The Lifecycle of the Startup presentation plus free Food / Drink / NETWORKING

What’s happening at our version 3.0 meetup:

John Hanak, J.D., the Statewide Director of Purdue Technology Centers, will discuss the lifecyle of the startup from founding to funding to incubation to exit. John will also discuss the resources his group and other facilitators can offer to get and keep startups on track to success.

After completing his J.D., John spent 22 years with Inland Steel leaving in 2001 to become President and CEO of Digital Innovations. John went on to co-found North Riverside Partners before joining the Purdue Research Foundation.

With four locations, the Purdue Research Park network has sites in West Lafayette, Indianapolis, Merrillville and New Albany. The park network has more than 200 companies that employ about 4,100 people. A 2011 independent study reports that the park network provides an annual economic impact of $1.3 billion to the State of Indiana with over $200 million invested in facilities and infrastructure for the park network in the past decade.

The Purdue Research Park network of technology-based business incubators is designed to create a dynamic entrepreneurial business environment, to attract high-technology companies and to launch new startups.

In his roles, John has experienced and observed failures and successes in the startup world. John works on a daily basis with the entire spectrum of startups from individuals trying to build a business plan to incubator companies growing their business worldwide.

John is a tireless advocate for startups in Indiana. He was one of the organizers of the first Indiana Innovation Showcase, is the president elect of the Venture Club of Indiana and manages the P3 Alliance Angel Investor Network.

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In order to attend:

You must join the Evansville Tech on Tap meetup.

Being a member of Evansville Tech on Tap allows you to register to attend this meetup and bring up to 2 guests. There is no cost or commitment to stay a member, but registration will allow us to be more efficient at keeping you informed of future events. You can un-register at any time and will no longer receive notifications about Evansville Tech on Tap.

Evansville Tech on Tap’s mission:

In simplest terms,  creating an Innovation Startup company requires only a Founder with an idea and a Funder with Capital. In reality Innovation Startups succeed with a Founder, a Funder and a multitude of Facilitators playing supporting roles. Our mission is to support connections between the niches of the Innovation Ecosystem in Evansville. Everyone with an interest in seeing innovation based companies start and flourish in Evansville is welcome to join and attend.

Each FREE meetup will focus on three things:

Enjoying Food and Beverage – Begins at 5:00 p.m. Creating an opportunity for niches of Evansville’s Innovation Ecosystem to connect and learn about one another. You decide who you want to talk with, what you want to talk about and how long you want to talk about it. (Please no business solicitations, if you are a service provider this is not the time to sell.) Begins at 5:00 p.m. and resumes after presentation. Learning about the Innovation Ecosystem through a 15 minute presentation on a topic relevant to starting and supporting Innovation based companies. – Begins at 6:00 p.m. Did we mention FREE?

Thanks again to our GREAT friends at the Growth Alliance for Greater Evansville we have Smitty’s fabulous pizza absolutely free! Plenty of soft drinks and those over 21 can have two beers on the house!