Startup Advantage Conference schedule

Monday 18th April 2011

• Spirit of the Entrepreneur, Why we do this.

  by Micah Baldwin

  Focusing on business development, online marketing and advertising, and product strategy, Micah was instrumental in the growth of companies such as MyPersonal (now Synacor - IPO), ServiceMagic (acquired by IAC), Indigo Group (acquired by Bridegline Software) and other less successful startups, such as Kozmo.com.

  Micah is CEO and Chief Community Caretaker of Graphic.ly. Having recently raised a $3 million extension of Series A funding, Graphic.ly provides an immersive social experience and marketplace around digital comics and associated merchandise.

  At 9:10am to 10:00am, Monday 18th April

• The Accidental Entrepreneur

  Dana Bowers, co-founder of iPay Technologies speaks about how she accidentally became an entrepreneur.

  At 10:05am to 10:55am, Monday 18th April

  Coverage note

• Dangerous Curves

  by Rolf

  You Will Never Look at Graphs the Same Way Again

  At 11:05am to 11:55am, Monday 18th April

  Coverage note audio clip slide deck

• Keynote: The New Polymath

  by Vinnie Mirchandani

  A Polymath—the Greek word for Renaissance Man—is someone who excels in many disciplines. The New Polymath is an enterprise comfortable with multiple technologies and is packaging 3, 5, 10 strands of infotech, cleantech, healthtech, biotech and nanotech to create innovative new products and solutions.

  At 12:45pm to 1:45pm, Monday 18th April

• Intrapraneur Track: Rolf Skyberg (eBay)

  by Rolf

  At 2:00pm to 2:40pm, Monday 18th April

• New Startup Track: Brian Wong (Kiip)

  by Brian Wong

  At 2:00pm to 2:40pm, Monday 18th April

• Intrapraneur Track: Vinnie Mirchandani

  by Vinnie Mirchandani

  At 2:45pm to 3:25pm, Monday 18th April

• New Startup Track: Creating Blue Oceans

  by Tim Schigel

  At 2:45pm to 3:25pm, Monday 18th April

• Intrapraneur Track: Lexmark Genesis: Innovating the All-In-One by innovating the All-In-One Development Process

  by Robert Eskridge

  Robert Eskridge (Lexmark)

  At 3:40pm to 4:25pm, Monday 18th April

• New Startup Track: Robert Pease (Gist / RIM)

  by Robert Pease

  At 3:40pm to 4:25pm, Monday 18th April

  Coverage slide deck

• New Startup Track: Investor Panel

  At 4:30pm to 5:30pm, Monday 18th April