25 AUGUST 2010 (WEDNESDAY), 6:30pm
"Technology, Globalization, Bubbles, and Wealth"
Professor Miklos Vasarhelyi, Ph.D
Technology is the accelerator of our current business cycles. Today's years present dramatic changes that used to take generations to occur. Globalization is not about outsourcing but a deep change process that strongly affects our every day well being. Globalization and technology are creating a new macroeconomics that leads to economics displacement, bubbles, and rapid collapses. Globalization, technology, and bubbles are creating mechanisms of rapid wealth displacement and replacement
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------------------------------------------------ Past Event -----------------------------------------------
12 MAY 2010 (WEDNESDAY), 3pm
“Pitching for Success: How to Present and Pitch a New Business Idea”
Professor Ben Sopranzetti, Ph.D
Do you have a business plan and looking for ideas on how to present your business ideas to potential funding sources?
April 8, 2010
¡°The Growth Of Social Media As Next Generation Marketing¡±
Prof. Rachel Napear
Through the use of specific case examples from the private sector, Professor Napear will analyze the effects of social media and how it has shaped marketing over the past several years by focusing on its low startup costs, vast audience and limitless potential.
March 3, 2010
Innovation and Creativity
Prof. Gordon Smouther
This one-hour seminar will explore the use of practical tools that can be used to drive personal and team creativity. Learn the basics of mind maps, affinity brainstorming and more ¡
August 19, 2009
RESET: Ways to grow through, not just go through, these challenging economic times!
Prof. Jim Smith
This RESET presentation highlights myriad thoughts to consider as one develops a pattern/routine for successfully dealing with today's chaotic realities.
July 29, 2009
Stimulus Plans, Budget Deficits and Long Bonds: What Lies Ahead
Prof. Farrokh Langdana Ph.D.
Topics to be included:
* The Global Stimulus Packages
* The Macroeconomic Outlook
* The Warning from the Long Bonds
July 3, 2009
New Venture Financing: Looking Through an Emerging Market Lens
Prof. Ben Sopranzetti, Ph.D.
In this seminar, Dr. Sopranzetti will discuss the forms of new venture financing (bootstrapping, angel investors, venture capital, strategic partners, debt, and hybrid securities) and will provide strategic advice on how to best pitch your new venture to financiers. Dr. Sopranzetti will also discuss valuation tools, with specific attention paid to comparable analysis (P/E, EV/EBITDA, etc.).
July 1, 2009
The Financial Meltdown: Causes and the Impact on You
Prof. Ben Sopranzetti, Ph.D.
In this lecture, Dr. Sopranzetti will discuss the root causes of the credit crisis. He will explain the nature of collateralized mortgage obligations, credit default swaps, negative amortization loans, and mark to market accounting and how the combination of these things resulted in a toxic cocktail for the global economy. He will also give his perspective on investments, inflation, and corporate liquidity and performance.
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