2008 ABF Podcasts - More Entrepreneurs

Interview with Lawrence Linkens, of American Hometec, Inc. (about a minute)



Interview with Martin Bennet (about a minute)



Interview with Craig Williams of CapitalOne (about a minute)




Interview with Iberedem Ekune, UVA Eectrical Engineering student and aspiring entrepreneur. (about a minute)

2008 ABF Podcast - Debra McMahon

Interview with Deb McMahon, former Chair of CVG and of the Annual Business Forum. Dr. McMahon is CEO of Scitent, which provides resources for online education. (about a minute)

Angel (of Death) Investor

Interview with David Rose, of the New York Angels. (about a minute)





David Winer (above, left) braves the Angel of Death, who made an appearance in honor of Halloween.

2008 ABF Podcasts - Entrepreneurs

Interview with Dr. Crystal Icenhour, CEO of Phthisis Diagnostics (About a minute)



Interview with Jonathan Dugan, of Goozex, the video game trading startup. (about a minute)



Graham Anthony of Anthony Advisors, Inc., on the Innovation Workshop (about a minute)

Innovation Workshop Pics

The Innovation Workshop

2008 ABF Podcasts - VCU

Interview with William Miller, Director of the Virginia Commonwealth University Entrepreneurship Program. (About a minute)

Interview with Jennings Dawson, VCU Executive MBA Program (About a minute)



Interview with Jamie McPherson, VCU Executive MBA Program (About a minute)

Jim, Nancy and Colleen

LiveFire!

This year’s LiveFire! panelists represent three of the top angel groups in the United States, hailing from New York, Connecticut and North Carolina.

Moderated by the Virginia Active Angel Network, this is a must-see event for investors interested in learning how the pros look at early investment opportunities, and critical for entrepreneurs who want to know exactly what investing angel groups look for today!

Six ready to fund companies chosen from across the Eastern seaboard, present to the panel and then are engaged in a fascinating, thought-provoking Q&A. Last year three of the presenters went on to present before several angel groups and received full funding for their projects. What will you think of the questions the panelists ask and how did the presenting entrepreneurs do when faced with real questions from angel investing groups?

The LiveFire! sessions will begin at 8:30 on Friday, and run through noon.

Sponsors for this session include the UVA Department of Biomedical Engineering and The Coulter Foundation, Lenhart Obenshain, McGuireWoods, and Hoffman White and Company

Innovation Workshops

SRI will present a three hour Innovation Workshop on Thursday. This workshop, The 5 Disciplines for Innovation, is based on the book by SRI President and CEO Dr. Curt Carlson and co-author William W. Wilmot, Innovation: The Five Disciplines for Creating What Customers Want, published in 2006. The book describes SRI's unique, disciplined approach to creating value. The workshop will include break-out teams, analysis of the team's work, and a guarantee that you will leave smiling because there is something for every entrepreneur and innovator to gain from this amazing workshop! 

(Separate workshop registration is required)

Business Week dubbed SRI "Spin-Off City" - an innovation engine that creates new spin-off businesses to capitalize on technology developed at SRI and move it into the marketplace. Working with top-tier investment and venture capital firms, SRI and its subsidiary Sarnoff Corporation have formed about two dozen new ventures. Through "nVention", its innovative model for engaging VCs at the earliest stages of the venture creation process, SRI nurtures technology and business concepts to create funding opportunities.

Dr Atalay to Speak at Friday Luncheon

Bulent Atalay, PhD, is a physics professor at Mary Washington University, an adjunct professor at UVA, and a member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton.

An accomplished artist in his own right, Dr. Atalay presents science through art, and art through science, and approaches the larger goal of achieving a synthesis of the two fields. He invokes the model of Leonardo – part-time artist, passionate scientist, consummate inventor. He is also much in demand as a speaker on art, archaeology, astrophysics and atomic physics.


His 2004 book, Math and the Mona Lisa, has been translated into numerous foreign languages.  Leonardo's Universe, co-authored with his former student Keith Wamsley, is scheduled for publication by National Geographic Books later this year.