Entrepreneur@NU Conference Tomorrow in Evanston, IL

Jen Consalvo May 23, 2011 Tweet

Tomorrow, May 24th, Northwestern University’s Farley Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (FCEI) will host the third annual Entrepreneur@NU Conference. The theme of the conference is the Emergence of the Midwest as an Entrepreneurship Hub. Tech Cocktail is excited to be a media partner and involved in the day’s events. The event will have speakers from exciting startups, angel groups, VCs, high-growth companies that began as promising startups and also lots of current and aspiring entrepreneurs.

Keynotes:

• Jim White, Managing Director at Sutter Hill Ventures, will share the West Coast perspective
• Jeff Bussgang, Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners and author of Mastering the VC Game, will share an East Coast perspective
• Mike Evans, COO of GrubHub.com and Kevin Willer, President & CEO of Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center will be interviewed by Michael Marasco, Director of the Farley Center

Panels:

• Role of Universities as Incubators and Pre-Seed Funds
• Funding the Vision – Role of VCs and Angel
• Running a Startup in Chicago
• Successful University Tech Spin-Offs
• Opportunities and Challenges in Energy/Clean Tech Startups

Registration closes tonight – so purchase your tickets now. We’ll see you there!