Leading the Way from Thought to Action
MIDDLEBURY SOLUTIONS GROUP
ENTREPRENEUR’S FORUM
Friday December 3, 2010
3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Room 216
Middlebury College
Reception to follow in the Great Hall of Bicentennial Hall
WELCOME!
Do you presently operate an under-funded young company? Want to start a for-profit or not-for-profit enterprise? Want to learn more about the process of creating and growing an early-stage company? Then the DigitalBridges2.0™ Entrepreneur’s Forum at Middlebury College on December 3, 2010 is for you!
Witness the pitch-for-funding process first hand, as five Vermont start-ups who have been working with Middlebury College student teams present themselves to a panel and audience of potential investors, entrepreneurs, and Middlebury students, faculty, staff and alumni.
SCHEDULE
3:30–6:30PM Welcome from Michael Claudon, Professor of Economics
Company Pitches – EIO Products, Green Mountain Organic Creamery, Millborne Farm, Phusia, Urban Moonshine
6:30-7:30PM Reception
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Please E-mail to mosborne@middlebury.edu
or call 802 443 5435
or fax to DigitalBridges2.0: 802 443 2270
I/We will attend the Entrepreneur’s Forum on Friday December 3, 2010.
Name: ____________________________________
Department: ____________________________________
Phone: ____________________________________
Email: ____________________________________
WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO
DigitalBridges2.0™ prepares Middlebury students for 21st Century leadership by:
• Extending beyond the classroom through experiential learning;
• Providing students with an understanding of how technology drives change;
• Helping entrepreneurial thinkers navigate the process of creating, innovating, and implementing their ideas and
• Growing and maintaining virtual and physical networks, relationships and collaboration among the members of the broader Middlebury community.
Through the Middlebury Solutions Group (MSG), a subsidiary of DigitalBridges2.0, students:
• Complete company-building consulting engagements with early-stage Vermont companies;
• Gain hands-on experience with the new venture’s transition from concept to funded, operating business.