Details
The October 19th-20th Founders' Workshop, The Fundamentals of Startups, will be kicked off by Bill Cummings, a Tufts alum, serial entrepreneur, CEO of Cummings Property, leading philanthropist, and author of Starting Small and Making It Big: An Entrepreneur's Journey to Billion-Dollar Philanthropist. Complimentary books will be provided at event.
Bill Cummings never aspired to be a billionaire and never acknowledged he was one until long after it happened. That's because it is not the money that motivates him, but rather the immense enjoyment he gets from building and growing successful businesses.
DATES:
Friday October 19, 2018; 11:45am to 5:30pm - Lunch will be provided!
Saturday, October 20, 2018; 9:00am to 2:00pm - Light breakfast & Lunch will be provided!
LOCATION:
Tufts University, the Collaborative Learning and Innovation Complex (CLIC), 574 Boston Ave., 4th Floor Medford, MA 02155
PARKING:
Guest parking is available next to the CLIC building. If the lot fills up, there is paid on-street parking on Boston Ave. Tufts interactive campus map.
SCHEDULE:
Friday
- 11:45am - Lunch available
- 12:00pm - Introduction, Welcome Bill Cummings - Tufts alum, serial entrepreneur, CEO of Cummings Properties, and a leading philanthropist!
- 12:15pm to 12:45pm - Bill Cummings discusses Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy
- 12:45pm to 1:00pm - Bill Cummings Q & A (followed by book signing in 4th floor atrium)
- 1:15pm to 1:30pm - Beth McCarthy outlines Theme of the Day
- 1:30pm to 2:30pm - Frank Apeseche presents Business Plans
- 2:30pm to 3:30pm - Gavin Finn presents Markets and Marketing
- 3:30pm to 4:30pm - Frank Rimalovski presents Customers and Discoveries
- 4:30pm to 5:00pm - Entrepreneur Roundtable with Tufts Alums
Saturday
- 8:30am to 9:00am - Breakfast available
- 9:00am to 9:15am - Jack Derby, Introduction & Summary of Friday Workshop
- 9:15am to 10:00am - Beth McCarthy, Connecting with consumers, brand purpose
- 10:00am to 11:00am - Lana Caron, Design Thinking and Differentiators
- 11:00am to 12:00pm - Julianne Zimmerman, Defining and Achieving Success
- 12:00pm to 1:00pm - Lunch and open Q & A
- 1:00pm to 2:00pm - Jack Derby, Where do we go from here?