Text Box:     Entrepreneurship Program Spring 2008 Program Calendar January 21 Spring Semester classes begin January 24 MIT Enterprise Forum – Global Broadcast –“Are You Ready for IPO?” , Strategies and Steps For How and When to Take Your Company Public , 7:00 pm -8:30 pm (Location TBD) January 29 Scott Sleyster, CIO for Prudential Financial – Visionary Entrepreneur Guest Speaker “Entrepreneurship & Risk Taking in a Corporate Setting” Sticht Lecture Hall, 7:00 m January 30 2008 Business Plan Competition – General Informational Meeting, HAL Room 110, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm January 31 Spring Semester Kick-Off Meeting for all Entrepreneurship majors ( attendance required) Old Map Dining Hall, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm February 6 Norm Sonju, Founder and retired President & General Manager, Dallas Mavericks Visionary Entrepreneur Guest Speaker, “Pursuing Your Dream: Founding the Dallas Mavericks” Sticht Lecture Hall, 7:00 pm February 13 Sean Ammirati, Vice President of Business Development & Product Management, mSpoke Visionary Entrepreneur Guest Speaker, “Why Now is a Great Time to Start a Company” Sticht Lecture Hall, 7:00 pm February 15 2008 Business Plan Competition- Student Electronic Registration Deadline February 19 John Ladley, President of IMCue Solutions – Visionary Entrepreneur Guest Speaker “Big Things, Flat Worlds and Tipping Points – any why Dr. Sennholz was right” Sticht Lecture Hall , 7:00 pm February 20 Spring Recess begins – February 20th through February 24th March 15 Easter Recess – March 15th through March 24th March 19 MIT Enterprise Forum of Pittsburgh – Social Entrepreneurship – date and time to be announced March 27 Blue Tree Allied Angel Member Meeting – Duquesne Club April 11 2008 Business Plan Competition – Final Business Plan Submission Date April 16 MIT Enterprise Forum of Pittsburg Event – Details to be announced April 17 Blue Tree Allied Angel Member Meeting – Duquesne Club April 29 2008 Business Plan Competition – Finalists’ Presentation Informational Meeting HAL Room 110, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm May 2 2008 Business Plan Competition Presentations, Sticht Lecture Hall, 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm May 3 2008 Business Plan Competition Announcements & Presentation of Winners (during Parents’ Day Convocation) May 8 Study Day May 9 – 14 Final Exams