Entrepreneur & Social Entrepreneur Meetup #10
At Ryan, James, Roey, & Anthony's House -- For anyone working to change the world.| Host: | Entrepreneur & Social Entrepreneur Meetups |
| Type: | |
| Network: | Global |
| Start Time: | Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at 9:00pm |
| End Time: | Thursday, November 15, 2007 at 12:30am |
| Location: | Ryan, Anthony, James, and Roey's House |
| Street: | 102 Millingport Court (in Meadowmont) |
| City/Town: | Chapel Hill, NC |
Description
Thank you to ROI REVOLUTION, a Google Analytics and Adwords Partner, for sponsoring the food and drinks for this event. Check them out at http://www.roirevolution.com/careers/.
This one's on Wednesday night Nov 14 at 9pm.
Once you RSVP join the group at http://unc.facebook.com/editgroup.php?gid=19139128576.
The 10th Entrepreneur & Social Entrepreneur Meetup will be Wednesday November 14 from 9:00pm to 12:30am at Ryan, Anthony, James, and Roey's House at 102 Millingport Court. Feel free to bring friends.
All area entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs, and anyone working to or wanting to change the world in any way are welcome! We will have plenty of wine, beer, and food for all.
Spread the word to your friends who are interested in entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, public policy, public health, education, politics, and changing the world by inviting them using the Invite People to Come button on the right.
Let me know if you want to present your company, idea, or social venture at the meetup.
Thank you to Michelle Bezy, David Tung, Allison Badea, and Roey Rosenblith for presenting on 10/18 and Southern Capitol Ventures, SeeMeWin, VillageStartup, and Shoeboxed for presenting at the 9/27 event.
The schedule will approximately be:
9:00 - Socializing
9:50 - Welcome
9:55 - Sponsor Presentation - ROI Revolution
10:00 - Group Intros
10:40 - Presentation 1 - AGRADU - Danika Berry
10:50 - Presentation 2 - ProjectHEAL - Lauren Slive
11:00 - Presentation 3 - MaddoxOncology - Peyton Maddox
11:10 - Elevator Pitches
11:15 - Life Changing Books
11:25 - Socializing
The following social ventures and companies have been at past meetups: Nourish International, Sustainability NC, The Great Awakening, Full Belly Project, Carolina Microfinance Initiative, Center for Global Initiatives, SPOT-NC, Advocates for Grassroots Development in Uganda, Hold’Em for Hunger, Trinity Funds Group, Maddox Oncology, Shoeboxed.com, Seemewin.com, Schmap.com, iContact, Bookmesh.com, Sponsor a Ferrari, AAYP, Wilshireshaw.com, Tag-Tech.com, Motricity, SouthernCapitolVentures, CouponDJ.com, Deloso Ventures, Cold Process Roofing, Dormoo, Motricity, Waynick and Kumar Enterprises, and Falcon Investors.
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
As a group we have 5 nominations per event onto our list of Life Changing Books. They are:
1. Losing my Virginity by Richard Branson
2. Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
3. The End of Poverty by Jeffrey Sachs
4. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
5. Servant Leadership by Robert Greenleaf
6. Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher
7. The Republic by Plato
8. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
9. The Art of War by Sun Tsu
10. Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson
RIDES
If you need a ride post it on the wall and we'll match you up with someone.
PARKING
Plenty of parking is available along Park Bluff Road
DIRECTIONS FROM DOWNTOWN CHAPEL HILL
From HW54 (aka Raleigh Road) coming down the hill from Chapel Hill, take a left on a Meadowmont Lane, go to end of road (1.5 miles) then take left onto Park Bluff N. then first cul de sac on right into Millingport Court. House is #102.
FROM DURHAM/RALEIGH
Take I-40 East to exit 273 toward Chapel Hill. Take right at Meadowmont Lane. Go to end of road (1.5 miles) then take left onto Park Bluff N. then first cul de sac on right into Millingport Court. House is #102.
SCHEDULE FOR REST OF YEAR:
While the meetup will usually be every other Thursday at 9pm, this may change from time to time due to travel. Here is the schedule for the next few months (all Thursdays unless otherwise noted):
November 14 (Wednesday)
December 11 (Tuesday, No Finals on Wed)
January 10
January 24
February 13 (Wednesday)
February 28
March 13
March 27
April 10
April 24
May 8
May 22
Bios from October 18 Event:
Jeremy Welch
Jeremy is a junior at Duke and a co-founder of Shoeboxed.com. He recently came back from Germany where he was working on StudiVZ.net. His blog is up at http://jeremyrwelch.wordpress.com.
