Two-fer at Tulane

There are a couple great events coming up for the entrepreneurship community in NOLA that you should take advantage of. I’m excited about going. Voodoo Ventures’ own Will Donaldson has been instrumental in organizing these in his role as president of the Tulane Entrepreneurship Association.

Tulane Entrepreneurs’ Fall Workshop

Tulane’s Uptown campus on Friday November 21st from 9am-12:30pm.

The event will focus on social enterprises and feature:

• Andrea Chen of Social Entrepreneurs of New Orleans

• Stephen Shelton of the Louisiana CleanTech Network

• Jackie Richard of Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation

• Nadiyah Morris of the Office of Lt. Gov. for Social Entrepreneurship

• Carol Bebelle of the Ashe Cultural Arts Center

Followed by an interactive business planning workshop on Sambazon, a social enterprise, featuring John Elstrott, Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship, Executive Director of the Levy-Rosenblum Institute for Entrepreneurship and Lead Director of Whole Foods Market.

RSVP at http://tea.tulane.edu. Coffee and bagels will be served at 9am and the program will begin at 9:30am. The program is limited to 60 participants.

Panel Discussion: “TheNewNew Orleans for Entrepreneurs: Opportunities for Entrepreneurship”

Tulane’s Uptown campus on Monday, November 24th from 5:00–7:30pm.

• Stephen Moret — Secretary of Louisiana Economic Development

• John E Koerner III-Koerner Capital

• Pres Kabacoff — CEO & Chairman,HRI Properties

• Ashton Ryan, Jr.- CEO & Chairman,First NBC Bank

• Crichton Brown — Managing Director,Advantage Capital

To see more detail please go to the Speaker Series page.

I definitely plan to attend these events and highly recommend them to the NOLA startup community.