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Free events offered to students as part of Launchpad $50K kickoff and Entrepreneur Week
Sep 28/06
Friday, September 29 begins a high-profile week devoted to entrepreneurs in Waterloo Region, starting with Laurier’s Launchpad $50K kickoff on Friday afternoon and continuing the following week with Communitech’s Entrepreneur Week.
Entrepreneur Week offers the following FREE student events:
Launchpad $50K Kick Off
Friday, September 29, 2006
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Wilfrid Laurier University
Guest Speaker: Angela Mondou, author Hit the Ground Leading
(Initially scheduled guest speakers Heather Reisman, CEO Indigo
Books and Music Inc.; and Gerry Schwartz, Chairman and CEO of ONEX Corp
are unable to attend.)
www.launchpad50k.ca to register
LaunchPad $50K Venture Creation Competition is an exciting process for students, researchers, and community members to join together in teams, develop business plans, and start successful businesses. Cash prizes and in-kind services totaling $50,000 in value are divided among the three winning teams.
Started in 2004 by Wilfrid Laurier University and University of Waterloo, the competition is modeled on the MIT $50K competition, and provides a network of resources for teambuilding, mentorship, and networking.
Entrepreneur Week
September 29, 2006 – October 6, 2006
www.entrepreneurweek.ca for further information and to register for all free student events
Don’t Cry in Your Beer – How Failure Breeds Success
Monday, October 2, 2006
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Panelist Discussion
Accelerator Centre, University of Waterloo, 295 Hagey Boulevard
Leading Edge Youth Conference
Tuesday, October 3, 20068:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Keynote: Mike Wyman, 91.5 The Beat
The Delta Hotel, Kitchener
Taking on a Partner? What’s Next?
Wednesday, October 4, 20067:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
BLG Office, lower concourse, 508 Riverbend Drive, Kitchener
kwevents@blgcanada.com to register
Chapter 4: Your Business Life Cycle – Time to Grow
Thursday, October 5, 20063:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Guest Speakers: Angela Mondou, author Hit the Ground Leading and Jack Roseman author of Outrageous Optimism and 40 CEOs Workshop Roundtables.
The Ballroom, Bingemans, 425 Bingemans Centre Drive, Kitchener
Entrepreneur Week Exit Event
Guy Kawasaki, author of Art of the Start, an Apple Fellow at Apple Computer, Inc. and the man behind Garage.com and tons of startups, headlines this event.Friday, October 6, 2006.
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Fed Hall, University of Waterloo Campus, off Ring Road, 200 University Avenue West
