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MIT Sloan Tech Conference 

Join us on Saturday, February 23, 2013 at the MIT Media Lab for the second annual Sloan Tech Conference. This year’s conference – “Democratizing Innovation” -  is about how you, the tech user, contribute to the process of creating new ideas and productsbased on your experiences, behaviors, and interactions.

Register now as seats are filling up fast – http://mitsloantechconference.eventbrite.com. Keep up with the latest speaker and conference news at http://conference.mitsloantech.com

Hear from thought leaders in the Social Media, Mobile, Media and Entertainment industries on how you, the consumer, are driving both product and business innovation.  Don’t miss out on the amazing keynote speakers:

Peter Coffee, Head of Platform Research of Salesforce.com

Charles Philips, CEO of Infor and former President of Oracle Corporation

Walt Doyle, GM of PayPal

This year the conference will include outstanding speakers from leading companies including Spotify, Facebook, Microsoft, Venmo, Warner Music, ESPN, LevelUp, NBC, Google and more.

Location: Aldrich 7

Time: 3:30-4:15, Tuesday February 5th

Attendance: all 1st and 2nd year students are invited

Speaker: Oliver Samwer, Rocket founder

Description

Rocket Internet is the largest, fastest and most successful international online venture builder, that currently controls 60 companies.

We invite all students from 1st and 2nd year to come and learn about Rocket Internet directly from our founder, Oliver Samwer (recognized by Forbes as one of the top 12 global entrepreneurs to watch).

Launched in Berlin and now present in all regions of the world, our primary focus is on building proven, transaction-based business models in the online and mobile space.

Rocket is much more than a venture capital firm or an incubator. We bring together all key elements required to create great companies: team, concept, technology, and capital. We are 100 percent operationally involved in building our ventures and cover all critical functions with our expert teams. They work together seamlessly in order to ensure that best practices are implemented in all key areas.

These teams include: Engineering and Product Development, Online Marketing, CRM, Business Intelligence, Operations, HR, and Finance. In addition, we have a global mobile task force of top entrepreneurial talents that brings expertise and speed to all our markets.

We are passionate entrepreneurs and focus on performance. We understand that success is a result of hard work. We want to learn every day and share our knowledge with each other. We focus on the details and always try to solve problems ourselves.

We want to be selfless and pragmatic and have no time for politics. We believe that anything is possible. We move as fast as we can and take risks. We like to get and give autonomy and responsibility. We are flexible and tolerant towards ambiguity and uncertainty.

This semester, the TechMedia club is hosting coffee chats to give you a chance to learn about awesome companies and exciting tech trends from other HBS students. Our first coffee chat is Getting Hired and Working at Google, and is coming up this Thursday, February 7th from 3-5pm in Spangler Grille Games Room. We will be featuring several former Google employees (full time and interns) who will be around to discuss what it’s like to work at Google, the interview process, and the future outlook of the company. Free coffee, tea and cookies will be provided, but space is very limited! If you are interested in attending, please email Veronica Pinchin ([email protected]) to reserve your place – spots will be granted on a first-come, first-serve basis. With Google summer recruiting just around the corner, this is the perfect time to get smart on Google!

Meet with an Entrepreneur-in-Residence

The Rock Center oversees an Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) program in which accomplished entrepreneurs spend a semester or year at the Rock Center. This year we have 17 fantastic EiR who are available to meet with you on a wide range of subjects. Topics range from helping you to vet a specific business idea to chatting more generally about career advice – and everything in between! Sign-up on the EiR ShareSite: https://inside.hbs.edu/sites/adhocshare/HBS/RockCenterEiR/default.aspx

WEEK OF 2/4

Dayna Grayson (MBA 2006)

February 5, 10-3:00

Dayna is a partner with the venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA), specializing in consumer internet and services.

Eric Paley (MBA 2003)

February 5, 1:00-5:00

Eric is a Managing Partner at Founder Collective, an early stage venture capital fund started by a team of entrepreneurs. Previously, Eric was the CEO and a co-founder of Brontes Technologies.

