• When:  Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
• Where:  Nasher Auditorium, The Nasher Museum of Art
• New time! 5:00-7:00pm for an open session with the whole campus.  
• The event is designed to take a deep, personal look into the making of David Rubenstein as an entrepreneur.  The interview will uncover the details of David's personal journey, and include topics ranging from David's upbringing to the successes / challenges in building his multi-billion dollar company.  The conversation will dive into more detail than most formal interviews, with the hope of offering the audience an opportunity to understand the mindset and learn from the actions of one of the most successful entrepreneurs of our time.
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"How to Run a Multi-Million Dollar Company While You're A Student" 
with Douglas Hanna '13 

"Life Entrepreneurs" 
with Christopher Gergen '93

and a Duke Start-Up Challenge Information Session

When: Thursday, October 20th, from 7:00pm-8:30pm
6:30pm - Food and Networking
7:00-7:10pm - Duke Start-Up Challenge Information Session
7:10pm-7:45pm - Douglas Hanna '13, CEO of A Small Orange
7:45pm-8:30pm – Christopher Gergen '93, ELI Director and Visiting Lecturer

Where: Von Canon Rooms, Bryan Center

Who for: Open to any Duke University student

About A Small Orange
At A Small Orange, our philosophy is simple: Provide the best quality service and support to customers at an affordable cost. Our mission is to develop and maintain a highly satisfactory customer relationship through our support, services, and products. We have remained a growing company since our inception in 2003, with tens of thousands of satisfied customers currently using our services.

We feel that the best customer experience is found through focus on the customer's perspective. We design all our products and services with customer satisfaction in mind. Ease of use and clarity in presentation are some of the key factors to our success, and we enjoy providing our customers with this rewarding experience every day.

Our offerings include a variety of different web hosting solutions. From business web hosting to shared web hosting, from VPS (virtual private server) hosting to managed dedicated server hosting, as well as more advanced web hosting solutions.

About Christopher Gergen '93
Christopher Gergen is a visiting lecturer and Director of the Entrepreneurial Leadership Initiative at Duke University within the Terry Sanford School of Public Policy’s Hart Leadership Program. Christopher is a founding partner of Life Entrepreneurs, LLC, a leadership development and consulting firm, and co-author of Life Entrepreneurs: Ordinary People Creating Extraordinary Lives (Warren Bennis Leadership Series; Jossey-Bass), a book detailing the leadership development curriculum that students experience through Christopher’s classes. Current classes taught by Christopher include Leading as a Social Entrepreneur and Launching and Leading a Social Venture. He is the “Innovator in Residence” at the Center for Creative Leadership and also Founding Executive Director of a community-led effort called Bull City Forward to establish Durham, NC as a national model of economic development through social innovation and entrepreneurship - the center-piece of which is a downtown social innovation campus enabling local entrepreneurs to create world-changing solutions.

Additionally, Christopher is the co-founder and a current board member of SMARTHINKING, the leading online tutoring provider in the United States-serving over 200,000 students from more than 1,000 universities, colleges, and high schools. Other entrepreneurial ventures include starting a coffeehouse/bar dedicated to promoting the arts and music in Santiago, Chile and helping to launch the “Entrepreneur Corps”-a national service initiative sponsored by AmeriCorps*VISTA that placed 400 full-time business volunteers for a year of service in over 90 non-profit organizations across the country. Previously, Christopher started LEAD!, a non-profit leadership, entrepreneurship, and service program for Gonzaga College high school students in Washington, D.C. and is a founding board member of the E.L. Haynes Public Charter School also in D.C.

Christopher’s further professional experience includes serving as Vice President of New Market Development for K12 Inc. and Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Business Development and Strategy for New American Schools. Christopher received a Bachelor of Arts with honors from Duke University, a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from the George Washington University, and his M.B.A. from Georgetown University. He lives with his wife and two children in Durham, NC.

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Visit our website at http://www.dukedees.com/ to check for the latest schedule and for more information. All events subject to change.


