

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Top 10 Lessons Learned from New York City’s Greatest Entrepreneurial Successes

Venue: NYU

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Robert Levin, Editor-in-Chief, Publisher & Founder of New York Enterprise Report

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Top Entrepreneur’s in NYC Reflect

Venue: NYU

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Hooman Radfar, CEO & Co-Founder of Clearspring

Stephen Messer, Founder of LinkShare

Andrew Fox, CEO of Track Entertainment

4:00 pm - 4:45 pm

Raising Capital: The Current and Future State of the VC Industry

Venue: NYU

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Guarav Tewari, Principal at Highland Capital Partners

Adeo Ressi, Founding Member of TheFunded.com

Mike Brown Jr., Corporate Development at Richard Branson Investments

4:45 pm - 5:30 pm

Announcement: Winner of NYC ENT Business Plan Competition

Venue: NYU

Register Now for All Afternoon Events at NYU from 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm