- The Program is only available to high school students
- Pre-high school students are allowed to monitor two classes
- Class sessions meet every other Saturday until the competition phase
- Classes run from 9 am to 1:30 pm
- Students are expected to be present on time (we recommend that students arrive 15 minutes early to every class)
- Students are not allowed to miss more than 2 classes
- Parents are not allowed in class room sessions
- The facility we are using is generously provided to us at no cost, therefore it is mandatory that everyone cleans their space before leaving. We must respect the facility (no chewing gum or sticking gum on furniture, no littering, students are allowed to use the classroom and general cafeteria area, students are not allowed in other floors)
- Every student needs to have a notebook and writing instruments for class
- The winners of the $10K Competition in 2009 are not allowed to compete in future years. They are allowed to mentor and learn, however.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
TYE Ground Rules and Expectations
All, please find below our TYE Ground Rules and Expectations for the 2009 Calendar Year. The following list is derived from common sense, respect for people’s time, and our experience from past years. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us.
Monday, October 6, 2008
What is Entrepreneurship: Speaker Biographies
We are excited to start our first class: "What is Entrepreneurship?" As promised, we've posted the biographies of our speakers. We'll post more information as it becomes available.
• Ash Ashutosh: Partner, Greylock Partners
Ash is a venture capitalist at Greylock Partners. While being a recognized leader in the storage industry, Ash’s areas of interests include semiconductors, systems, storage, software and utility and cloud computing. As a serial entrepreneur, Ash has over two decades of operational and strategy experience in founding, building and advising companies. Ash was the founder of three companies in technologies ranging from semiconductors, systems and enterprise software, each of which led their respective markets and had successful exits. He also worked for and has been a member of the board or the advisory board of several large and small technology companies. Prior to joining Greylock, Ash was Vice President and the Chief Technologist at the storage business unit at HP, responsible for strategy and development of next-generation data center technologies. He joined HP as a result of the acquisition of AppIQ, a company he founded in 2001 that became a leader in standards-built Storage Resource Management (SRM) software. Ash currently serves on the board of Delphix, a company developing radically innovative database management solutions. He is also a charter member of TiE Boston. Ash holds a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering and a Masters degree in Computer Science from Penn State University.
• Rajesh Nair: Founder and Chairman, Degree C Controls
Rajesh Nair is the President, CEO and co-founder of Degree Controls, Inc. He bootstrapped DegreeC with $60,000 in 1997. Under his leadership DegreeC grew to a $13.5 million company in five years without any external funding. He has been involved with thermal management designs, products and services for the past 12 years. Rajesh has several patents in thermal sensing and control design. He was recognized as the Entrepreneur of the Year, 2001 by the New Hampshire High Tech Council. Ernst and Young selected Rajesh as one of the Finalists for the Entrepreneur of the Year, New England in 2002. Rajesh has a BS in Physics from Kerela University; BS in EE, and MS in Electronic Design from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India; and an MS in Manufacturing Engineering, U Mass, Amherst
Friday, October 3, 2008
Meet the TYE Leaders: Co-Chair Backgrounds
A few of the students and parents have asked us about our backgrounds, so we thought we would post some information here. Please let us know if you have any questions or thoughts.
• Curriculum: Hooman Hodjat
A proven leader in execution of strategic initiatives, Hooman’s goal is to build his own enterprise, creating value by leveraging technology to address a market opportunity. He is currently doing so at his startup iRelai, a startup focused on the last mile of e-commerce. After completing his MBA at Babson, he combined knowledge and experience in business and technology as the director of IT for an international sporting goods retailer and manufacturer. There, he successfully implemented strategic and operational initiatives to support the profitability and expansion of the business. Hooman’s career background includes Senior Technology Management, Project Leadership, Management Consulting, Technical and Product Marketing, and Software Engineering. In addition to spending time with his wife and baby girl, Hooman enjoys playing soccer, golf and has passion for martial arts and skiing.
• Curriculum: Pat Noonan
Pat Noonan is an Associate at Commonwealth Capital Ventures, a leading early stage venture capital firm based out of Boston. Prior to joining Commonwealth, Pat worked for the strategy arm of Capgemini, a global management consultancy. Based first in the firm’s Cambridge, MA offices and later in its London, UK offices, he advised start-ups and Fortune 500 companies in the telecom, media, and entertainment industries. Pat graduated from Harvard University, where he serves as Second Class Marshal (Vice President) of the Class of 2003. He is a graduate of the TiE Young Leaders Program and is an active member of TiE, where he manages the Entrepreneur Forum at TiECON East.
