Events

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April

Programs

ETA Workshop: Wellness & Thriving Under Stress (Part 2)

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April 15, 2024 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm

3730 Walnut Street G65 Philadelphia, PA 19104

Professor Charbel Zreik will discuss how to thrive under stress and the 5 shifts for entrepreneurial leaders during all steps of the ETA process. This is part 2 of Professor Zreik's series on Wellness.

This session is open to any Penn student interested in learning more about ETA and the different potential paths to pursue for anyone considering acquiring and operating a business.

This event is organized by Venture Lab's Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition program.

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April

ETA Workshop: Wellness & Thriving Under Stress (Part 1)

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April 09, 2024 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Steinberg-Dietrich Hall - Room 215 | 3620 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Professor Charbel Zreik will discuss how to thrive under stress and the 5 shifts for entrepreneurial leaders during all steps of the ETA process. This is part 1 of Professor Zreik's series on Wellness.

This session is open to any Penn student interested in learning more about ETA and the different potential paths to pursue for anyone considering acquiring and operating a business.

This event is organized by Venture Lab's Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition program.

05

April

EIR Workshop with Shanel Fields WG'19

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Join us for a workshop with Shanel Fields WG'19, the visionary founder of MD Ally Technologies. Tailored for early-stage founders and entrepreneurs, this session focuses on mastering communication and pitch decks. Learn the essentials of conveying your vision effectively and crafting a compelling pitch deck for success.

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March

Programs

Visiting Experts AMA: Andrew Thompson & George Savage - Founders of Proteus

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March 28, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:15pm

Tangen Hall, 115 South 40th Street Room 342 Philadelphia, PA 19104

Andrew and George’s careers in the intersection of health-tech, life sciences and entrepreneurship showcases the complex and often contradictory incentives of players in the healthcare industry. Learn more about the hardships and complexities within health-tech entrepreneurship by listening to Andy and George’s stories about Proteus and their other health-tech ventures and what they learned from the experience.

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March

Programs

Visiting Experts AMA: Sapan Shahani - Founder & CEO of Goodbay Technologies

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March 27, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Virtual

Goodbay Technologies provides outsourced customer support for leading growth-oriented companies. Goodbay Technologies is more than just a call center company – they partner with clients to drive customer retention and increase their profitability. Goodbay is part call center, part management consulting. In Sapan's role, Sapan focuses on creating strategic alignment between Goodbay Technology's team and the clients that they serve

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March

Programs

Visiting Experts AMA: Yujiro Hata (WG'01) - CEO of IDEAYA Biosciences

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March 21, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Virtual

Yujiro is an entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience building companies that have delivered innovative therapies to patients. In June 2015, he launched and incorporated IDEAYA Biosciences as its first employee and Chief Executive Officer and led the company’s IPO in May 2019 (NASDAQ: IDYA). From 2015 to 2018, he served as an Executive-in-Residence at 5AM Ventures. From 2014 to August 2015, he served as Chief Operating Officer at Flexus Biosciences, which he led through its acquisition by Bristol-Myers Squibb in April 2015, and then served as Chief Operating Officer at FLX Bio (renamed RAPT Therapeutics, NASDAQ: RAPT), a spinout of Flexus Biosciences.

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March

Programs

Visiting Experts AMA: Howard Horn - CFO & Exec VP at Ultragenyx

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March 19, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Virtual

Howard recently joined Ultragenyx, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapies for serious rare and ultrarare genetic diseases, and is responsible for leading the company’s global finance, accounting, corporate strategy and investor relations functions. Howard received his B.A. in Economics from Princeton University and his M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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February

Design Thinking for Entrepreneurs

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February 26, 2024 at 12:00pm - 1:30pm

Tangen Hall

Join Venture Lab for a practical workshop on Design Thinking taking place Tuesday, February 26th, from 12:00 - 1:30pm in Tangen Hall Room 708.

06

February

Roundtable Discussion with Marc Shiffman W'89

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Join us for an engaging in-person roundtable discussion with Marc Shiffman W'89 on February 6, 2024 at 2:30 PM.

05

December

Programs

Investing and Inclusivity: Overcoming Financial Bias in LGBTQ+ Ventures

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December 05, 2023 at 5:00pm - 6:30pm

Tangen Hall

Join panelists in a discussion surrounding underinvestment in LGBTQ+ centered projects and the challenges that arise as a result.