Friday, April 3, 2009
Jessica Jackley Flannery, Co-Founder of Kiva
8:00am-8:45am
Worrell Building, Room 1117
Babcock Graduate School of Management
Kiva is a person-to-person micro-lending website. They work with microfinance organizations around the world who in turn lend money to small businesses. Kiva allows you to lend to a specific entrepreneur in the developing world.
For more information about the Kiva organization: http://www.kiva.org/ If you have any questions about Kiva or the event, please contact Allison Kretovic (
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Tim Westergren, Founder of PANDORA®
"The Music Industry: Entrepreneurial Opportunities"
4:30pm-5:30pm
Kirby Hall, Room B02
Tim Westergren founded PANDORA ® (www.pandora.com), a free, personalized internet radio service, in January 2000 and now serves as its Chief Strategy Officer. Westergren is an award-winning composer, an accomplished musician, and a record producer with 20 years of experience in the music industry.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Fourth Annual Excellence in Entrepreneurship Awards Banquet
6:00pm -- Magnolia Room
For the past three years, we have recognized student, faculty, and staff achievement in entrepreneurship in a number of different categories including on-line, social, artistic, commercial, etc. Students, faculty and staff who have exhibited extraordinary achievements in entrepreneurship over the past year will be recognized -- the Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award will be presented to an outstanding individual in recognition of demonstrated entrepreneurial spirit, creativity, achievement, and social responsibility -- AND it is the inaugural year of The Hobbs Award for Entrepreneurial Achievement.
This year, in addition to our annual Excellence in Entrepreneurship recognition awards, we will present the Hobbs Award for Entrepreneurial Achievement for the first time. This monetary award is made possible thanks to the generous contribution of the Russell D. and Elfriede Hobbs Fund for Entrepreneurship and Liberal Arts. Two $2500 awards will be presented to acknowledge a particularly exceptional dedication to entrepreneurship. One award honors the most outstanding and innovative Wake Forest Student Entrepreneurship Venture (individual or team). The second award honors a Wake Forest Faculty Member or team who has made an outstanding contribution to the study and/or practice of entrepreneurship, either through exceptional support of the Entrepreneurship and Liberal Arts program or through the creation and continuation of a unique and innovative entrepreneurial venture.
Due to the financial component of the award, the application for the Hobbs Award is more extensive than the nomination process for the annual recognition awards. Self-nominated applicants will be accepted.
You can download the Student and Faculty Guidelines for the Hobbs Award below:
Hobbs Award Student Application Guidelines
Hobbs Award Application Guidelines for Faculty Support of the Entrepreneurship Program
Hobbs Award Application Guidelines for a Faculty Venture
You can download the Nomination Forms for the Excellence in Entrepreneurship Awards below:
Excellence in Entrepreneurship Nomination Forms
A limited number of tickets will be reserved for ESE minors. Please see Lisa Burton in the Office of Entrepreneurship and Liberal Arts for a FREE ticket.
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