• Finance: Geetha Ramamurthy
Geetha Ramamurthy is the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development of Venus Capital. Ms. Ramamurthy is a seasoned management executive, innovative leader and motivator. She has built a global network comprised of successful entrepreneurs, leaders and corporate executives. Prior to joining Venus Capital Management, Ms. Ramamurthy was the Executive Director of the Boston chapter of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs). As key member of the leadership team, Ms. Ramamurthy has developed TiE-Boston into the second largest chapter globally and the leading entrepreneurship organization in the Northeast. She was responsible for developing and managing sponsorship, membership, events and education programs, and provide oversight and supervise staff and volunteers. In 10 years the membership grew to 800 members and events to over 60 annually, including the flagship annual TiECON and thematic workshops relevant to current sectors like Cleantech and Lifesciences. Ms Ramamurthy was instrumental in establishing several best practices and new initiatives like TiE Women’s Initiative, Alliance Partner program and the TiE Young Entrepreneurs (TYE). TYE has received the Global award as the unique education program and has received national media recognition. In addition, she plays a pivotal role in the TiE India Connect program, which promotes the direct partnership with participating chapters and entrepreneurs in India. Ms. Ramamurthy founded Legends n Leaders, a platform for global leaders to network, empower, inspire and share ideas. Also, she founded G. Ram, Inc. an accounting and tax services and business advisory firm and co-founded Palsan Business Solutions a business support services company. She is the Managing Director of Carmine Leo Associates, a leadership development firm and director of the board of Trax, a banking services company. She serves as chairman of the board of MITHAS (MIT Heritage of Arts of South Asia) and as the advisor to several startup companies. She began her career as Medical Technologist at Children’s Hospital, Boston, where she played numerous leadership roles.
• Finance: Praveen Sahay
Praveen joined VIMAC in 2003 through the prestigious Kauffman Fellows Program—a program designed to select, educate and train future leaders in the venture capital industry. Praveen brings 13 years of eclectic experience to the firm, including 3 years of venture experience. Prior to the fellowship, he was an Associate at Updata Venture Partners, an early-stage investor in IT and communications startups in Northern Virginia. He has also served as a Strategy Consultant to technology corporations and private equity investors during his tenure at Dean & Company. Prior to his venture career, Praveen managed retail operations for a mutual fund company, explored for oil and gas deposits in the Arabian Sea, and helped build quantitative tools to optimize equity portfolios. While serving as a Deputy Commandant, he led armed troops in situations involving threat to national security in India. He was also the National Elections Coordinator (CIVPOL) at the United Nations Operation in Mozambique where he played a key role in the country’s transition to democracy. More recently, he served in the management team of iCode, an early stage enterprise software company in Virginia still operating and growing successfully. Praveen has an MBA from the University of Chicago and an MS in Nuclear Physics and BS in Physics from St. Stephen's College in New Delhi.
• Operations: Mona Chopra
Mona Chopra is Vice President at Bank of America’s Global Wealth and Investment Management group. She is an entrepreneurial executive and has worked with technology firms such as Keane, Sapient and Segway in various management roles. In each of her roles she had opportunities to manage, lead and/or support innovative product launches. Among all, the launch of Segway HT remains her personal favorite where she worked with the inventor Dean Kamen in marketing the product to college campuses and universities and international markets. Mona also co-founded Ferns N’ Petals, a retail floral boutique in India which she sold to her client prior to coming to the U.S. Mona is actively involved with the Bank’s Diversity Network and Asian Leadership Group. She co-chair’s the TYE (The Young Entrepreneur’s) program that prepares high school kids to create a winning business plan and compete in the Business Plan competition. Mona holds an M.B.A. from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College in Wellesley, and a MS in Economics from India. She currently lives in Wellesley and enjoys visiting museums, collecting art and promoting the indigenous arts and crafts from India.
• Operations: Ron Beraha
Ron has over 25 years of national and international management, process, optimization, education and integration experience with Sun Microsystems, Pioneer Investments Group, Liberty Mutual group, Fidelity Investments and Digital Equipment Corporation as well as a variety of start-up companies. Ron earned his Masters Certificate in Industrial Sciences and Economics from the Weitzman Institute at the Jazrael Valley, Israel and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University. Ron is a member of the MVVF Board at Umass Lowell and is also on the Board of NECC School of Entrepreneurship and the Chairman of the TYE Mentorship SIG and the Merrimack Valley High Tech Council. He is a member of TIE-Boston and NECINA. Ron has co-founded and sold MMM, a media company in the 80s. He helped raise funds for JGR Engineering in the mid 90s and founded, raised capital and sold Horizon Translations in the late 90s and Moon's Tail Enterprises in 2001. Recently Ron has been a co-founder of BridgeGao Strategic Services.
