The Founder Factory is an annual event created by Philly Startup Leaders, meant to help foster growth of an ecosystem of entrepreneurs, mentors, angels, VC’s, students, schools and government groups within the Philadelphia area. As a collaborative and engaging event, the Founder Factory helps to unleash Philadelphia’s entrepreneurial potential. Professional Podcasts produced the official videos from the 2010 Founder Factory conference in Philadelphia, and you can purchase all seven video segments in a single HD DVD collector's set.
Program Contents
Opening Remarks
Tracey Welson-Rossman & Amy Larrimore open/intro Founder Factory
- What Founder Factory is & why we hold it -- introduces
Steve Goodman - remarks about the Philadelphia Entrepreneurial
community -- introduces Jameson Detweiler - introduces speaker
Farid Naib
Ideation: v. to bring into existence or cause to be produced a
concept or concepts that serve as foundation on which to develop
the entrepreneurial effort.
Farid Naib , Founder and CEO, DDC
Kingley Maunder & Joanne Lang introduce Gil Beyda (Fishbowl
moderator) & Fishbowl # 1
Gil Beyda introduces the Fishbowl companies and Fishbowl panelists
Fishbowl focus on Adopt-ability: XipWire and Healthy Humans.
EqualApp
XIPWIRE
Healthy Humans
Renowned techpreneur - Adam Schran of Ascentive.
The Art of the Pivot: Inevitably every startup is faced with the
need to rapidly course correct in order to deal with some new
reality of business conditions. Knowing when to pivot and how is
essential to driving continued success
Adam Schran, Founder & CEO, Ascentive
Fishbowl focus on Scalability: Rapid growth brings with it its
own set of challenges, intelligently scaling the business is
crucial.
Urban Escapes
Greenphire
The Key to Sustaining: Not every entrepreneur is looking for the
quick exit. Some seek the long haul while others have longevity
thrust upon them. What is the key to sustaining?
Hal Real, Founder & President, World Cafe Live
Fishbowl focus on Alternative Funding: Traditional funding outlets
exhausted? What other avenues are worth investigating?
AchieveNext
Bashpole
A Story of Exit: Invite Media’s exit on June of 2010 proves tha
t having technology snapped up by Google is not exclusive to the
Silicon Valley.
Nat Turner, Co-Founder and CEO, Invite Media
Zach Weinberg, Co-Founder and COO, Invite Media
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