Who we are:
We started the meeting by introducing ourselves and stating our interest in entrepreneurship.
- B. is a first year MBA and entrepreneurship is why he joined the program.
- J. finished his MBA in 07, is a Medical Director, runs his own company, and has a few ideas in the pipeline in the healthcare area.
- R. is in graduating in May 09, comes from a family of entrepreneurs but worked for the last 20 years in corporate. Now looking to work with a startup of 9 people.
- T. is in the health management arena as a consultant, and entrepreneurship is why he started his MBA.
- L. is in his first year and his background is in engineering and works in the design of power plants. He has a few ideas that is trying to develop.
- R. has an IT background and works with CRM systems. Has an idea that wants to develop further and wants the input from this group. Graduating in May 09.
- M. is very motivated and has driven the creation of this group. She is working on an online store and a virtual call center.
- S. is also working very hard in making this group a success. He is already working in a Gang of 5 developing some ideas. Interested in the health care arena and with a background in IT.
- M. is an Electrical Engineer with experience in the Wireless area. From Sierra Leon, wants to develop some ventures there as he sees great opportunities to develop the communications backbone in his country and in Africa.
- M. was part of a startup in college which survived for 2 years and got bought out. He is a part time consultant and is interested in PDAs and Mobile Devices.
- A. helped his boss create a company in 2004; a few months ago he became the president of a spin-off of the original venture. Graduating in May 09 has a lot of experience in entrepreneurship.
- K. is graduating in May 09 as well. He has an IT background and is very motivated to develop himself as an entrepreneur.
- A. is in his last year and graduating in May 09. With an IT background wants to explore the Entrepreneurship world and is very excited and motivated about this group.
Structuring our Meetings:
We proposed a few components that should be part of the monthly meetings:
- Motivational: this segment includes sharing ideas that some in the group are developing, how to develop new ideas, and how to keep the motivation high.
- Tactical: we will discuss things that are important to an entrepreneur from a practical point of view, from talking about office space, to how to network better with online tools.
- Subject Matter Experts: Have subject matter experts give a short talk about topics in Entrepreneurship; this includes guest speakers or people from the group that can share their expertise in certain areas.
- Networking: We identified the need to have certain time allocated to allow us to network with the people in the group.
Our Reach:
We expressed interest in reaching over in the Atlanta area to other groups or organizations that might have common interests. We will discuss this idea at a later meeting when the group is more formally established.
We will continue to pursue the creation of this group as an UGA group, and we will extend the invitation to the Executive MBA and to the UGA MBA Alumni.
You can 'sponsor' your friends to come to this meeting if they are not UGA. This meeting is to be open to non-UGA students and alumni.
Individual Goals:
Each one of us committed to individual goals, whether short term (for the next meeting) to mid or long term (6-months to 1 year). We will support each other in the accomplishment of these.
We are all invited to post to this blog.
Next Meeting:
- For our next meeting on the second Saturday of January, we will have a few speakers from the group that will share some ideas they are currently working on.
- We will check on the progress of some of our goals.
- And we will have time for networking.
Please add your comments to this post in case there is something missing.
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