Innovative venture capitalist/entrepreneur who won a Booth New Venture Challenge coveres the ins and out of early stage businesses and how to realize their potential opportunities
Where
National Louis University
Room 310
850 Warrenville Rd
Lisle, Illinois
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Event Details
Successful new ventures need to resolve an enduring paradox. Charting a creative solution that writes its unique, unprecedented rules confers maximum competitive leverage. But effective execution to achieve that is imperative, for which there is no substitute for applicable experience.
Our speaker through his distinctive career experiences has excelled at bridging that gap between strategy, resources, and implementation across a variety of technologically flavored, early stage enterprises. He will speak with authority both on what makes an attractive scalable investment and how to manage daily operational issues to navigate the path to rapid growth and long term profitability.
Cost
Entrepreneurial Roundtable Member $15.00
Fee as of 8/7/2019 $20.00
Member Guest $15.00
Fee as of 8/7/2019 $20.00
Chicago Booth Alumni $15.00
Fee as of 8/7/2019 $20.00
General Public $20.00
Fee as of 8/7/2019 $25.00
Registration
Register Online
Payment In Advance Only
No credit cards at the door, only cash and checks.
• Dress is business casual.
• Cancellation Policy: If you need to cancel, must do so by Wednesday, August 7. There is a no refund policy for late cancellation attempts or for no shows.
Registration cancellations will be accepted until Thursday, August 08, 2019 at 12:00 AM
Deadline: 8/12/2019
Speaker Profiles
Imran Ahmad (Speaker) '12
Principal, OCA Ventures
https://www.ocaventures.com/
Imran has over a decade's experience financing, investing, founding and managing early stage tech and middle market companies. Prior to his current financial role as a venture capitalist, he worked in analytical and investment capacities at PayPal Mobile, JMH Capital and William Blair. As an entrepreneur, he also now handles C-suite responsibilities for Health iPASS and founded both MouseHouse and Edit Huddle. MouseHouse, a mobile platform for life science animal research management, was the winner of the Booth 2012 New Venture Challenge. He is also active in community service, having mentored inner city students for the Our Kids, Our Future project in Chicago. Imran's higher education has been entirely at U Chicago, earning his BA in Economics and MBA in Entrepreneurship and Management.
Questions
Greg Gocek, '85
Booth ER Chairman
Other Information
Pre-event networking with light refreshments in main floor lobby followed by presentation in third floor class room. Copy of presentation material posted online on ER website after the event. Please sign as an ER member, or join if you are not (no charge) prior to registering for event so that you also can receive future notices from ER directly about our upcoming activities.