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Lally’s Severino Center To Host Women in Entrepreneurship Seminar
More than 100 businesspeople, entrepreneurs, and students will gather at the Heffner Alumni House Wednesday, Nov. 12 for the second annual Women in Entrepreneurship seminar. During the event, several prominent businesswomen — including Kay Koplovitz, world-renowned entrepreneur, venture capitalist, founder of media company USA Networks, and author of Bold Women, Big Ideas: Learning to Play the High Risk Entrepreneurial Game — will discuss entrepreneurship in today’s economy.
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The “Bold Women, Big Ideas” seminar is sponsored by the Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship at Rensselaer’s Lally School, and will be free and open to the public. The forum is designed to encourage women to embark on entrepreneurial careers, according to Denis Fred Simon, dean of Rensselaer’s Lally School.
“As the number of high-profile, successful women entrepreneurs continues to grow, more and more women today are thinking of following in their footsteps and launching their own companies,” said Simon. “The Women in Entrepreneurship Seminar will help them strategize about such practical issues as finding venture funding and starting a business in a challenging economic climate, and it also will help them set, design, and refine their business objectives. Most critically, we hope the day will provide some real inspiration for women about to take the entrepreneurial plunge.”
Koplovitz, the event’s keynote speaker, will discuss today’s business environment for women-owned companies. Tracy Egan, anchorwoman for the Albany-area ABC television affiliate WTEN, will moderate the event.
Also scheduled is a panel discussion focusing on funding for women-owned start-up businesses. Panelists include Nina Tyzik, district executive and senior vice president of HSBC Bank USA; Jennifer Tegan, executive manager at Cayuga Venture Fund II; and Claire Wadlington, partner and CFO of FA Technology Ventures.
To register for the seminar, visit the Web site at http://www.scte.mgmt.rpi.edu/womenseries.html or contact the Severino Center at (518) 276-2650.
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