McStartup

Past Speaking Engagements

• Being an Entrepreneur - April 2009
  - Guest Lecturer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
• "Product Launch at a Startup" - March 2009
  - Spotlight Presenter, Indiana Venture Club
• "Introduction to Scale Computing" - February 2009
  - Guest Speaker, TechPoint
• "Turning an Idea into a Business" - December 2008
  - Guest Speaker, IUPUI Entrepreneurship Club
• "Scale Computing - The Elevator Pitch" - October 2008
  - First Place Winner, Venture Idol
• "Entrepreneurship for Engineers" - October 2008
  - Guest Lecturer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
• "Idea Validation and Opportunity Assessment" - October 2008
  - Guest Speaker, Idea-to-Business Seminar
• "Startup War Stories" - March 2008
  - Panelist, Entrepreneurial Bootcamp
• "Elevator Pitch Competition" - March 2008
  - Judge, Entrepreneurial Bootcamp
• “Business Planning" - December 2007
  - Presenter, Incubicity Educational Series
• “West Coast to Midwest” - June 2007
  - Panelist, Indiana Venture Club
• Introduction to Scale Computing - March 2009
  - Featured Presenter, TechPoint
• "Early Stage Startups" - March 2007
  - Panelist, Purdue/Kranert Entrepreneurship Symposium
• "Engineer turned Entrepreneur" - October 2006
  - Guest Speaker, Rose-Hulman Presidential Inauguration
• "Startup Pitfalls" - June 2006
  - Guest Lecturer, IVC Internship Program
• "Venture Capital and the Startup" - May 2006
  - Guest Lecturer, Indiana University
• "Raising Capital" - March 2006
  - Panelist, Purdue/Kranert Entrepreneurship Symposium
• "Venture Capital" - February 2006
  - Guest Panelist, IUPUI Evening MBA Program
• "A Tale of Two Startups" - January 2006
  - Keynote Address, Indiana Venture Club
• "Entrepreneurship" - October 2005
  - Guest Lecturer, RHIT Engineering Mgmt Program
• "The Entrepreneur" - April 2005
  - Guest Lecturer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
• "Rose-Hulman's Positive Impact" - October 2004
  - Speaker, Young Alumni Homecoming Dinner
• "What is Phishing?" - August 2004
  - Segment Lead, The Brad Messer Show
• "Stopping SPAM -- Latest Methods" - April 2004
  - Panelist, Radicatti Group Seminar
• "Corvigo " - January 2004
  - Presenter, Security Venture Fair
• "The Current State of Venture Capital" - December 2004
  - Panelist, PriceWaterhouseCoopers Insights
• "Raising Venture Capital as a Startup" - November 2003
  - Panelist, Ernst & Young VentureOne Conference
• "Solving the SPAM Problem" - August 2003
  - Panelist, Openwave Messaging Anti-Abuse Conference
• "Raising Money and Exit Strategies for the Entrepreneur" - July 2003
  - Speaker, Cambridge Manhattan VIP Series
• "Surviving the Startup" - July 2003
  - Speaker, Cambridge Manhattan VIP Series
• "How to Pitch a Venture Capitalist" - June 2003
  - Speaker, Silicon Valley Assn. of Software Engineers
• "Fundable Companies" - May 2003
  - Presenter, Deloitte & Touche Startup Investor Series
• "Software Marketing" - July 2000
  - Panelist, Shareware Industry Conference
• "Advertising Supported Software" - July 1999
  - Speaker, Shareware Industry Conference
• "The Entrepreneur" - April 1998
  - Guest Lecturer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
• "The Entrepreneur" - October 1997
  - Guest Lecturer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology