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When: Thu September 16, 2010 7:30 am
Organization: 128 Innovation Capital Group
Location: Foley Hoag Emerging Enterprise Center, 1000 Winter St. Suite 4000, Waltham, MA 02451
Speaker(s): Tony Tjan
Website: http://www.128icg.org
Tony Tjan, Chairman and Partner at Cue Ball Group (Venture Capital Group)
UNCOVERING THE DNA OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP - a Discussion on What it Really Takes to Start and Build Businesses
Tony
Tjan of Cue Ball Capital has studied, advised on and invested in
numerous companies from the perspectives of an entrepreneur,
contributing writer for Harvard Business Review, and now venture
capitalist. Next year, Harvard Business School Publishing will be
launching his book focused on the attributes of successful business
building. While founders typically have significant technical knowledge,
he will share perspectives on the DNA of entrepreneurship based
personal experience and his interactions with entrepreneurs and business
builders across different countries.
His own recent initiative has
been the launch of a new human capital centricĀ model for venture
capital and in 2008 he founded and is Managing Partner of Cue Ball
Capital, a Boston-based venture and early growth equity firm focusing on
investments in digital media, information services, and branded
consumer concepts. The firm has been highly active in its relatively
short history has attracted a top flight tier of advisory investors in
the fund and placed close to $25M to date across 8 businesses with plans
to invest $100M more over the coming years.