New York Entrepreneurs Week is April 12-16, it offers a diverse set of speakers on a full spectrum of topics of interest to entrepreneurs. Three in particular that may be of interest to Bootstrappers:
Monday April 12 11:15AM – 12:30PM “I Have No Money, Now What?”
Panelists will discuss creative approaches to sustainability and stability as well as how to develop, build and scale a breakthrough company with limited resources.
Moderator: Scott Shuster, Business journalist (BusinessWeek, ABC News); Partner, Stratostream Entertainment.
Panelists:
- Greg Alvo, Founder of OrderGroove
- Chris McCann, Founder of Startup Digest
- Danny Wen, Founder of Harvest
- Amanda Freeman, Co-Founder of Vital Juice
Monday 4:45PM – 6:00PM “Selling for Survival: Getting Sales ASAP”
One skill which entrepreneurs need is something they don’t teach in business school – selling. Panelists reveal why the ability to persuade people to believe in your company is a necessity.
Moderator: Divya Gugnani, CEO of Behind the Burner
Panelists:
- Jenny Fleiss, Co-Founder of Rent the Runway
- Tad Martin, Founder of Cross Commerce Media (CCM)
- Mike Rothman, Directors of Sales at Thrillist
- Ben Kartzman, CEO of Spongecell
Wednesday April 14 2:45PM – 4:00PM “The 20 Hour Workday: The Reality of Building a $1MM Company”
Understand the highs and lows of building a company from the ground up. Learn what it takes to survive in the hypercompetitive marketplace with key guidelines, tips and advice from those who’ve done it.
Moderator: Divya Gugnani, CEO of Behind the Burner
Panelists:
- Jason Olim, Co-Founder of CDNOW.com
- Will Corrente, Founder of Operation Entrepreneur
- Aaron Arnold, Founder of Music is My Business
- Nate Casey, Founder of Blazetrak
Bernardo Joselevich, publisher of Bernado’s List has offered a discount code of BL2010 that will give you 75% off registration fees. Bernardo’s List is a list of industry events that reaches investors, entrepreneurs and executives, chiefly in technology, the media, advertising, Wall Street and venture capital in New York City and 16 other cities in the U.S