James Riley
James is the Membership Director for Sustainable NC (http://www.sustainnc.org/). He is also the Operations Manager for Blend night club in Chapel Hill. James graduated from Carolina in 2006 with a degree in Philosophy and Asian Studies. James supports Edwards for president in 2008 as well as Net Neutrality. He went to Broughton for high school in Raleigh.
Michael Kelso
Michael was in the class of 2004 at UNC studying Biology and Chemistry who now is in medical school at UNC. He is the co-founder of Reviving Our Communities (www.revivingourcommunities.org). He supports Barack Obama for President. He has the following quote on his profile from Martin Luther King: “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” His favorite books are How to Win Friends and Influence People, the Go-Getter, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and Think and Grow Rich.
Jacquie Harkema
Jacquie is a senior at Carolina studying International Studies and Biology. She’s from Salt Sprint Island, BC near Vancouver. She has a quote on her profile “Nature wants us to be mediocre because we have a greater change to survive and reproduce. Mediocre is as close to the bottom as it is to the top, and will give you a lousy life.” She spent the summer in Denmark has spent time in Namibia and Zambia. She used to do judo and fencing and have a pet lamb. She is considering working in consulting after graduation for McKinsey, Bain, or BCG. She blogs at http://spaces.msn.com/jhpics.
Peyton Maddox
Peyton is a web application developer at iContact and a 2007 graduate of UNC from Alabama who likes sweet tea. He also helps out with web stuff for Maddox Oncology, a family company that sells products for cancer survivors.
Lindsay Johnson
Lindsay is a senior at UNC in English Lit and Rhetorical Studies. She is the founder and Director of New Worlds Through Literature, which sends packs of selected books to non-profit organizations in North Carolina to help increase literacy. She lives in Meadowmont with two of her sisters.
Pedro Carreno
Pedro is an extremely authentic, caring, and hardworking guy. He is a junior at UNC studying Public Policy, Social Entrepreneurship, and Latin American Studies. He is involved with Carolina Hispanic Association (CHisPa), the Carolina Microfinance Initiative, UNC Young Democrats, and the Campus Y. He has the following quote on his profile,” so often, humanity seems divided by barriers of all kinds--race, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, nationality, age and social class—barriers that do little except to blind us to the reality of our common bonds.”
Lydia Sparks
Lydia is a senior at UNC from Cary who is an amazing singer and writer. She is studying political psi and psychology and works as an RA in Ram Village. I've known Lydia since around April or so when I met her through John and Bob. She quotes Outkast, Tommy Boy, CS Lewis, Madonna, and Marilyn Monroe on her profile. She is an awesome and very fun person known for having high adrenaline.
Zaid Farooqui
Zaid has spent the summer in Boston working on his music start up iJigg.com. His site is zaid360.com. He is a junior at UNC from India who is "very confused" as to what he is studying. He is a web 2.0 entrepreneur who might just want to get out of college and focus on building the next iLike or Last.fm.
Suresh L. B.
Suresh is a junior at UNC studying business from Goldsboro, NC. I think he is in AK Psi. He’s looking for Drucker’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship—according to his profile—Suresh I have both if you still need them. I look forward to getting to know Suresh better.
Devan Ray Donaldson
Devan is a grad student at UNC studying Information and Library Science from Chesterfield, Virginia. He graduated from William and Mary in 2006 with a degree in History. He is the Research Assistant to Dean Dr. Jose Marie Griffiths at the School of Information and Library Science. I met Devan at the Knowledge Trust Awards put on by the Louis Round Wilson Trust.
Roey Rosenblith
Roey is a 2006 graduate of UNC-W in Poli Sci and Biology. He was formerly the Director of Outreach and Fulfillment for the Full Belly Project (http://www.fullbellyproject.org/index.asp) which is working to distribute a nut shelling machine in Uganda and other locations that saves a tremendous amount of labor. Roey has worked as a research assistant for Arianna Huffington. Roey is part of the 102 Millingport crew. He is starting to work on VillageStartup.com.
Emilie Corinne Yeager
Emilie works on the systems team at iContact. She graduated from Gardner-Webb in 2005 where she studied Computer Science and Math. She will be moving to New York City this weekend to begin a new adventure so this will be her last meetup for a while. She says that life is like the movie Garden State. I’ve spent the past few Friday nights staying up until about 6am talking to Emilie about all things related to life and can say she is an awesome person—and makes hilarious dancing faces.
