Mr. Colson will recount his early days as a start-up entrepreneur, review some of the setbacks suffered and lessons learned, as well as discuss the critical roles of innovation and intellectual property rights in making a start-up business successful.

As the Director of Global Operations, Mr. Goldberg has responsibility for global quality, global supply chain management, and special initiatives. He also has P&L responsibility as the President of the Kaan Division, a contract manufacturing facility located in Chicago

Bootstrapping allows entrepreneurs to maintain equity ownership and ensures the flexibility to run their ventures in a way that will maximize return on the entrepreneur’s invested time and capital.

Raising capital by selling an equity stake in your venture is a long and complicated process. New entrepreneurs find the world of equity investing rightly intimidating but it doesn’t have to be scary. Based on his experiences raising money for GrubHub.com, CEO & Co-Founder Matt Maloney will outline the process of raising outside capital and the pitfalls to avoid your first time around.

Mr. Payne will discuss entrepreneurship in life science ventures, drawing parallels to Le Mans racing – team driving; the circuitous path to creation, development, and funding; the unique rules of the road; and other aspects of commercialization of life science technologies.

Mr. Ribet will explain his company´s business model, then address some of the challenges faced by an entrepreneur operating within a larger organization, including issues of corporate culture, access to capital and risk management.

Dave Van de Walle will share his thoughts on launching and re-launching your business in the Web 2.0 world, the “groundswell” and what it means for how businesses communicate with their clientele, and how to make millions*.

(*Millions Not Guaranteed)