February 27-March 2, 2013
UC Davis, Graduate School of Management
In collaboration with the UC Davis Graduate School of Management and Rice University, the Ignite conference provides entrepreneurial MBA students with a chance to meet some of the most successful and up-and-coming entrepreneurs in the Bay Area.
Students will hear the personal stories of entrepreneurs working to build their companies and learn from the successes (and failures) of the best-and-brightest that the Bay Area has to offer.
Photos from the Ignite 2011 Conference
This is an intense immersion experience. Field trips on the first day will be augmented with speakers on Day 2 and Day 3.
Ignite Conference Schedule:
Day 0: Wednesday, February 27
Travel Day
Day 1: Thursday, February 28
Field Trips to Start-ups/High-Tech Firms
Day 2: Friday, March 1
Entrepreneurial Guest Speakers
Day 3: Saturday, March 2
Entrepreneurial Guest Speakers
Confirmed Speakers
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| Jack Gill Co-Founder Vanguard Ventures |
Steven Currall Dean UC Davis Graduate School of Management |
Brad Burke Managing Director Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship |
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| Vikram Janardhan CEO InseraTherapeutics |
Pam Marrone CEO and Founder Marron Bio Innovations |
Mark Otero Founder KlickNation |
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Mark Randall |
Nicholas Seet Founder and CEO, SIVI Founding CEO, Auditude |
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
“A crash-course that opened so many doors to entrepreneurship!”
“The volume control knob on my excitement to create a startup has just gone to a 11!”
“Heavy dose of real world entrepreneurship.”
“Some amazing stories, people, and tips that it will take me a while to “digest” them and process them!”
“Intense 3-day boot camp with more valuable information than a 10-week class.”
“A year’s worth of education in 72 hours!”
“The most inspiring and informative event to date in my MBA program.”
“Totally inspired me to start my own company.”
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