Sponsors and Supporters
A Small Orange
Hughes Pittman & Gupton
Hutchison Law Group
iContact
Intersouth Partners
Intuit
IDEA Fund Partners
Palo Alto Software
Smith Anderson
Square 1 Bank
Wyrick Robbins

To see the 2010-2011 schedule, go to http://www.entrepreneurshipatduke.com/schedule/2010-2011

To review past presentations, go to http://www.dukedees.com/session-downloads

Questions? Contact the event manager, Troy Ferrell at troy.ferrell@duke.edu
Sponsorship Information? Contact Howie Rhee at hwr2@duke.edu

Join us for Entrepreneurial Law 102 with Bill Brown, Professor of the Practice of Law, and co-founder of Palmer Labs and 8 Rivers Capital. This session will be a great primer for those students interested in how law affects startups. You can also see Bill's great 101 session from last year, but watching 101 is not required.

What: Entrepreneurial Law 102
and a Duke Start-Up Challenge Information Session

When: Thursday, September 30th, from 7:00pm-8:00pm
6:30pm - Food and Networking
7:00-7:10pm - Duke Start-Up Challenge Information Session
7:10pm-8:00pm – Entrepreneurial Law 102

Where: Law School, Room 3041

Who for: Open to any Duke University student

About Bill Brown '80

Bill Brown is cofounder of Palmer Labs, LLC, and 8 Rivers Capital, LLC, companies that focus on financing and commercializing technologies related to energy, internet, biomedical devices, and the telecom and automotive industries. A distinguished lawyer with an extensive career in financial services, Brown has held leadership positions at Goldman Sachs & Co., AIG International, and Morgan Stanley. At Duke Law, his teaching focuses on entrepreneurship, business law, business planning, capital markets and corporate finance. He was instrumental in helping put together Duke’s LLM program in Entrepreneurship and the Law.

Brown has authored a number of pieces and is a frequent commentator for a number of organizations, including the BBC, NPR, Bloomberg, The New York Times, NBCTV-17, Forbes.com, MarketWatch, China.com and The Huffington Post.

A 1980 graduate of Duke Law School, Brown was a member of the editorial board of the Duke Law Journal. Brown practiced law in New York City from 1980 to 1989, first at Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine and then at Sidley & Austin, where he was a partner. His practice involved acquisition financing and workouts, project finance, leveraged leasing, Latin America debt refinance, and securities regulation.

Brown began his financial services career in 1990 when he joined the currency and commodity sales group at Goldman Sachs & Co., At Goldman Sachs, he helped grow the foreign exchange business in the asset management community, first in New York and then in London. In 1996, Brown was recruited to AIG International to become global head of sales for currency and fixed income and, one year later, was recruited to Morgan Stanley to become U.S. head of foreign exchange sales. During a part of this period, Brown also ran emerging market and non-dollar debt sales. He then took over listed derivatives as global co-head, managing over 500 members of sales, marketing, information technology, and operations teams in nine locations globally.

Brown is a former member of the Duke University School of Law Board of Visitors and previously served for several years on the School of American Ballet Corporate Advisory Board. He is an arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association. In addition to his Duke Law degree, Brown holds bachelor's degrees in both biology and political science from MIT in 1977. He is married and has two daughters, one a magazine editor in New York City and the other a Duke undergraduate.

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Visit our website at http://www.dukedees.com/ to check for the latest schedule and for more information. All events subject to change.


Sponsors and Supporters
A Small Orange
Hughes Pittman & Gupton
Hutchison Law Group
iContact
Intersouth Partners
Intuit
IDEA Fund Partners
Palo Alto Software
Smith Anderson
Square 1 Bank
Wyrick Robbins

To see the 2010-2011 schedule, go to http://www.entrepreneurshipatduke.com/schedule/2010-2011
To review past presentations, go to http://www.dukedees.com/session-downloads

Questions? Contact the event manager, Troy Ferrell at troy.ferrell@duke.edu
Sponsorship Information? Contact Howie Rhee at hwr2@duke.edu

What: Introduction to Venture Capital
and a Duke Start-Up Challenge Information Session
followed by a Happy Hour at the Thomas Center

