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Entrepreneur AssociationEntrepreneur Association

11stst Year Students Kick-Off Meeting Year Students Kick-Off MeetingSeptember 30, 2009September 30, 2009

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MissionMission

To encourage Entrepreneurial thinking through experiential learning; Take the road less traveled…

“Learn. Create. Succeed.”

• Largest student association at UCLA Anderson• 800+ members last year

– MBA, FEMBA and Other schools at UCLA

• 5 flagship events• 6 unique programs• 100+ events per year (avg. 3 events per week)

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StructureStructure

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OfficersOfficers

EA Board

FEMBA Programs

EntrepreneurialPrograms

Venture Capital

Programs

Marketing Bus. Dev &Strategy

PresidentKaran Kapoor

TreasurerEric Cheng

Sunny Saran Derek Perlman David Franklin Avani PatelGohar Galyan

Mike Lui

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Entrepreneurial ProgramsEntrepreneurial Programs

Derek PerlmanDerek Perlman

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Entrepreneurial Programs OverviewEntrepreneurial Programs Overview

MissionTo provide experiential learning, networking, and career opportunities to students, Alumni and members of the community interested in Entrepreneurship

Programs• Entrepreneurship Week• Entrepreneurial Outreach• Internship Fair• Vistage on Campus• Project Echo• EA Conference

Contact

Derek Perlmanderek.perlman.2010@...

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Entrepreneurship WeekEntrepreneurship Week

• E-Week is celebrated across the US in late February (Feb 22 – 26). At Anderson, it is a week of events designed to get students thinking / learning about entrepreneurship and generating new business concepts and businesses

What Is E-Week?

Why Is It The Most Awesome Program?

How Can I Get

Involved?

• E-Week is the premier collaborative event that brings UCLA professional schools together. It is a platform for cross pollination of entrepreneurial ideas, networking, and resources

Several first year director positions (kick-off Oct. 21)•Marketing•Sponsorship and finance•Operations and logistics•Liaisons with other UCLA professional schools e.g., Engineering,

Theater/Film/TV, Medical, etc.

seema.gattani.2010@ joshua.covey.2010@maryann.patel.2010@

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EA ConferenceEA Conference

• May 7, 2010• EA’s flagship event• Keynote speeches from high-profile entrepreneurs • Panels by areas of interest• Open to the entire UCLA and professional community• Owner Manager: Ehrenreich, Smith, Thomas, Amlani• Available 1st Year Director Positions

– Panels (16)– Marketing (4)– Sponsorship (4)– Operations (3)– Fast Pitch (2)

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Entrepreneurial OutreachEntrepreneurial Outreach

• Speaker Series – Panelists & Keynotes share their stories• D48s – Price Center Board of Advisors• 101 Series – What you need to know• EIR – Entrepreneurship in Residence – See them in action

• Owner Manager: Audrey Anhood, Cameron Drummond, Kumar Duraiswamy, James Buck Jordan

• First Year Director Positions (8-10)– Organize and market events– Recruit entrepreneurs to participate– General (6-8), Finance (1) & Marketing (1)

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Internship FairInternship Fair

• Recruit start-up & entrepreneurial companies• Help classmates score Cool internships and jobs• Networking opportunity!• Owner Managers: Zach Poag & Nick Degnan

• Past Event Attendees– eSolar, the Rubicon Project, Demand Media, DesiYou…

• 1st Year Directors Needed– Operations Director (1)– Company Recruiting Director (8)

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Vistage on CampusVistage on Campus

• Do you aspire to be an entrepreneur? • Do you want the chance to meet some of California’s most successful entrepreneurs? • Would you like to have an entrepreneurial mentor throughout your time at Anderson? • Do you want to spend time with, and learn from, other current Anderson student

entrepreneurs?

JOIN US FOR AN INFORMATION SESSION• Wednesday, September 30th (TODAY)• 5:00 PM• Room B313• Business Casual Attire

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Project EchoProject Echo

• Entrepreneurial Spirit, Choice, Hands-On Opportunity• Business plan competition program for local LA H.S. students mentored by

Anderson students• Owner Managers: Denise Petrulis & Kate Stephenson• 12 week program: Week of Nov 9 - Feb 28, 2010

– Full-time (12 hour commitment), part-time (6 hours), and individual lesson leaders (1-2 hours) needed

• Mentor sign-up deadline: Oct 21• Counts toward C4C volunteer hours!

denise.petrulis.2010@anderson.ucla.edukathleen.stephenson.2010@anderson.ucla.edu

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Venture Capital ProgramsVenture Capital Programs

David FranklinDavid Franklin

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Venture Capital Programs Overview