• Technology: Rajeev Arora
Rajeev is a technically accomplished and entrepreneurial-spirited management professional from CCR Pyramid. He has eight+ yearsof hands-on IS and IT expertise including three years of IT management and offshore management experience. He has a track record of success in deploying solutions that increase operational efficiency and ensure optimal interface/experience. He is a graduate of the Wentworth Institute of Technology.
• Curriculum: Hooman Hodjat
A proven leader in execution of strategic initiatives, Hooman’s goal is to build his own enterprise, creating value by leveraging technology to address a market opportunity. He is currently doing so at his startup iRelai, a startup focused on the last mile of e-commerce. After completing his MBA at Babson, he combined knowledge and experience in business and technology as the director of IT for an international sporting goods retailer and manufacturer. There, he successfully implemented strategic and operational initiatives to support the profitability and expansion of the business. Hooman’s career background includes Senior Technology Management, Project Leadership, Management Consulting, Technical and Product Marketing, and Software Engineering. In addition to spending time with his wife and baby girl, Hooman enjoys playing soccer, golf and has passion for martial arts and skiing.• Curriculum: Pat Noonan
Pat Noonan is an Associate at Commonwealth Capital Ventures, a leading early stage venture capital firm based out of Boston. Prior to joining Commonwealth, Pat worked for the strategy arm of Capgemini, a global management consultancy. Based first in the firm’s Cambridge, MA offices and later in its London, UK offices, he advised start-ups and Fortune 500 companies in the telecom, media, and entertainment industries. Pat graduated from Harvard University, where he serves as Second Class Marshal (Vice President) of the Class of 2003. He is a graduate of the TiE Young Leaders Program and is an active member of TiE, where he manages the Entrepreneur Forum at TiECON East.• Finance: Geetha Ramamurthy
Geetha Ramamurthy is the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development of Venus Capital. Ms. Ramamurthy is a seasoned management executive, innovative leader and motivator. She has built a global network comprised of successful entrepreneurs, leaders and corporate executives. Prior to joining Venus Capital Management, Ms. Ramamurthy was the Executive Director of the Boston chapter of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs). As key member of the leadership team, Ms. Ramamurthy has developed TiE-Boston into the second largest chapter globally and the leading entrepreneurship organization in the Northeast. She was responsible for developing and managing sponsorship, membership, events and education programs, and provide oversight and supervise staff and volunteers. In 10 years the membership grew to 800 members and events to over 60 annually, including the flagship annual TiECON and thematic workshops relevant to current sectors like Cleantech and Lifesciences. Ms Ramamurthy was instrumental in establishing several best practices and new initiatives like TiE Women’s Initiative, Alliance Partner program and the TiE Young Entrepreneurs (TYE). TYE has received the Global award as the unique education program and has received national media recognition. In addition, she plays a pivotal role in the TiE India Connect program, which promotes the direct partnership with participating chapters and entrepreneurs in India. Ms. Ramamurthy founded Legends n Leaders, a platform for global leaders to network, empower, inspire and share ideas. Also, she founded G. Ram, Inc. an accounting and tax services and business advisory firm and co-founded Palsan Business Solutions a business support services company. She is the Managing Director of Carmine Leo Associates, a leadership development firm and director of the board of Trax, a banking services company. She serves as chairman of the board of MITHAS (MIT Heritage of Arts of South Asia) and as the advisor to several startup companies. She began her career as Medical Technologist at Children’s Hospital, Boston, where she played numerous leadership roles.• Finance: Praveen Sahay
Praveen joined VIMAC in 2003 through the prestigious Kauffman Fellows Program—a program designed to select, educate and train future leaders in the venture capital industry. Praveen brings 13 years of eclectic experience to the firm, including 3 years of venture experience. Prior to the fellowship, he was an Associate at Updata Venture Partners, an early-stage investor in IT and communications startups in Northern Virginia. He has also served as a Strategy Consultant to technology corporations and private equity investors during his tenure at Dean & Company. Prior to his venture career, Praveen managed retail operations for a mutual fund company, explored for oil and gas deposits in the Arabian Sea, and helped build quantitative tools to optimize equity portfolios. While serving as a Deputy Commandant, he led armed troops in situations involving threat to national security in India. He was also the National Elections Coordinator (CIVPOL) at the United Nations Operation in Mozambique where he played a key role in the country’s transition to democracy. More recently, he served in the management team of iCode, an early stage enterprise software company in Virginia still operating and growing successfully. Praveen has an MBA from the University of Chicago and an MS in Nuclear Physics and BS in Physics from St. Stephen's College in New Delhi.• Operations: Mona Chopra
