Center for Entrepreneurship Lecture Series Videos



March 28, 2013: “Connecting the Dots: Upstate NY's Venture Capital Ecosystem: Challenges and Opportunities”

Sam Ticknor ’89S (MBA), Executive Director of the Upstate Venture Association of New York (UVANY)




November 17, 2011: “Using Business for Social Change”

Jane Plitt, entrepreneur and author of Martha Matilda Harper and the American Dream: How One Woman Changed the Face of Modern Business




April 13, 2011: “Expanding Roles for Research Universities in Regional Economic Development”

Mary L. Walshok, Associate Vice Chancellor for Extended Studies and Public Programs, Dean of University Extension, and Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California at San Diego




February 23, 2011: National Entrepreneurship Week Keynote Lecture
“Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle”

Dan Senor, author, geopolitical expert, and investor




Fall 2010: “So You Want to Be a Successful Entrepreneur…Now or In the Future?”

Daniel Lazarek ’91S, Chief Financial Officer and Co-owner, Access Insurance Holdings Inc.




Spring 2010: "Prison Entrepreneurship Program"

Marcus Hill, Prison Recruiter, and David Joekel, Executive Relations Manager, both of the Texas-based Prison Entrepreneurship Program.




Fall 2009: "Co-cial Entrepreneuring: Making a Difference Locally & Globally"

Nanette Levinson, director of the International Communication Program and associate professor at the School of International Service, American University




Spring 2009: "What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20: A Crash Course on Making Your Place in the World"

Tina Seelig '79, executive director, Stanford Technology Ventures Program,
Stanford University