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Apr 18 2012

Perspectives from the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Creating Jobs and Growing Businesses through Entrepreneurship

Senate Russell Office Building
SR- 428A

The Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship will hold a roundtable on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in SR-428A entitled “ Perspectives from the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem:  Creating Jobs and Growing Businesses through Entrepreneurship.” 

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Witness Panel 1

  • Mr. Nishith Acharya
    Director, Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
    Economic Development Administration
  • Mr. Evan Burfield
    Chairman
    Startup DC
  • Mr. Scott Daugherty
    Executive Director
    North Carolina Small Business Technology Development Center
  • Ms. Christina Friederichs
    Managing Director
    Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program
  • Ms. Scott Gerber
    Founder & President
    Young Entrepreneur Council
  • Ms. Juliet Gorman
    Communications Director
    Etsy
  • Patricia G. Greene Ph.D.
    Paul T. Babson Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies
    Babson College
  • Ms. Jennifer Hyman
    Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
    Rent the Runway
  • Mr. Alex Laskey
    President & Founder
    Opower
  • The Honorable Craig Lowe
    Mayor
    City of Gainsville
  • Matt Mitchell Ph.D.
    Senior Research Fellow
    Mercatus Center at George Mason University
  • Mr. Joe Nigro
    Business Evangelist
    Vsnap.com
  • Mr. Vivek Wadhwa
    Fellow
    Stanford University
  • Mr. Tim Williamson
    Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
    The Idea Village