Mona Chopra is Vice President at Bank of America’s Global Wealth and Investment Management group. She is an entrepreneurial executive and has worked with technology firms such as Keane, Sapient and Segway in various management roles. In each of her roles she had opportunities to manage, lead and/or support innovative product launches. Among all, the launch of Segway HT remains her personal favorite where she worked with the inventor Dean Kamen in marketing the product to college campuses and universities and international markets. Mona also co-founded Ferns N’ Petals, a retail floral boutique in India which she sold to her client prior to coming to the U.S. Mona is actively involved with the Bank’s Diversity Network and Asian Leadership Group. She co-chair’s the TYE (The Young Entrepreneur’s) program that prepares high school kids to create a winning business plan and compete in the Business Plan competition. Mona holds an M.B.A. from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College in Wellesley, and a MS in Economics from India. She currently lives in Wellesley and enjoys visiting museums, collecting art and promoting the indigenous arts and crafts from India.• Operations: Ron Beraha
Ron has over 25 years of national and international management, process, optimization, education and integration experience with Sun Microsystems, Pioneer Investments Group, Liberty Mutual group, Fidelity Investments and Digital Equipment Corporation as well as a variety of start-up companies. Ron earned his Masters Certificate in Industrial Sciences and Economics from the Weitzman Institute at the Jazrael Valley, Israel and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University. Ron is a member of the MVVF Board at Umass Lowell and is also on the Board of NECC School of Entrepreneurship and the Chairman of the TYE Mentorship SIG and the Merrimack Valley High Tech Council. He is a member of TIE-Boston and NECINA. Ron has co-founded and sold MMM, a media company in the 80s. He helped raise funds for JGR Engineering in the mid 90s and founded, raised capital and sold Horizon Translations in the late 90s and Moon's Tail Enterprises in 2001. Recently Ron has been a co-founder of BridgeGao Strategic Services.• Technology: Rajeev Arora
Rajeev is a technically accomplished and entrepreneurial-spirited management professional from CCR Pyramid. He has eight+ yearsof hands-on IS and IT expertise including three years of IT management and offshore management experience. He has a track record of success in deploying solutions that increase operational efficiency and ensure optimal interface/experience. He is a graduate of the Wentworth Institute of Technology.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
TYE Launch Event Recap... What a Night!
Thanks to the 75+ attendees who showed up last night: it was a fantastic showing from a phenomenal crowd. Throughout the day, we'll post a full recap of the event. We promised you that we would post materials and pictures on the blog, so let us know if you have any trouble accessing the content once it is posted.
Below is the introductory presentation. As you may remember, Rajeev gave us a great overview and background into the program. Feel free to email any one of the co-chairs to get more information.
In case you didn't receive a handout, we have provided a digital copy of the brochure below. Most of this information can be found throughout the blog, but please let us know if you have any questions.
As you know, we also heard from the founder of Paragon Lake, a Massachusetts-based startup focusing on the custom jewelry market. Imagine if you could design your own ring and view a 3D model before buying it. Now you can! Check out the 3D model YouTube video below for a sample demonstration of what Paragon Lake wants to bring to customers.
Matt also offered us an interesting story about entrepreneurship. Three men are sitting on a bench and a fly lands on each of their shoulders. They all react differently. The first waves it away, the second brushes it off, and the third eats it...! Another fly comes along, but this time the entrepreneur of the group snags the fly and offers to sell it to the one who previously ate the other one. The point of the story: an entrepreneurs finds opportunity in every situation.
Here is another video of the Paragon Lake virtual showcase:
Below is the introductory presentation. As you may remember, Rajeev gave us a great overview and background into the program. Feel free to email any one of the co-chairs to get more information.
In case you didn't receive a handout, we have provided a digital copy of the brochure below. Most of this information can be found throughout the blog, but please let us know if you have any questions.
As you know, we also heard from the founder of Paragon Lake, a Massachusetts-based startup focusing on the custom jewelry market. Imagine if you could design your own ring and view a 3D model before buying it. Now you can! Check out the 3D model YouTube video below for a sample demonstration of what Paragon Lake wants to bring to customers.
