Entrepreneurship Conference 2012 

Sunday, March 4th at Harvard Business School

Great news! Mark Pincus, Founder and CEO of Zynga, will be joining us for a special lunch keynote. Don't miss it!

On behalf of the Entrepreneurship Conference Leadership Team, we are pleased to welcome you to the 9th Annual Entrepreneurship Conference at HBS.

The HBS Entrepreneurship Conference is the marquee entrepreneurship event on campus and will attract over 600 students and members of the local entrepreneurship community. The theme for this year’s Conference is “ICE – Inspire. Create. Execute.” The conference will feature exceptional speakers including Alfred Lin (co-founder/ex-Chairman of Zappos & Partner at Sequoia Capital), Nathan Blecharczyk (co-founder & CTO of Airbnb), Alison Pincus (Co-Founder & Chief Partnership Officer of One Kings Lane) and Steve Papa (founder & ex-CEO of Endeca). The conference will also feature a variety of panels and events that cater to a broad audience interested in different aspects and stages of entrepreneurship: panels on “How to Get Started”, “My First 12 Months”, “Industry Megatrends & Innovation”, “Where's the Money”, "Product Design, Strategy and Execution", “Launch and User Adoption”, and “Legal Considerations for Startups”, as well as a business pitch contest, VC/speakers networking lunches, coffee corners and receptions offering networking opportunities with conference speakers and other participants. We hope the events we put together will inspire you to pursue your next entrepreneurial endeavor.

On behalf of the Entrepreneurship Conference Leadership Team, we look forward to welcoming you all to the 2012 Entrepreneurship Conference!


Panels include: 

ICE: Inspire. Create. Execute. The conference theme is designed to take aspiring entrepreneurs through the entrepreneurial life cycle, and give you all the tools you need to start building your business.

How to Get Started?
Entrepreneurs discuss how they got started – from coming up with a million dollar idea to building a rock star team, panelists will highlight key challenges and opportunities.

My First 12 Months
Understand how to negotiate the ups and downs after launching your venture. Getting your first users, building out your product, and scaling your business model will be some of the many aspects this panel will touch on.

See the rest of our panels 


Register online today to be part of the ICE 2012 Entrepreneurship Conference! 


We look forward to seeing you there!

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Keynote Speakers:

Alfred Lin
Partner, Sequoia Capital and ex-Chairman, Zappos.com


Read Alfred's bio on the Sequoia website.


Nathan Blecharczyk
Co-founder and CTO, Airbnb.com


Read Nathan's bio on the Airbnb website.


Alison Pincus
Co-founder and Chief Partnership Officer, One Kings Lane


Read Alison's bio on the One Kings Lane website.


Steve Papa
Founder of Endeca


Mark Pincus
Chief Executive Officer & Chief Product Officer at Zynga


Read Mark's bio on the Zynga website

 
 
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