Business

Get hands-on advice from experts in breakout discussions, apply for the chance to meet purchasing representatives from local large business and end the day at #Failfest where you can enjoy a beer and hear from successful entrepreneurs about their past failures and lessons learned.

Thursday, May 512:30–8pm

Track Day Events

Lunch&Learn: Workshop Your Business
In these hands-on, interactive workshops, learn from professionals how to better your business with feedback that is specific to you. Get help with the formal language of your business plan. Receive real time feedback on your VC pitch, before you're in front of potential investors. Create a solid marketing statement and brand for your particular product, service, etc…and more!

Thursday, May 5, 12:30pm–4:00pm
Technical.ly Introduced: A curated B2B event
There are a surplus of opportunities in Philadelphia to meet local startups. The real challenge for some of these successful entrepreneurs is meeting their next client, the decision makers at large corporations. Join us and get the opportunity to meet some of these large businesses and pitch your product or service to members of their purchasing departments.

Thursday, May 5, 4:00pm–6:00pm
#Failfest
In this off-the-cuff, unfiltered and unapologetic event, hear from a variety of speakers as they share stories of their past failure(s) and what they've learned along the way. Sometimes it takes a lot of failed attempts before you get to that one-in-a-million idea that will launch you to success.

Thursday, May 5, 6:00pm–8:00pm

Speakers

Jeffrey Bodle
Jeffrey P. Bodle counsels emerging businesses and other innovative high-growth companies at every stage of their business lifecycle—including in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), angel and venture capital financings, IPOs, securities offerings and compliance, corporate partnering, joint ventures,…
@jeffbodle
Lysa Dahlin
Lysa leads the design and implementation of people strategies for Comcast’s global Engineering & Platform Services division. As different delivery platforms, customer expectations and content distribution models evolve, EPS develops forward-thinking technology to support the competitiveness of…
@JustLD
Shannon Migdal
Shannon Migdal is the Director of Marketing for the Singh Center for Nanotechnology through the University of Pennsylvania. The Singh Center is a nanotechnology makerspace open to all of academia and industry. As Director of Marketing, Shannon promotes the Singh Center as a technical resource hub ,…
@UPennSinghNano
Wil Reynolds
Wil likes helping people and businesses grow. A former teacher with a knack for advising, he’s been helping Fortune 500 companies develop SEO strategies since 1999. Seeing the need for an agency that does good by its team, clients and community, Wil started Seer Interactive in 2002 as a one-man…
@wilreynolds
Rich Henne
Rich is a recent graduate from Temple University’s Fox School of Business with a focus in Risk Management and Insurance and Management Information Systems. Rich recently helped to create Ivory Ella, a social impact brand whose mission is to provide good clothes for a good cause. Ivory Ella donates 10% of…
@shopivoryella