i2 Finds a Home
Join us Thursday August 23rd at 5:30 pm (networking begins) at the Burton D Morgan Center Venture Cafe on Purdue’s campus.
Find us on Google Maps.
Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship
1201 West State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907
See you there.
- TJ
Major i2 August Event
The past two i2 meetings have not only been a good time, but have become a proof as to the necessity of this organoization in Lafayette and other regions of the state. As we begin to grow as a group and the foundation is laid, we are taking a brief summer break to build for our next several events.
In August i2 will resume with a power event that will be more formal and conducive to networking, sharing information and showcasing some of the companies our members represent. It is our intent to work with the Lafayette Venture Club to bring the investor side out for at least one event.
Mark your calendar for Thursday August 23rd at 5:30 pm for the next i2 meeting. Location will be delivered at a later date. If you are with a company that wants to showcase your talents and capabilities please notify TJ O’Malley (avcetim@gmail.com).
Also be sure to visit patron sponsor BB&C Law Firm. If ever a question arises regarding business law, employment legalities, trademarks or raising outside capital contact Stuart Gutwein or Kyle Mandeville - both i2 members.
i2 Recap
Scorching…an adjective describing both the outside temperature and the discussion among local technologist, entrepreneurs, researchers, and service providers at the second installment of Innovate Indiana. Nine Irish Brothers hosted another energetic crowd with Irish Pizza, beer, and an innovation conducive ambiance.
If you missed i2 last night or were unable to engage with each of the attendees, here is an event synopsis from the anonymous Innovate Indiana “Fly on the Wall” (Andy and TJ). The fly overheard some interesting conversations and professional expertise concerning shared ideas, innovation and entrepreneurial passion:
$Money$ people – an associate with a $40 million Indianapolis based venture fund, a finance manager part of a critical team that manages the $1.6 billion Purdue endowment, a newly launched closely held venture fund with offices in West Lafayette and a highly regarded Purdue department head that is seeking investment to launch an emerging wireless internet application.
Advice & Ideas – a former Navy Commander turned entrepreneur with more knowledge about Web 2.0 and emerging online video technology than most Silicon Valley web junkies, two rather talented and youthful business lawyers highly capable of business formation, structure, and long term representation, a mechanical engineer specializing in product design currently finishing his doctorates in ME, a Purdue English professor turning the entrepreneurial page and has a publishing business in Lafayette
Branching Out – chatter between two high speed wireless internet founders with operations in the Lafayette area serving over 1,800 combined customers, two members from the original Orr Fellowship foundation – a program designed to retain Indiana’s top talent graduating from our universities, a digital videographer and web application developer, a very nice girl obtaining a post graduate degree in physics and an uncertainty of why she was there – we were happy to have her.
Last but not least - a sales and marketing executive from a Discovery Park research firm expanding into commercialisation, a University of Illinois doctoral student in EE who sells college text books at IUPUI, a computer scientist turned calzone stuffer – with sales in excess of $1 million, four Purdue students currently enrolled in entrepreneurship courses, and a number of other highly skilled individuals.
i2 Returns - May 24th
We have set the next date for the i2 meeting in West Lafayette:
Date: May 24, 2007
Time: 5:30 pm
Location: Nine Irish Brothers - ideally on the patio
Bring a friend. We are still getting together the format, but the idea is to allow three attendees some time to present themselves, their company, idea, or why they are at i2. Again it will be informal, but still a great collection of minds, ideas, and action.
Thanks for the support!
Thankful and excited. Both summarize the general consensus at the initial meeting of Innovate Indiana at Nine Irish Brothers in West Lafayette. We were exhilirated to experience the energy, ideas, enthusiasm, and those tasty “irish pizzas” made possible by Kyle Mandeville and Stu Gutwein from Bennett Law in Lafayette.
Stay tuned for information concerning the next Innovate Indiana event and feel free to shoot any feedback/suggestions to andyATamericanventurenetworkDOTcom.
Thanks again to all who contributed to the event!
Inaugural i2 Meeting
Join Innovate
We will have a formal introduction of each attendee followed by a brief informative about the goals of i2 and how we all play a role in the development of our local, regional and state economy.
Thursday April 26th at 5:30 pm – Nine Irish Brothers. We have a back room reserved.