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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:2012 Entrepreneur Conference - The Crowdsourcing Entrepreneur:  Going Platinum
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SUMMARY:2012 Entrepreneur Conference - The Crowdsourcing Entrepreneur:  Going Platinum
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Laurence A. Baiada Institute for Entrepreneurship Presents=0D=0A2012 Entrepreneur Conference=0D=0AThe Crowdsourcing Entrepreneur:  Going Platinum=0D=0A=0D=0AJune 6, 2012=0D=0AWorld Cafe Live=0D=0A3025 Walnut Street=0D=0APhiladelphia, PA  19104=0D=0A=0D=0AIn a September 2009 article in Forbes, entitled The Myth of Crowdsourcing: Crowds don't innovate - individuals do, Dan Woods argues, “There is no crowd in crowdsourcing. There are only virtuosos…” Some 32 months later, the concept of crowdsourcing continues to build momentum.  What does it mean, and how does it work?  Is it a powerful tool for entrepreneurs to scale their businesses or just another social mechanism that appeals to our need to affiliate?=0D=0A=0D=0ARegional business professionals and the entire Drexel community are invited to attend the 2012 Entrepreneur Conference to join in an engaging and unique discussion regarding the power of crowdsourcing. This event also features the Baiada Incubator Competition presentations and awards ceremony. =0D=0A=0D=0AAgenda=0D=0A=0D=0A8:30     Registration and Continental Breakfast=0D=0ASponsored by Tycor Benefit Administrators, Inc.=0D=0A=0D=0A9:15     Welcome and Introductory Remarks=0D=0A           Mark L. Greenberg, Ph.D.=0D=0A           Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs=0D=0A           Drexel University=0D=0A=0D=0A9:30     Entrepreneurial Panel Discussion=0D=0A“The Power of Many:  Listen, Respond, Adjust” =0D=0A=0D=0AMODERATOR=0D=0A=0D=0AMark P. Loschiavo, executive director, Laurence A. Baiada Institute for Entrepreneurship=0D=0A=0D=0APANELISTS=0D=0A=0D=0AStephen M. Goodman, Partner, Global Emerging Technology and Life Sciences Practice, Morgan Lewis=0D=0A=0D=0ABruce Kaminsky, President, Kydd Products, Inc.; Professor of Music, Drexel University; Bassist=0D=0A=0D=0ABob Wilson, Vice President of Sales, Disc Makers=0D=0A=0D=0AAccompanied by A.J. Luca and Alex Ayala, student musicians, The University of the Arts=0D=0A=0D=0A11:00   2012 Baiada Incubator Competition - Competitor Presentations=0D=0A	=0D=0A12:45   Luncheon=0D=0A=0D=0A1:30	A Word About Crowdfunding=0D=0A	“Raising Millions from Many”=0D=0A=0D=0A	Presented by:=0D=0A=0D=0ASara Hanks, Co-founder and CEO, CrowdCheck, Inc.=0D=0ABrian R. Knight, Co-founder and Director of Entrepreneur Services, CrowdCheck, Inc.=0D=0A=0D=0A2:15	“Creating a Priceless Collection:  A Tribute to the Crowd”=0D=0A=0D=0A2:30     2012 Baiada Incubator Competition - Announcement of Winners=0D=0A=0D=0ARegister online at www.baiadainstitute.com/calendar.=0D=0AFor more information, contact Terri Zobel at terriz@drexel.edu or 215-895-0302.=0D=0A								
LOCATION:World Cafe Live
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