(11/11/05) Wharton Entrepreneurial Conference

The Co-Chairs of the 9th Annual Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference are delighted to invite you to…



The 9th Annual Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference



“Reaching Beyond Your Grasp”





November 11, 2005



The Union League of Philadelphia

140 South Broad Street

Philadelphia, PA 19102



REGISTER at http://www.weconference.org





KEYNOTE SPEAKERS



C. Howard Wilkins, Jr.

Founder, Pizza Hut Corporation of America

Former U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands



Omar S. Amanat

Vice Chair, Acumen Fund

Founder and Ex-CEO of Tradescape (Acquired by E*Trade)



PANELISTS



Tedd Alexander III, Founder and Managing Member, Credo Capital Management, LLC

Raphael (Raffi) Amit, Chairman, Wharton Global Family Alliance

Stacey Bendet, Founder and CEO, alice + Olivia

Robert J. Chalfin, C.P.A., J.D., President, The Chalfin Group

William Cody, Managing Director, The Baker Retailing Initiative, The Wharton School

Gary Dushnitsky, Assistant Professor of Management, The Wharton School

Marc Ganzi, Founder and CEO, Global Tower Partners

Nelson Gayton, General Partner, Crayon Venture Partners

Jeffrey Ginsberg, Founder and Chairman, Eureka Networks

Rajiv Goel, Managing Director, Intel Capital

JC Heckman, Founder, CEO and Director, Scout.com

Thomas Knobel, Founder and CEO, Nobel Limited Company

David G. Marshall, Chairman and CEO, Amerimar Realty Company

Todd Millay, JD, Executive Director, The Wharton Global Family Alliance

Ami Miron, Venture Partner, Vertex Venture Capital

P. Sherrill Neff, Managing Director, Quaker BioVentures

Jason Olim, Founder and CEO, CDNow

J. Brian O'Neill, Founder and Chairman, O'Neill Properties Group

Vivek Pandita, Principal, Eastward Capital Partners

Gregory Peck, Founder, loungeSleep Hotels

Jay Penske, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Velocity Services

Hal Real, Founder, Real Entertainment Group

Rich Riley, VP and General Manager, Yahoo! Small Business

Stephen Sammut, Venture Partner, Burrill & Company

Paul Schoemaker, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Decision Strategies International

Sam Schwartz, Senior Managing Director and Founding Partner, Comcast Interactive Capital

Joel Shaps, CFP, President and CEO, Bedrock Capital Management; Founder, ShapsGroup, Inc.

Philip L. Smith, Ph.D., General Partner, SR One

Michael Tomcysk, Managing Director, Emerging Technologies Management Research Program, The Wharton School

Neil Vogel, Co-Founder and CEO, Recognition Media





PANELS AND WORKSHOPS



Entrepreneurship 101:

Turning Your Idea into Reality

Negotiations Workshop

Risk Transfer Workshop

Avenues to Venture Financing



Industry Verticals:

Real Estate Entrepreneurship

Media & Entertainment Entrepreneurship

Consumer & Retail Entrepreneurship

Emerging Technologies

Advisory Firms & Investment Funds



Entrepreneurial Settings:

Corporate Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship via Acquisition

Emerging Markets Entrepreneurship

Family Business



Young Entrepreneurs:

Under 40 Success Stories



We look forward to meeting you at the 9th Annual Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference!



Sincerely,

Andrew G.W. Chung, Bhakti Vithalani, Romahlo Wilson



For more information please contact us at info@weconference.org