Anthony Deloso
Anthony runs Deloso Ventures (See www.anthonydeloso.com), a web design and development firm. He is in the class of 2008 at UNC and lives at our house. Anthony's last name means 'of the bear.'
John Parron Hinson
John describes his religious views as 'whatever Bill Murray thinks.' He is from Chapel Hill. He is a NC State graduate in computer science and economics, but is better known as a great DJ, amazing freestyle rapper, and the Vice President of Cold Process Roofing and COO of Dormoo. John worked for Northrop Grumman in Maryland for a few years before coming back to town. I've known John since the ManDate meetups of 2006. I have more Facebook friends in common with John (62) than anyone else.
Allison Badea
Allison is a senior at UNC from Columbus, OH studying media production and advertising. She is the founder of Mugshot and has a site at www.yalookinfab.com. Her favorite books include The Republic, The Tipping Point, and 100 Years of Solitude.
Tom Hylands
I've known Tom for about five years now. He is from Harrogate, England and was the only other UNC economics major who was half-English like I am. Tom was in the class of 2006 at UNC studying Econ and Political Science. He currently works as a health economics research assistant at RTI International.
Noah Boswell
Noah runs an internet marketing company called Looktotheright.com. He went to Belmon Abbey for college. He is a Google Adwords Certified Advertising Professional.
Andrea Coravos
Andrew is a sophomore at Duke. She has worked for the Washington Capitals doing marketing and communications. She blogs at http://bluejaguars.blogspot.com/.
Wesley Mahler
Wesley Mahler is a junior at Oregon State studying business administration. He is interested in entrepreneurship, real estate, affiliate marketing, running, women, tennis, and Web 2.0. His site is www.wesmahler.com.
Kory Roscoe
Kory Roscoe attends Appalachian State University and studies business. He quotes the U.S. Army Ranger handbook on his profile.
Rezwan Ahmed
Rez was in the class of 2007 at UNC where he studied Bio, Psych, and Chem. He currently works at the Autism Society of NC in Chapel Hill. He is from Flatwoods, Kentucky. He has the following quote on his profile from Gandhi, "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."
Katie Baker
Katie is a senior at UNC from Fayetteville studying political science. She quotes Robert Frost on her profile. She works at Outback presently.
From original description:
A group of social entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs gets together to talk about entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, public policy, public health, education, politics, and changing the world. Feel free to invite friends.
This one's on Wednesday night Nov 14 at 9pm.
Once you RSVP join the group at http://unc.facebook.com/editgroup.php?gid=19139128576.
The 10th Entrepreneur & Social Entrepreneur Meetup will be Wednesday November 14 from 9:00pm to 12:30am at Ryan, Anthony, James, and Roey's House at 102 Millingport Court. Feel free to bring friends.
All area entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs, and anyone working to or wanting to change the world in any way are welcome! We will have plenty of wine, beer, and food for all.
Spread the word to your friends who are interested in entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, public policy, public health, education, politics, and changing the world by inviting them using the Invite People to Come button on the right.
Let me know if you want to present your company, idea, or social venture at the meetup.
Thank you to Michelle Bezy, David Tung, Allison Badea, and Roey Rosenblith for presenting on 10/18 and Southern Capitol Ventures, SeeMeWin, VillageStartup, and Shoeboxed for presenting at the 9/27 event.
The schedule will approximately be:
9:00 - Socializing
9:50 - Welcome
9:55 - Sponsor Presentation - ROI Revolution
10:00 - Group Intros
10:40 - Presentation 1 - AGRADU - Danika Berry
10:50 - Presentation 2 - ProjectHEAL - Lauren Slive
11:00 - Presentation 3 - MaddoxOncology - Peyton Maddox
11:10 - Elevator Pitches
11:15 - Life Changing Books
11:25 - Socializing
The following social ventures and companies have been at past meetups: Nourish International, Sustainability NC, The Great Awakening, Full Belly Project, Carolina Microfinance Initiative, Center for Global Initiatives, SPOT-NC, Advocates for Grassroots Development in Uganda, Hold’Em for Hunger, Trinity Funds Group, Maddox Oncology, Shoeboxed.com, Seemewin.com, Schmap.com, iContact, Bookmesh.com, Sponsor a Ferrari, AAYP, Wilshireshaw.com, Tag-Tech.com, Motricity, SouthernCapitolVentures, CouponDJ.com, Deloso Ventures, Cold Process Roofing, Dormoo, Motricity, Waynick and Kumar Enterprises, and Falcon Investors.
