BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:784ab6577e13d2aa16224c3f2c0fc9ab413 CATEGORIES:Women Business Owners SUMMARY:Launch Your Start-up: An Entrepreneur Development Seminar LOCATION:American University Center for Innovation\, Don Myers Technology & Innovati on Building Rooms 219-221, 3501 Nebraska Ave NW\, Washington, DC 20016\, US A DESCRIPTION:
Join the WIT Women Business Owners Special Interest Group (WBO SIG), and
Young Professionals for an evening of designing your start-up idea and ent
repreneurial networking. During this interactive and dynamic seminar, you w
ill be guided through the A, B, C’s of how to launch your start-up idea. As
an important piece of your entrepreneurial journey, you will identify your
value proposition, leverage your network to create your (MVP) minimal Viab
le Product and walk away with a strategy for launch.
This sessi
on will provide a jump start on putting clarity around your vision and goal
s through an interactive Q & A with leaders in the field of start-ups a
t the esteemed American University’s Center for Innovation, a start-up incu
bator. Each attendee will leave the session with a plan of action for their
emerging idea.
You will have a one-on-one opportunity with Tin
a Gantz, CEO and founder of Global Franchise Associates, Robin McDougal, CE
O e-GLAM, Inc, Siri Terjesen, PhD and Director of AU Center for Innovation
and Swathi Young, Founder of TechNotch Solutions.
The seminar incl udes dinner, networking, featured panelist, and working sessions.
T he sessions are designed to be interactive and educational with take-away a ction items for next steps. This seminar will follow the agenda outline bel ow:
Regi
stration Fees
WIT Member - $25
Non-Member - $35
Young Professionals WIT Members 35 yrs and under (Free with code) Young Professionals non-WIT members 35 yrs and under ($5.00 with ID)
Students - Free with School ID
Onsite/At the door - $4
5
Tina Gantz is CEO and founder
of Global Franchise Associates, a boutique franchise brokerage and consulti
ng firm that teaches people how to buy and sell franchises. Tina is a seria
l entrepreneur with over 25 years of diverse business experience in Fortune
500s, non-profits and the small business community. In the last 14 years,
Tina has bought, built, operated and sold franchised and independent compan
ies. Tina’s passion is helping small business owners succeed on a massive s
cale by sharing her franchise expertise and the continuing success strategi
es needed to remain competitive in today’s challenging business environment
.
Robin McDougal, CEO of e-GLAM, Inc. a techn
ology accessories company and the 2017-2019 Chair of Women Business Owner,
a Special Interest Group of Women in Technology. After starting a business
with pocket change and a dream, she has learned first-hand that there is a
difference between running a small business and steering a thriving enterpr
ise. Entrepreneur and advocate for women pursuing careers in STEM, in 2014,
she founded The Pearl Project Institute for Innovation in STEM Literacy a
not-for profit dedicated to increasing women in STEM careers especially in
aerospace.
Siri Terjesen, PHD and Director of A
merican University's Center for Innovation.Dr. Siri Terjesen is Dean's Rese
arch Fellow in Entrepreneurship at American University’s Kogod School of Bu
siness and Director of the AU Center for Innovation. Concurrently she is a
Professor .2 at the Norwegian School of Economics (Norges Handelshøyskole:
NHH) in Bergen, Norway. Her research on entrepreneurship, corporate governa
nce, and strategy has been published in leading journals such as Academy of
Management Review, Journal of Management, Journal of Operations Management
, Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, Academy of Managem
ent Learning & Education, and Strategic Management Journal, and feature
d in leading media including Bloomberg, US News & World Report, the Tim
es, Huffington Post, and CNBC.
Swathi Young is
the founder of TechNotch Solutions, a product management, and technology st
rategy consulting company. In her 15+ years of technology experience, she h
as led 100+ projects globally - Belgium, India and the United States for co
mpanies like Amtrak, GE, Oracle and SunGard. She helped launched web, mobil
e and SaaS applications that brought in revenue of over $300 million. She i
s slightly obsessed with using emerging technologies like AI, Blockchain, V
R/AR, IoT etc. to solve interesting problems. This led her to be the founde
r of DC Emerging Technologies, a 1500+ member strong community of innovator
s in technology and business. She is also the founder of Startupdevlabs, wh
ere she helps startups bring their awesome ideas to market in 90 days using
her proven "Lean Value Launch" methodology.