MITEF Event: Turning Your Passion into a Real Business

When: 
Thursday, January 23, 2014 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Cost: 
Free for members & Students; $30 for nonmembers
Location: 
MIT Stata Center , Room 32-155 32 Vassar Street Cambridge, MA 02139
Description: 

You know the project you’re working on could be a cool product and the basis of a great company.  But, it’s not mainstream, and you are afraid it might scare off potential team members and investors.  You’ve seen other companies that have taken the risk and made it big.  Why not you, too?
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If you want to talk about projects that have proven tough to productize and bring to market, think music.  But, when startups in that space make it, they can do it in a big way.   Take Guitar Hero, for example.  In its wake, it has spawned tremendous companies and revenue-producing franchises.

But how do you take the first steps?  What does it take to get a non-traditional tech startup funded and operational?

Join us for a discussion with entrepreneurs who have and are succeeding in taking their project to the big leagues.  If they can hit a home run, so can you.

Panelists include:

Jeff Simon, Founder/CEO, SocialFlight

Paul Smith, CMO,  Sonation

Brent McCrossen, CEO, Audiosocket

Mike Butera, CEO, Artiphon