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:
As a group we have 5 nominations per event onto our list of Life Changing Books. They are:
1. Losing my Virginity by Richard Branson
2. Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
3. The End of Poverty by Jeffrey Sachs
4. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
5. Servant Leadership by Robert Greenleaf
6. Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher
7. The Republic by Plato
8. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
9. The Art of War by Sun Tsu
10. Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson
RIDES
If you need a ride post it on the wall and we'll match you up with someone.
PARKING
Plenty of parking is available along Park Bluff Road
DIRECTIONS FROM DOWNTOWN CHAPEL HILL
From HW54 (aka Raleigh Road) coming down the hill from Chapel Hill, take a left on a Meadowmont Lane, go to end of road (1.5 miles) then take left onto Park Bluff N. then first cul de sac on right into Millingport Court. House is #102.
FROM DURHAM/RALEIGH
Take I-40 East to exit 273 toward Chapel Hill. Take right at Meadowmont Lane. Go to end of road (1.5 miles) then take left onto Park Bluff N. then first cul de sac on right into Millingport Court. House is #102.
SCHEDULE FOR REST OF YEAR:
While the meetup will usually be every other Thursday at 9pm, this may change from time to time due to travel. Here is the schedule for the next few months (all Thursdays unless otherwise noted):
November 14 (Wednesday)
December 11 (Tuesday, No Finals on Wed)
January 10
January 24
February 13 (Wednesday)
February 28
March 13
March 27
April 10
April 24
May 8
May 22
Bios from October 18 Event:
Jeremy Welch
Jeremy is a junior at Duke and a co-founder of Shoeboxed.com. He recently came back from Germany where he was working on StudiVZ.net. His blog is up at http://jeremyrwelch.wordpress.com.
James Riley
James is the Membership Director for Sustainable NC (http://www.sustainnc.org/). He is also the Operations Manager for Blend night club in Chapel Hill. James graduated from Carolina in 2006 with a degree in Philosophy and Asian Studies. James supports Edwards for president in 2008 as well as Net Neutrality. He went to Broughton for high school in Raleigh.
Michael Kelso
Michael was in the class of 2004 at UNC studying Biology and Chemistry who now is in medical school at UNC. He is the co-founder of Reviving Our Communities (www.revivingourcommunities.org). He supports Barack Obama for President. He has the following quote on his profile from Martin Luther King: “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” His favorite books are How to Win Friends and Influence People, the Go-Getter, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and Think and Grow Rich.
Jacquie Harkema
Jacquie is a senior at Carolina studying International Studies and Biology. She’s from Salt Sprint Island, BC near Vancouver. She has a quote on her profile “Nature wants us to be mediocre because we have a greater change to survive and reproduce. Mediocre is as close to the bottom as it is to the top, and will give you a lousy life.” She spent the summer in Denmark has spent time in Namibia and Zambia. She used to do judo and fencing and have a pet lamb. She is considering working in consulting after graduation for McKinsey, Bain, or BCG. She blogs at http://spaces.msn.com/jhpics.
Peyton Maddox
Peyton is a web application developer at iContact and a 2007 graduate of UNC from Alabama who likes sweet tea. He also helps out with web stuff for Maddox Oncology, a family company that sells products for cancer survivors.
Lindsay Johnson
Lindsay is a senior at UNC in English Lit and Rhetorical Studies. She is the founder and Director of New Worlds Through Literature, which sends packs of selected books to non-profit organizations in North Carolina to help increase literacy. She lives in Meadowmont with two of her sisters.
Pedro Carreno
Pedro is an extremely authentic, caring, and hardworking guy. He is a junior at UNC studying Public Policy, Social Entrepreneurship, and Latin American Studies. He is involved with Carolina Hispanic Association (CHisPa), the Carolina Microfinance Initiative, UNC Young Democrats, and the Campus Y. He has the following quote on his profile,” so often, humanity seems divided by barriers of all kinds--race, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, nationality, age and social class—barriers that do little except to blind us to the reality of our common bonds.”
