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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Special Presentation
Baby's Book on Becoming a Billionaire vs. 52 Rules of Thumb
(a cage fight to the death!)

 

Wednesday, March 17, 2010
D&K Engineering: Case Presentation

 

Wednesday, April 21, 2010
UV Sciences: Case Presentation

 

Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Concerro: Case Presentation

 

Wednesday, June 16, 2010
RayGun Technology: Case Presentation

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Wednesday, February 17, 2010 (NEW LOCATION)

The Baby's Book on Becoming a Billionaire vs. 52 Rules of Thumb
(a cage fight to the death!)

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Special Presentation Featuring:

Moderator/Presenter:
Neil Senturia - CEO, U.S. Local News Network

Special Guest:
Alan Webber
- Author, Founding Editor, Fast Company magazine

 

Time:
5:00pm - Networking Reception
6:00pm - Presentation
7:30pm - Audience Q&A
8:00pm - End

Location (NEW LOCATION THIS MONTH!):
San Diego Marriott La Jolla
4240 La Jolla Village Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037

(SCROLL DOWN for full program overview, speaker bios, and
attendance BONUS!)


 

 

Join us for The Business Banter Battle of the Year!

 

Presenting Sponsor

Luce Forward

Book Underwriters & New Corporate Members

AIRSIS, Inc.
Ashford University
DPR Construction, Inc.
Moss Adams LLP

Media Partner


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Non-MITEF Members: $50
CONNECT Members and Active EIRs: $25

MIT Alumni: $25 (with MIT email address)
Full-Time Students: $15 (with University email address)
At the door: $60

On-site parking: $3.00

 

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Special Presentation Overview

 

Match up two former grade school buddies who both became witty writers and successful entrepreneurs, and you get  the Business Banter Battle of the Year!

The gloves are off in this uproarious battle of business tips for success. As each opponent punches with his favorite business rules and engages the other in hilarious debate over each rule’s merits from real life experiences.

SAMPLE

Neil:  Go to every meeting, particularly the ones you know will be a total waste of time. (Rule #3)

Alan:  Change is a math formula.  At a time when we're either experiencing way too much change, or, in some instances, not enough--or maybe even the wrong kind--wouldn't you like to know what the math formula is? (Rule #5)

Come hear Neil and Alan--and find out!  Join us at this Business Banter Battle of the Year!  It will be a cage fight to the death!

Attendance Bonus

At the event, there will be 200 signed copies of Alan Webber’s new book, Rules of Thumb: 52 Truths for Winning at Business Without Losing Your Self, available for a deep discount purchase of $5.00 (cash only), available on a “first come, first serve” basis.   

 

What Will You Learn?

  • More than you paid for!
  • All that’s fit to print and then some!
  • Business tips you never would’ve thought of under normal circumstances!


Who Should Attend?

  • People with a sense of humor
  • The young, the old and those “in transition”
  • You!

About the Speakers

Moderator/Presenter:
Neil Senturia – CEO, U.S. Local News Network
Neil Senturia is the CEO of U.S. Local News Network, which is creating the local newsroom of the future through the development of a new business model and proprietary technology. The company plans to launch 40 sites in the next 30 months. Current sites are in San Diego (SDNN.com), Southwest Riverside (SWRNN.com), and Orange County (OCLNN.com).

Neil has more than 25 years of diverse entrepreneurial endeavors including starting THREE software companies, a materials science company, developing 1.8 million square feet of real estate, and writing for popular television sit-coms. Atcom/Info, his first software company, pioneered high speed Internet access in hotel rooms and was sold for $80 million. Neil has been an adjunct professor in the MBA program at San Diego State University where he taught new venture creation, and he has served on the board of directors of SDSU’s Entrepreneurial Management Center. He has been a member of San Diego Social Venture Partners, and he and his wife Barbara Bry received the Lifetime Contribution Award/Technology from CONNECT in 2008. He has a B.A. degree in English from Tufts University, a masters’ degree in film from New York University, and he was a fellow at the American Film Institute.


Special Guest Speaker:
Alan Webber – Author, Founding Editor, Fast Company magazine
Alan Webber is, most recently, author of Rules of Thumb: 52 Truths for Winning at Business Without Losing Your Self. The book draws on his 40 years of work-life lessons learned working in Portland, Oregon in the Mayor's Office in the 1970s, as managing editor and editorial director of the Harvard Business Review in the 1980s, and as founding editor of Fast Company magazine in the 1990s. Today he lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico and writes and speaks on business and change, and contributes to social entrepreneurial ventures around the world. His friendship with Neil Senturia dates back to grade school in Clayton, Missouri, when Neil and Alan's brother, Mark, were classmates at the DeMun School.