When: Thursday, September 23rd, from 6:30pm-8:00pm
6:30pm - Food
7:00-7:10pm - Duke Start-Up Challenge Information Session
7:10pm-8:00pm – The Story of Shoeboxed.com
8:00pm - Happy Hour at the Thomas Center (walking distance)

Where: Fuqua School of Business, McClendon Auditorium

Who for: Open to any Duke University student

About Intersouth Partners
Since 1985, Intersouth Partners has invested in more than 100 early-stage life science and technology companies across the Southeast.
EXPERIENCED. Our first-hand knowledge and deep industry expertise enable us to align the necessary elements to help our portfolio companies grow. 
CONNECTED. Our extensive network provides us with knowledge about promising entrepreneurs and allows us to connect those entrepreneurs to the resources they need to be successful. 
INVOLVED. Our commitment to our portfolio companies extends beyond the financial, ultimately creating a partnership that lasts beyond the exit.

About Mitch Mumma '81
Mitch is primarily responsible for Intersouth's technology portfolio. He joined Intersouth in 1989 at the inception of Fund II. Mitch has full-cycle venture investment experience and has held management positions with various companies throughout his career, including three start-up companies, all of which subsequently went public.

Mitch is known for board and syndicate leadership as well as tireless focus on portfolio company success. He has provided early financing and venture leadership for numerous successful companies and served as CEO of an Intersouth portfolio company.

Prior to joining Intersouth, Mitch worked in finance and operations for a high growth computer hardware and software company. Previously, he worked as a manager in the high growth business practice at Touche Ross & Co. (now Deloitte & Touche).

Mitch is a Director and former Chairman of the Board of the Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED). He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Technology Association (NCTA). He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business and also serves on the Advisory Board for N.C. State University’s Engineering Entrepreneurs Program. In addition, he has served as a mentor to the Kauffman Foundation’s Kauffman Venture Fellows Program.

Mitch is a frequent speaker on the topic of venture capital and an adjunct professor at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC where he teaches a course on venture capital. He received an A.B. in management science from Duke University.


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Visit our website at http://www.dukedees.com/ to check for the latest schedule and for more information. All events subject to change.


Sponsors and Supporters
Hughes Pittman & Gupton
Hutchison Law Group
iContact
Intersouth Partners
Intuit
IDEA Fund Partners
Palo Alto Software
Smith Anderson
Square 1 Bank
Wyrick Robbins

To see the 2010-2011 schedule, go to http://www.entrepreneurshipatduke.com/schedule/2010-2011
To review past presentations, go to http://www.dukedees.com/session-downloads

Questions? Contact the event manager, Troy Ferrell at troy.ferrell@duke.edu
Sponsorship Information? Contact Howie Rhee at hwr2@duke.edu

What: Information Session and Startup Case Competition for Undergraduates 

When: Tuesday, September 14th, 5-7:30pm, Von Canon Rooms
5pm - Duke Start-Up Challenge Information Session
5:30pm - Speaker: Jon Fjeld, Executive Director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
6pm - Startup Case Competition for Undergraduates 

Where: Von Canon Rooms, Bryan Center 

Who for: Information Session is open to all students. Case Competition for Undergraduates only

Free Food and Refreshments! Free T-shirts!

Join Duke's biggest entrepreneurship event, the Duke Start-Up Challenge! Come and meet other students interested in entrepreneurship, learn more about the Start-up Challenge, and kick off the year by generating some exciting new start-up ideas!

Following the Information Session we will be hosting a Startup Case Competition for Undergraduates - cash prizes will be awarded to winners. 

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Visit our website at http://www.dukedees.com/ to check for the latest schedule and for more information. All events subject to change.

Sponsors and Supporters
Hughes Pittman & Gupton
Hutchison Law Group
iContact
Intersouth Partners
Intuit
IDEA Fund Partners
Palo Alto Software
Smith Anderson
Square 1 Bank
Wyrick Robbins

To see the 2010-2011 schedule, go to http://www.entrepreneurshipatduke.com/schedule/2010-2011
To review past presentations, go to http://www.dukedees.com/session-downloads

Questions? Contact the event manager, Troy Ferrell, troy.ferrell@duke.edu