Matt also offered us an interesting story about entrepreneurship. Three men are sitting on a bench and a fly lands on each of their shoulders. They all react differently. The first waves it away, the second brushes it off, and the third eats it...! Another fly comes along, but this time the entrepreneur of the group snags the fly and offers to sell it to the one who previously ate the other one. The point of the story: an entrepreneurs finds opportunity in every situation.
Here is another video of the Paragon Lake virtual showcase:
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
TiE-Boston presents...TYE Launch Event Dinner October 1
It's time again for Young Entrepreneurs to show the stuff they're made of! $10K Business Plan Competition for TiE Young Entrepreneurs.
Join us on October 1st to get a taste of what our young entrepreneurs will experience over the duration of the program. The launch event is open to everyone, including parents, friends and family. Our speakers for the evening include Matt Lauzon, Founder, Paragon Lake. A young entrepreneur himself, he started this business while still in college. Paragon Lake is a trusted source for the custom jewelry design of unique engagement rings, unique wedding rings, and more. Our 2nd speaker is Tara Mitchell, Partner, WAVE Capital Partners . Tara will talk about the importance of venture capital in entrepreneurship.
Join us on October 1st to get a taste of what our young entrepreneurs will experience over the duration of the program. The launch event is open to everyone, including parents, friends and family. Our speakers for the evening include Matt Lauzon, Founder, Paragon Lake. A young entrepreneur himself, he started this business while still in college. Paragon Lake is a trusted source for the custom jewelry design of unique engagement rings, unique wedding rings, and more. Our 2nd speaker is Tara Mitchell, Partner, WAVE Capital Partners . Tara will talk about the importance of venture capital in entrepreneurship.
Come and experience what a TYE class looks like before you sign up. So far, 3 teams have won the 10k Prize Money. This year, it could be you! The team with the best idea and presentation wins. The prize will be awarded at the 2009 annual conference called TiECON East. To attend the session on October 1 OR To enroll in the TYE session 2008-09 and participate in the 10K Business Plan Competition just RSVP to suneha@tie-boston.org.
TYE Launch is Almost Here...
We are set to launch this year's new TYE class tomorrow, October 1st. Are YOU ready? The event will take place from 6:30 to 9:30 PM at Reservoir Woods, 930 Winter Street, Waltham, MA.
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We have some excellent speakers who will help us kick off this year's events. We have included their bios below. Think about some questions that you might want to ask them!
Matt Lauzon, Co-Founder and CEO:
Matt Lauzon founded Paragon Lake in 2006 as a student at Babson College. Lauzon enrolled at Babson because of its reputation as the number one school in the world for entrepreneurship education and leveraged all the college had to offer while exploring various business opportunities. Paragon Lake was born when Lauzon and a fellow student uncovered a niche in the jewelry industry at the intersection of e-commerce and mass customization. Serving as co-founder and CEO, Lauzon took Paragon Lake from an idea incubating in a Babson dormitory to become an institutionally funded company in just two years.
Lauzon created a leadership team that includes industry veterans from both the software and jewelry spaces and built a national network of independent jewelers that use Paragon Lake’s proprietary platform to drive made-to-order sales in their stores. In addition to building the team and driving growth, Lauzon led the company through two rounds of institutional funding totaling over $6M in financing from Highland Capital Partners and Canaan Partners.
Lauzon earned a B.S. in Business Management from Babson College where he was an Arthur M. Blank Scholar. At Babson, he was named one of “America’s Top Entrepreneurs Under the Age of 25” by BusinessWeek, was the winner of the John H. Muller Jr. Business Plan Competition, and was awarded the Shelby Cullom Davis prize for social entrepreneurship.
Tarra Mitchell, Founder & Managing Director, WAVE Capital Partners
Ms. Mitchell directs WAVE’s strategic planning and management of the Partnership. She is responsible for building and managing the firm’s execution strategy & platform; securing equity, debt & project financing for portfolio companies; and negotiating terms of sale including public offerings. An important component of her value will involve looking across the portfolio and understanding what is happening, maximizing efficiency, with a view towards getting to a liquidity event quickly.
Ms. Mitchell’s accomplishments include creating scaleable business platforms, which maximize efficiency and improve returns. She’s done this repeatedly in prior work environments including marketing & sales, relationship management, and eBusiness. Prior to founding WAVE she created a professional platform for Landmark Partners (www.landmarkpartners.com), a private equity firm founded in 1999, which expanded assets under management from $3.5 to $7.5bn during her 6.5 year tenure. For Landmark, Ms. Mitchell directed fundraisings of over $2 billion and sourced several hundred million in transactions. She also spearheaded Landmark’s entry into Asia forging a joint venture in Korea and developed new business relationships in Japan, South Korea, and Hong Kong.
