BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Eli Broad College of Business | Michigan State University - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://broad.msu.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Eli Broad College of Business | Michigan State University REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20201007T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20201007T183000 DTSTAMP:20260425T115553 CREATED:20200730T220032Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210202T180226Z UID:10003158-1602091800-1602095400@broad.msu.edu SUMMARY:Exploring Marketing | Major and Careers DESCRIPTION: URL:https://broad.msu.edu/event/exploring-marketing-major-and-careers/ LOCATION:MI CATEGORIES:Career Management ORGANIZER;CN="Career Management":MAILTO:palmer@broad.msu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20201007T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20201007T191500 DTSTAMP:20260425T115553 CREATED:20200917T162021Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200917T162021Z UID:10003190-1602093600-1602098100@broad.msu.edu SUMMARY:Innovate State\, with Kelly Ford\, Tamara Steffens\, & Chris Thomas DESCRIPTION:Innovate State is a collaboration between the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation and the MSU Innovation Center. \nHosted in the Gaynor Entrepreneurship Lab\, Innovate State welcomes successful Spartan alumni back to campus for a fireside chat. Guests share their perspectives on everything from launching start-ups to experiencing success and failure to building dynamic and nurturing work cultures. \n \n  \nAbout The Speakers\nKelly Ford is a tech industry executive turned growth equity investor. She specializes in the acceleration of enterprise value for software companies\, from startup launch to $100M valuation. She invests in growth-stage fintech companies and\, as the pioneer of the firm’s Edison Edge operating platform\, advises portfolio companies on go-to-market strategy and operations. \nPrior to joining Edison\, Kelly spent 20 years in high-growth emerging and established B2B and B2B2C tech companies. She serves on the board of directors for Billtrust\, observIQ\, ExecVision\, Kinetiq and Suuchi. She has been featured in Buyouts\, Forbes\, Crunchbase\, Venture Capital Journal\, and on Nasdaq TradeTalks and Cheddar\, and is a frequent speaker at national investor\, tech industry\, B2B sales and marketing events. \n  \nTamara Steffens leads investing and VC partnerships for M12\, a Microsoft venture investment arm\, in North America and India. She is the executive sponsor of the fund’s Female Founders Competition. \nTamara is an experienced operator and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in Silicon Valley at both startups and large tech companies. Her last startup\, Acompli\, a mobile productivity app\, Tamara led sales and business development. Microsoft acquired Acompli (now Outlook mobile) in 2014\, after which Tamara went on to lead business development for the broader Office 365 organization. Prior to Acompli\, Tamara successfully helped lead several startups to either IPO or acquisition\, including Software.com\, Boingo\, Fusion One\, and Path. \nAs a serial entrepreneur\, Tamara understands fundraising from the perspective of the entrepreneur and is a valuable GTM advisor. She has a bachelor’s of science in finance from Michigan State University\, where she currently sits on the Marketing Leadership Advisory Board. \n  \nChris is a co-founder and partner at Assembly Ventures\, Detroit and Berlin. Prior to this he co-founded the Detroit Mobility Lab and the Michigan Mobility Institute and acted as a senior advisor to mobility startups around the globe. Previously Chris co-founded Fontinalis Partners and\, for over a decade\, worked to build it into one of the premier investment firms in next-generation mobility. He is also a co-owner of Buddy’s Pizza\, the birthplace of original Detroit-style pizza\, and an avid angel investor. Chris earned his master’s degree in business administration from Yale. While at Yale he served on the Honor Committee and graduated with distinction in former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s seminar on Faith and Globalization. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in both economics and international relations from Michigan State University. \n  \nAbout Innovate State\nEvery year\, Innovate State invites Spartan entrepreneurs\, innovators\, and disruptors to join our community for a fireside chat. In these 60-minute interviews\, guests share their perspectives on everything from business to family life; the hard knocks of the hustle to maintaining work/life balance. These are stories of success\, stories of failure\, and stories of uncommon will. \nInnovate State is proudly brought to you by the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation in collaboration with the MSU Alumni Office\, MSU Foundation\, & MSU Innovation Center. Innovate State kicks-off at 6 p.m. (ET) and are free to the community. Events will be held via Zoom. Early registration is highly encouraged. \n  \nPlease join us\, virtually\, for Innovate State\, with Kelly Ford\, Tamara Steffens & Chris Thomas\, on Wed.\, Oct. 7th at 6 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time). URL:https://broad.msu.edu/event/innovate-state-with-kelly-ford-tamara-steffens-chris-thomas/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Entrepreneurship,Featured Events ORGANIZER;CN="Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship &%3B Innovation":MAILTO:eship@msu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20201009T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20201009T130000 DTSTAMP:20260425T115553 CREATED:20200730T220153Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200730T220153Z UID:10003159-1602244800-1602248400@broad.msu.edu SUMMARY:Branding Through LinkedIn DESCRIPTION:– Brand yourself most effectively \n– Make your Profile and About sections impactful \n– Use LinkedIn as a networking & job search tool URL:https://broad.msu.edu/event/branding-through-linkedin/ LOCATION:MI CATEGORIES:Career Management ORGANIZER;CN="Career Management":MAILTO:palmer@broad.msu.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20201009T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20201009T150000 DTSTAMP:20260425T115553 CREATED:20200730T140958Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231026T192941Z UID:10003140-1602248400-1602255600@broad.msu.edu SUMMARY:Virtual Analytics & Marketing Research Career Fair DESCRIPTION: URL:https://broad.msu.edu/event/virtual-analytics-marketing-research-career-fair/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Career Management,Recruiting Events ORGANIZER;CN="Career Management":MAILTO:palmer@broad.msu.edu END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR