Panels and Panelists

Panel 1: Entrepreneurship in Pennsylvania

In all economic times, entrepreneurs have great ideas and create new businesses to help those ideas flourish.  This panel will bring together successful entrepreneurs and incubators to discuss how to successfully launch a new business, what help there is for entrepreneurs, and the eco-system that supports these businesses.  We will also look at the problems faced by entrepreneurs in Pennsylvania and possible resolutions to their constraints.

Panelists

• Brad Leve, Assistant Director of the Farrell Center, The Pennsylvania State University, and Chief Crayon Sharpener at SnapflightUSA, Inc.
  
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Panel 2: Venture Capital in Pennsylvania

An increasing trend in financial management is to move away from traditional investments like mutual funds and invest in alternative investment vehicles like venture capital firms.  This panel aims to discuss entrepreneurship in Pennsylvania purely from a venture capital perspective.  This panel will bring venture capital investors together to discuss what they look for in an investment opportunity, how to get in contact with them, and how the panelists got into the venture capital industry.  The panelists will also help entrepreneurs to assess whether they should adopt the venture capital route or bootstrap their investments instead.

Panelists

• Stephen B. Carpenter, Vice President, Venture Operations, Life Sciences Greenhouse of Central Pennsylvania (LSGPA)
  
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Panel 3: Mergers and Acquisitions

When an entrepreneur decides to sell their business, venture capitalists are often the buyer.  This panel will bring together both entrepreneurs who have previously sold a business and the venture capital firms that buy these businesses.  The focus will be to analyze the acquisition from the perspective of both the entrepreneur and the venture capital.  The panel will also discuss the events that need to happen before, during, and after the sale transaction.

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• Anthony C. Warren, Chief Technology Officer, Halare, Inc.