Prior to her career in private equity, she was a management consultant to large financial services clients including J.P. Morgan and The Hartford through her employment with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Wheelhouse. Ms. Mitchell created international market entry strategies for small businesses for the Export Consortium during business school, was an equity analyst for Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt. Prior to business school, Ms. Mitchell served as account manager to global consumer products goods manufacturers for an organization called MMI that provided analytical tools, services, and data.
Ms. Mitchell has an MBA in International Business from the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina and a BS concentrating in International Business from The Pennsylvania State University where she graduated cuma sum laude. She also serves on the board of directors of the Women’s Association of Venture and Equity (www.women-wave.org), the only national organization dedicated to the development of women in the field of private equity and venture capital and an advisory board member of NetageSolutions (www.netagesolutions.com).
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We have some excellent speakers who will help us kick off this year's events. We have included their bios below. Think about some questions that you might want to ask them!
Matt Lauzon, Co-Founder and CEO:
Matt Lauzon founded Paragon Lake in 2006 as a student at Babson College. Lauzon enrolled at Babson because of its reputation as the number one school in the world for entrepreneurship education and leveraged all the college had to offer while exploring various business opportunities. Paragon Lake was born when Lauzon and a fellow student uncovered a niche in the jewelry industry at the intersection of e-commerce and mass customization. Serving as co-founder and CEO, Lauzon took Paragon Lake from an idea incubating in a Babson dormitory to become an institutionally funded company in just two years.
Lauzon created a leadership team that includes industry veterans from both the software and jewelry spaces and built a national network of independent jewelers that use Paragon Lake’s proprietary platform to drive made-to-order sales in their stores. In addition to building the team and driving growth, Lauzon led the company through two rounds of institutional funding totaling over $6M in financing from Highland Capital Partners and Canaan Partners.
Lauzon earned a B.S. in Business Management from Babson College where he was an Arthur M. Blank Scholar. At Babson, he was named one of “America’s Top Entrepreneurs Under the Age of 25” by BusinessWeek, was the winner of the John H. Muller Jr. Business Plan Competition, and was awarded the Shelby Cullom Davis prize for social entrepreneurship.
Tarra Mitchell, Founder & Managing Director, WAVE Capital Partners
Ms. Mitchell directs WAVE’s strategic planning and management of the Partnership. She is responsible for building and managing the firm’s execution strategy & platform; securing equity, debt & project financing for portfolio companies; and negotiating terms of sale including public offerings. An important component of her value will involve looking across the portfolio and understanding what is happening, maximizing efficiency, with a view towards getting to a liquidity event quickly.
Ms. Mitchell’s accomplishments include creating scaleable business platforms, which maximize efficiency and improve returns. She’s done this repeatedly in prior work environments including marketing & sales, relationship management, and eBusiness. Prior to founding WAVE she created a professional platform for Landmark Partners (www.landmarkpartners.com), a private equity firm founded in 1999, which expanded assets under management from $3.5 to $7.5bn during her 6.5 year tenure. For Landmark, Ms. Mitchell directed fundraisings of over $2 billion and sourced several hundred million in transactions. She also spearheaded Landmark’s entry into Asia forging a joint venture in Korea and developed new business relationships in Japan, South Korea, and Hong Kong.
Prior to her career in private equity, she was a management consultant to large financial services clients including J.P. Morgan and The Hartford through her employment with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Wheelhouse. Ms. Mitchell created international market entry strategies for small businesses for the Export Consortium during business school, was an equity analyst for Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt. Prior to business school, Ms. Mitchell served as account manager to global consumer products goods manufacturers for an organization called MMI that provided analytical tools, services, and data.
Ms. Mitchell has an MBA in International Business from the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina and a BS concentrating in International Business from The Pennsylvania State University where she graduated cuma sum laude. She also serves on the board of directors of the Women’s Association of Venture and Equity (www.women-wave.org), the only national organization dedicated to the development of women in the field of private equity and venture capital and an advisory board member of NetageSolutions (www.netagesolutions.com).
How to Write a Business Plan: In Case You Want a Head Start!
Over the course of the semester, your co-chairs will provide you with lots of resources. You don't have to read ALL of them, but we promise that everything we post will be useful. Any questions, feel free to ask.
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