Event/21st Century Entrepreneur/2009/03/11
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Event Information
Title: 21st Century Entrepreneur - Josh Kopelman, co-founder of Half.com
Group(s): Drexel Entrepreneur Association and the Business and Engineering Society
Date: March 12, 2009
Time: 6:00-7:45PM
Location: Stein Auditorium, Nesbitt Hall (33rd and Market Streets)
Attendees: Patrick T. Hoffman, Prineha Narang, Jameson Detweiler, Cody A. Ray
Website: Baiada Calendar
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Publicity
March 13th Article in The Triangle cites Drexel Smart House. Steve Romasko writes "The National Organization for Business and Engineering Society, Drexel Smart House and the Drexel Entrepreneur Association held The 21st Century Entrepreneur event to showcase what it takes to become an entrepreneur in today's society."
Highlights
- Jameson was a guest speaker and gave a brief overview of the entrepreneurial history and culture of Drexel Smart House.
- Jameson referred any interested in Drexel Smart House to contact Prineha, Cody, or Patrick (pointed to in audience)
- Prineha, Cody, and Patrick each had to leave before event finished ... no connections made (?)
- Josh made some great points
- Market Assymetries
- Shrinking the Revenue size of a Market while increasing the customer base. An example is half.com with books making $12 dollars on the sale of 4 books while others like Barnes & Noble would have made $120 on those same 4 books. Half.com attracts customers by providing the same product at half the cost of the retail chains.
- Focus on SIMPLE IDEAS with potential
- Innovative ways to advertise - understanding your limitations and still being cool with how you sell yourself "hal.com Oregon"!
- His presentation- No text just pictures to accopmany what he was saying - kept the focus on his ideas- lets try and do this sometime !
- More?? ADD TO THIS GUYS!!!
Attendee Comments
Jameson giving speech to business students - 21st century entrepreneur (wed @ 6pm in stein) [mention to freshmen design students]
