CEN Boston in partnership with Entrepreneurship@Cornell present: "Start-Up Cornell", featuring Cornell students, alumni, faculty and staff entrepreneurs - their stories, challenges, and insights. Join us on February 4th as we feature a panel of Cornellian entrepreneurs two of whom started their own businesses while at Cornell, working with Student Agencies' e-Lab: Cornell's Undergraduate Business Incubator, which opened in April 2008.

Panelists:

   Micah Rosenbloom '98, Founder of Founder Collective, Co-Founder and COO at Brontes Technologies, Inc.
   Dana Lampert '08, Founder and CEO Wiggio, First funded graduate of eLab
   Meryl Gabeler '10, Current eLab member, co-founder of Anjolie Ayurveda

   John Jaquette, Executive Director Entrepreneurship@Cornell

The panelists will cover:

  • The unique challenges of student entrepreneurs
  • The current climate for entrepreneurs and opportunities in this economy
  • Key lessons learned

Thursday February 4, 2010; 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

   6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Registration and Networking Reception
   7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Discussion/Q&A/Open Mike
   8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Continued Networking

Location: Cambridge Marriott, Two Cambridge Center, 50 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142

Cost: $25 per person; includes appetizers, networking, presentations.

About the presenters:

Micah Rosenbloom '98 - is currently the Founder of Founder Collective, a seed-stage venture capital fund, built by a collection of successful entrepreneurs. Micah also co-founded Brontes Technologies, Inc, a company that produces a revolutionary 3D hand-held scanner to replace the antiquated dental impression process. As the company's COO, Micah raised initial funding for the venture from top tier venture capitalists including Bain Capital, Charles River Ventures and Flybridge Ventures. In 2006, the company was acquired by 3M Corporation and is currently a wholly-owned subsidiary for which Micah runs all internal operations. The company's product, the Lava Chairside Oral Scanner is commercially available throughout the US. Prior to Brontes, Rosenbloom co-founded SimplyDone Business Solutions, a venture-backed CRM software company for which he served as President and raised over $25M in venture capital financing from SBC Communications and Clearstone Venture Partners. Rosenbloom also co-founded Handshake.com, which provided an Internet service to connect consumers to local merchants. Rosenbloom has also worked as a Product Manager for Kaplan Inc., where he created the technology roadmap for one of the company's newest business units and for Baxter Healthcare and Endeavor Corp. Rosenbloom received his B.S. degree from Cornell University and his MBA from Harvard Business School. Rosenbloom is very active with Cornell serving currently as Entrepreneurship@Cornell Advisory member and eLab Advisory member.

Dana Lampert '08 - is the founder and CEO of Wiggio (www.wiggio.com), a web application that simplifies the way people communicate and collaborate within private groups. Wiggio currently has over 250,000 active users, and is based in Cambridge, MA. Dana and his team are charging forward toward their goal of creating the market leader in consumer groupware – their focus is on developing a simple and usable service that anyone can start using with no learning curve. Dana has a passion for early-stage ventures, and loves connecting with other entrepreneurs and staying attuned to the latest technologies, especially in the consumer internet space. Prior to starting Wiggio, Dana held positions at Boston Properties and Goldman Sachs. Dana holds a BS from Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration with concentrations in Finance and Entrepreneurship. When not working, Dana can usually be found running, on a basketball/tennis court, or rooting avidly for Boston sports teams.

Meryl Gabeler '10 - is a senior at Cornell University and co-founder of Anjolie Ayurveda. Anjolie Ayurveda imports all natural, handmade Ayurvedic soaps from India. Ayurveda is the ancient medicinal science of India that incorporates plant oils and herbs to nourish the skin, naturally. The company promotes fair trade in India and the factory provides the funds necessary for the worker’s children to attend school. Anjolie Ayurveda was launched March 2009, by the mother daughter team of Meryl and Cary Gabeler and has been well received in 30 stores from the east to west coast. Meryl is a member of Cornell’s eLab and is currently working towards a Bachelor of Science degree in communication and applied economics and management in the college of agriculture and life sciences. Outside of the classroom, Meryl enjoys attending entrepreneurship events and connecting with Cornell Alumni. More information about Anjolie Ayurveda can be found at anjolienyc.com.