Women in Entrepreneurship Panel @ UCLA October 10, 2007

Step Up Women’s Network (www.suwn.org) and UCLA’s Anderson School of Business Present a Women in Entrepreneurship Panel

Date: October 10, 2007
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Tickets priced between $0-$20

Register here: http://www.suwn.org/eventDetails.aspx?d=ae33bf88-9e5a-c6b4-3bd9-df9078d1ba43

Venue: UCLA Anderson School of Management
110 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90049

6:00-7:00pm Networking Reception in C Atrium
7:00-9:00pm Panel Discussion in Korn Convocation Hall

Join us for our inaugural Women in Entrepreneurship Panel, one of Step Up’s major professional development events of the year.

Learn from leading entrepreneurs in retail fashion, business consulting, real estate development, and restauranteering who will speak candidly about their successes and challenges in starting their own businesses.

Moderator:

* Amy Swift, Co-Author of Ladies Who Launch: Embracing Entrepreneurship & Creativity as a Lifestyle and Editor in Chief of Ladies Who Launch

Panelists:

* Christine Comaford-Lynch, CEO of Mighty Ventures and Author of Rules for Renegades
* Pamela Day, Managing Partner of Crimson Fund Advisors, LLC
* Jaye Hersh, Founder of Intuition boutique
* Mary Sue Milliken, Chef, Author, Spokesperson and Restauranteur of Border Grill/Ciudad

Moderator:

Amy Swift

Co-Author of Ladies Who Launch: Embracing Entrepreneurship & Creativity as a Lifestyle and Editor in Chief of Ladies Who Launch, providing content and community to help women start and expand their businesses and creative ventures.

Panelists:

Christine Comaford-Lynch

CEO of Mighty Ventures and author of Rules for Renegades

Christine Comaford-Lynch is CEO of Mighty Ventures, an innovation accelerator which helps businesses to massively increase sales, product offerings, and company value. She has built and sold 5 of her own businesses with an average 700% return on investment, served as a board director or in-the-trenches advisor to 36 startups, and has invested in over 200 startups (including Google) as a venture capitalist or angel investor. Christine’s popular column on www.BusinessWeek.com/SmallBiz launched January 2007 and recently published her new book Rules for Renegades: How to Make More Money, Rock Your Career, and Revel in Your Individuality.

Pamela Day

Managing Partner of Crimson Fund Advisors, LLC

Pamela Day is one of America’s preeminent young businesswomen. You may recognize her from NBC’s The Apprentice 2, but she has more to talk about than just Donald Trump. Pamela is an accomplished and well-trained Harvard MBA who has founded two successful companies from the ground up: Blazent, a successful enterprise software company and Crimson Holdings, a private investment firm focused on real estate investments and equity hedge strategies.

Jaye Hersh
Founder and Owner, Intuition

Known as one of the hottest boutiques in Hollywood, Intuition is the creation of Jaye Hersh, who has become one of the most sought after experts in the retail clothing business. Regularly featured as the "Celebrity Shopper" on numerous television shows including Entertainment Tonight, Extra, Good Day Live and the Style Channel, Hersh continues to provide insight into the latest trends in fashion and shopping based on her 25 years as a garment industry executive.

Mary Sue Milliken

Chef, Author, Spokesperson and Restauranteur of Border Grill/Ciudad

Inspired by a love for bold flavors and strong statements, Mary Sue Milliken has made her mark in the culinary world with home cooking from all over the world. For over two decades, Mary Sue and her business partner Susan Feniger have transformed street foods and comfort foods into critically acclaimed cuisine and become some of the country's foremost authorities on the Latin kitchen. A natural teacher, Mary Sue shares her passion for food through many media including 396 episodes of the popular “Too Hot Tamales” and “Tamales World Tour” series with Food Network (1995-1999), numerous radio shows and five cookbooks (co-authored with Susan)

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