Steve Halmos (MBA 1972)

February 7, 12-5:00

Steve has extensive experience in the financial services industry.

Chuck Davis (MBA 1986)

February 7, 12-5:00

Chuck has experience in the online media space. Having served as CEO of Fandango.

David Hornik

February 7, 12-5:00

A venture capitalist at August Capital, David invests broadly in IT companies. He focuses on enterprise application and infrastructure software, as well as consumer facing software and services.

Steve Halmos (MBA 1972)

February 8, 10-4:00

Steve has extensive experience in the financial services industry.

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WEEK OF 2/11

Lauri Union (MBA 1992)

February 11, 12-5:00

Lauri specializes in turnarounds, running and growing small businesses, creating barriers to entry where none naturally exist, family business, women in traditional male dominated industries, balancing business and family, doing business with mass retailers, building materials industry, successfully growing traditional non-high tech manufacturing businesses, business search.

Kent Dauten (MBA 1979)

February 12, 12-5:00

After an early career with a private equity firm, Kent has built a significant conglomerate via a large number of acquisitions, including businesses in medical records management, hospitals and bakeries.

Terry Kramer (MBA 1986)

February 13 and 14, 12-5:00

Terry was a senior executive with Vodafone, the European mobile telecom provider. He has experience in data infrastructure, mobile gaming and customer analytic solutions.

Gwill York (MBA 1984)

February 14, 12-5:00

Gwill is Founder and Managing Director of Lighthouse Capital Partners. Focused exclusively on venture lending for the past 22 years, she directs the firm’s East Coast investment activities and national Life Science investment activities.

Steve Sydness (MBA 1981)

February 14, 12:15-1:15 (LUNCH); 1:30-5:00 (1:1s)

After spending his early career in consulting, Steve help build two market leading companies, the first, Great Plains Software, is the world’s largest provider of mid-market financial management software, the other, The Endurance International Group, is the largest provider of online services to small and medium businesses.

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WEEK OF 2/18

Ray Rothrock (MBA 1988)

February 19 and 20, 12-5:00

Ray has been with the venture capital firm Venrock Associates for 24 years, where he invests in software and energy.

Russ Wilcox (MBA 1995)

February 21, 12-5:00

Russ recently stepped down from running E Ink, the company behind the display technology used in the Kindle and other e-readers.

MIT Sloan Tech Conference, Feb. 23, 2013– Limited Early Bird Tickets Discount!!!

Join us on Saturday, February 23, 2013 at the MIT Media Lab for the second annual Sloan Tech Conference. This year’s conference – “Democratizing Innovation” -  is about how you, the tech user, contribute to the process of creating new ideas and products based on your experiences, behaviors, and interactions.

Hear from thought leaders in the Social Media, Mobile, Media and Entertainment industries on how you, the consumer, are driving both product and business innovation.

Don’t miss out on the amazing keynote speakers - Walt Doyle, GM of PayPal, Peter Coffee, Head of Platform Research as well as CTO for salesforce.com’s Automotive Industry and Charles Philips, CEO of Infor and former President of Oracle Corporation.

This year the conference will include outstanding speakers from leading companies including Spotify, Microsoft, Facebook, Venmo, Warner Music, ESPN, LevelUp, NBC, Google and more.

Register now to get a special early bird discount! – http://mitsloantechconference.eventbrite.com

Keep up with the latest speaker and conference news at http://conference.mitsloantech.com/

Facebook’s HBS Deadline for MBA internships is on Tuesday, January 22nd. Please apply to Facebook on the HBS site as well as via the Facebook website.  All of their MBA Summer Internships can be found under Facebook Careers Page under University section, all roles are titled “University Business Intern- …..” , the link is:

https://www.facebook.com/careers/university

They added two new roles last week, I.E. University Business Intern: Product Marketing, Advertising and Monetization and University Business Intern: Creative Social Media Strategist (New York).

Students are allowed to apply to three positions that spark their personal interest, which they highly encourage. Please contact Heather Albright with questions at [email protected].