• Logistics & Coordination of Competition

• VC101• E-Labs• Knapp Prep Series• Knapp Deal Review

• VC Round Table• VC Speaker

Series• Knapp Judge

Recruiting

• Formally Tech Transfer

• Work w/ HTBA, OIP, ITA, CNSI Incubator

• PE Round Table

• PE 101 Series • Collaborates

directly w/ IFA

100 Series & eLabs

Knapp B-Plan Competition VC OutreachTechnology

Incubation Private Equity

Education and Sharing of Ideas

• Kickoff Event Oct 5th

Competition Registration

Deadline is March 1st, 2010

Responsible for various VC speaker events and Judge

Recruiting

Works w/ organizations like EGSA Tech &

Teach Coast Angels

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PE industry events, learning,

CONNECTION with IFA

Collaboration with All of UCLA Is the Key to Success

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VC OutreachVC Outreach

• VENTURE CAPITAL ROUNDTABLE– The Venture Capital Roundtable is a premier event that attracts over 60 venture

capitalists and more than 100 MBA students interested in venture capital.

• VENTURE CAPITAL SPEAKER SERIES– West Coast venture capitalists talk about their path into the industry, walk

Anderson students through the VC investment process, and share the highs and lows of fighting on the front lines of building new businesses.

• OMs– Himanshu Agrawal Patrick Mock, Michael Nudelman, Marcos Perez– Prasanna Badrinarayanan FEMBA, Nayan Ashar EMBA, Sonal Tambe EMBA

• FIRST YEAR POSITIONS – Four 1st Year Director Positions are available (3 MBAs & 1 FEMBA)

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Tech IncubationTech Incubation

• Establishing strong relations with technical community of UCLA, OIP, and Tech Coast Angels to promote innovation, learning and successful business solutions

• First-Year Positions (2-3 Students)– Graduate School/Technical Entrepreneurial Community Liaison– Tech Coast Angels Liaison– New Programs Development Liaison

Contacts• Kumar Duraiswamy(kumaran.duraiswamy.2010@anderson.ucla.edu)• Daidipya Patwa (daidipya.patwa.2010@anderson.ucla.edu)• Brent Causey (brent.causey.2010@anderson.ucla.edu)

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E-LabsE-Labs

• Open forum for students to pitch their entrepreneurial ideas to other students to receive feedback and to find new team members for their business ideas

• Owner Managers: – Ron Yang: ronald.yang.2010@anderson.ucla.edu– Giancarlo Brutocao: giancarlo.brutocao.2010@anderson.ucla.edu– Adhar Walia: adhar.walia.2010@anderson.ucla.edu

• One 1st Year Director Position is available

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VC 101/Deal ReviewVC 101/Deal Review• A 100 series on Venture Capital, with speakers educating and discussing on

various facets of the industry.• Owner Managers:

– Ron Yang: ronald.yang.2010@anderson.ucla.edu– Giancarlo Brutocao: giancarlo.brutocao.2010@anderson.ucla.edu– Adhar Walia: adhar.walia.2010@anderson.ucla.edu

• One1st Year Director Positions are available

VC 101 – VC Industry Overview, General Industry Q&A Oct. 14

VC 102 – Case Study: What happens in a pitch to VC’s Nov. 10

VC 103 – Current State of the VC Industry (VC Professional Panel) Jan. 11

VC 104 – VC Professional Q&A Session Feb. 15

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Knapp PrepKnapp Prep• First and Second Quarter• Engage students interested in Knapp Venture Competition through

networking events and lectures• Owner Managers

– Ron Yang: ronald.yang.2010@anderson.ucla.edu– Giancarlo Brutocao: giancarlo.brutocao.2010@anderson...– Adhar Walia: adhar.walia.2010@anderson.ucla.edu

• Two 1st Year Director Positions are available– Manage “roadshows” at other UCLA professional schools– Oversee Knapp Exchange Yahoo! group– Plan student-entrepreneur mixer in November– Help market Knapp Venture Competition

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Knapp CompetitionKnapp Competition

Want to Get Involved?There are 3 First-Year Director Positions

Available

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Private EquityPrivate Equity

• Owner Managers: Andrew Janko and Scott Swisher• 10/13/09: Private Equity 101

– Presentation by Professor Mark Garmaise on the history of the private equity industry, current business trends, and prospective outlooks

• 11/4/09: Private Equity 102(a)(b)– Case study with senior investment professionals for PE (a) and real estate PE (b)

• 1/19/10: Private Equity 103(a)– Panel of private equity associates from Los Angeles-based firms for Q&A

• 2/17/10: Private Equity Roundtable– Roundtable networking event and cocktail party featuring 30 private equity firms

• 4/21/10 and 5/17/10: PE Entrepreneurs Speaker Series– Entrepreneurs who have launched their own alternative asset management firms (e.g.

PE/VC fund, hedge fund, etc.) discuss the challenges they faced and share lessons of entrepreneurship in the financial services sector