Lydia Sparks
Lydia is a senior at UNC from Cary who is an amazing singer and writer. She is studying political psi and psychology and works as an RA in Ram Village. I've known Lydia since around April or so when I met her through John and Bob. She quotes Outkast, Tommy Boy, CS Lewis, Madonna, and Marilyn Monroe on her profile. She is an awesome and very fun person known for having high adrenaline.
Zaid Farooqui
Zaid has spent the summer in Boston working on his music start up iJigg.com. His site is zaid360.com. He is a junior at UNC from India who is "very confused" as to what he is studying. He is a web 2.0 entrepreneur who might just want to get out of college and focus on building the next iLike or Last.fm.
Suresh L. B.
Suresh is a junior at UNC studying business from Goldsboro, NC. I think he is in AK Psi. He’s looking for Drucker’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship—according to his profile—Suresh I have both if you still need them. I look forward to getting to know Suresh better.
Devan Ray Donaldson
Devan is a grad student at UNC studying Information and Library Science from Chesterfield, Virginia. He graduated from William and Mary in 2006 with a degree in History. He is the Research Assistant to Dean Dr. Jose Marie Griffiths at the School of Information and Library Science. I met Devan at the Knowledge Trust Awards put on by the Louis Round Wilson Trust.
Roey Rosenblith
Roey is a 2006 graduate of UNC-W in Poli Sci and Biology. He was formerly the Director of Outreach and Fulfillment for the Full Belly Project (http://www.fullbellyproject.org/index.asp) which is working to distribute a nut shelling machine in Uganda and other locations that saves a tremendous amount of labor. Roey has worked as a research assistant for Arianna Huffington. Roey is part of the 102 Millingport crew. He is starting to work on VillageStartup.com.
Emilie Corinne Yeager
Emilie works on the systems team at iContact. She graduated from Gardner-Webb in 2005 where she studied Computer Science and Math. She will be moving to New York City this weekend to begin a new adventure so this will be her last meetup for a while. She says that life is like the movie Garden State. I’ve spent the past few Friday nights staying up until about 6am talking to Emilie about all things related to life and can say she is an awesome person—and makes hilarious dancing faces.
Anthony Deloso
Anthony runs Deloso Ventures (See www.anthonydeloso.com), a web design and development firm. He is in the class of 2008 at UNC and lives at our house. Anthony's last name means 'of the bear.'
John Parron Hinson
John describes his religious views as 'whatever Bill Murray thinks.' He is from Chapel Hill. He is a NC State graduate in computer science and economics, but is better known as a great DJ, amazing freestyle rapper, and the Vice President of Cold Process Roofing and COO of Dormoo. John worked for Northrop Grumman in Maryland for a few years before coming back to town. I've known John since the ManDate meetups of 2006. I have more Facebook friends in common with John (62) than anyone else.
Allison Badea
Allison is a senior at UNC from Columbus, OH studying media production and advertising. She is the founder of Mugshot and has a site at www.yalookinfab.com. Her favorite books include The Republic, The Tipping Point, and 100 Years of Solitude.
Tom Hylands
I've known Tom for about five years now. He is from Harrogate, England and was the only other UNC economics major who was half-English like I am. Tom was in the class of 2006 at UNC studying Econ and Political Science. He currently works as a health economics research assistant at RTI International.
Noah Boswell
Noah runs an internet marketing company called Looktotheright.com. He went to Belmon Abbey for college. He is a Google Adwords Certified Advertising Professional.
Andrea Coravos
Andrew is a sophomore at Duke. She has worked for the Washington Capitals doing marketing and communications. She blogs at http://bluejaguars.blogspot.com/.
Wesley Mahler
Wesley Mahler is a junior at Oregon State studying business administration. He is interested in entrepreneurship, real estate, affiliate marketing, running, women, tennis, and Web 2.0. His site is www.wesmahler.com.
Kory Roscoe
Kory Roscoe attends Appalachian State University and studies business. He quotes the U.S. Army Ranger handbook on his profile.
Rezwan Ahmed
Rez was in the class of 2007 at UNC where he studied Bio, Psych, and Chem. He currently works at the Autism Society of NC in Chapel Hill. He is from Flatwoods, Kentucky. He has the following quote on his profile from Gandhi, "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."
Katie Baker
Katie is a senior at UNC from Fayetteville studying political science. She quotes Robert Frost on her profile. She works at Outback presently.
From original description:
A group of social entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs gets together to talk about entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, public policy, public health, education, politics, and changing the world. Feel free to invite friends.

