How Do You Really Get to Be an Entrepreneur?

By

Ray Rothrock P’12

Venrock Associates

12:30, Tuesday, November 2

Chateau Grand Salon

(Lunch will be provided. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. RSVP by Wednesday, 10/27, to cso@middlebury.edu.)

Also

4:30 PM – Executive in Residence Lecture, Robert A. Jones ’59 House conference room

“Developing Sustainable Energy around the Globe”

Ray Rothrock P’12, is the managing general partner of the venture capital firm Venrock, which he joined in 1988.  Rothrock’s career began at Yankee Atomic Electric as a nuclear safety analysis engineer, and moved to a newly started and fast growing Sun Microsystems in marketing and sales.  An engineer at heart with a keen insight into markets and technology, he lead Venrock into the Internet age.  His current investments focus in the fields of computer network security and energy.  In addition to his venture capital activities including a director of the National Venture Capital Association, he has served on the Board of Trustees of the Texas A&M Foundation, and serves on the Visiting Committee of the MIT Nuclear Science and Engineering Department.

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