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Batten Institute - Ventures - VentureLab Speaker Series
VentureLab Speaker Series
The VentureLab Incubator supports the development of new entrepreneurs and the growth of promising early-stage ventures. With the 2020 VentureLab program operating remotely, we are opening up our weekly speaker sessions to those outside of the incubator program. Please join us via YouTube to hear from our speakers throughout the 9-week series.
| Date | Time (Eastern) | Title | Speakers | Live Stream Link | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tues June 9 | 10:00 am - 11:00 am | Effectuation Part II: Art of the Ask |
Professor Saras Sarasvathy and Doug Lebda (EMBA '14), founder and CEO of LendingTree |
Session has been recorded. | |
| Wed June 17 | 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | VC101: from Pitching to the Term Sheet |
Jeff Bocan, Partner at Okapi Venture Capital |
Session has been recorded. | |
| Wed June 24 | 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | Startup Toolkit for Iterating on the MVP |
Professor Raul Chao |
Session has been recorded. |
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| Wed July 1 | 10:30 am - 12:30 pm | Velocity of a Startup |
Professor Damon Devito & Robert Chesnut, Former Chief Ethics Officer at Airbnb |
Session has been recorded. | |
| Wed July 8 | 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Leveraging Uncertainty: Lead Like an Entrepreneur |
Professor Saras Sarasvathy and David Touve, Director of Ventures at the Batten Institute |
Session has been recorded. | Link |
| Wed July 15 | 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | The Defensible and Differentiated Idea |
Faraj Aalaei, Founding Partner at Candou Ventures |
Link | |
| Wed July 22 | 10:30 am - 11:30 am | Startup Realities of Project Management |
Professor Yael Grushka-Cockayne |
https://youtu.be/hnrl7vetfuU | Link |
| Wed July 29 | 10:30 am - 12:30 pm | What's Your Story? |
Professor June West |
https://youtu.be/yOMR9oaTE0E | |
| Wed August 5 | 11:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Founders Panel |
Jack Ross, Co-Founder of Beanstalk |
https://youtu.be/4YJuv0916Jc | Link |