Startup Virginia Launch
Startup Virginia Launch
Startup Virginia will formally launch its statewide effort to support entrepreneurs and help startups drive job creation with a kick-off event on January 31, 2012.
Startup Virginia is honored to announce that Steve Case, Chairman of the Founding Board of Startup America Partnership, Chairman and CEO, Revolution LLC, Co-Founder and former Chairman of America Online, and Chairman of The Case Foundation and Aneesh Chopra, Assistant to the President and Chief Technology Officer at the Executive Office of the President will speak at the morning launch event on the broader impact of the Startup America partnership and opportunities for Virginia startups.
The event, which will take place at the Arlington Campus of George Mason University, will also feature a panel discussion with Jonathan Aberman, Co-Chair of Startup Virginia, President of FounderCorps and Managing Partner of Amplifier Venture Partners, Dendy Young, Co-Chair of Startup Virginia and President at Virginia Personalized Medicine Clinic, Evan Burfield, Co-Chair of Startup DC and Chairman and Founder at Synteractive, and Mark Walsh, Co-Chair of Startup Maryland and CEO of GeniusRocket. The panel will discuss some of the specific action steps that Startup Virginia and its affiliated efforts in DC and Maryland are planning to execute their respective and collective missions.
“Since its launch 8 months ago, FounderCorps members have seen that there is an enormous opportunity to link up entrepreneurs around Virginia and up through the Greater Washington Region into Maryland,” noted Jonathan Aberman. “The resources and opportunities that we collectively have are just mind bogglingly great. We are excited about the opportunity to connect serial entrepreneurs with the national resources of StartupAmerica Partnership, and the resources of an excellent infrastructure of organizations like MAVA, NVTC, Mason, CIT and many others to help propel the development and growth of entrepreneurial high-growth businesses in our community.” Please join us at what promises to be a great event.
WHAT: Startup Virginia Launch Event
WHEN: Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 7:30 -10:00 a.m.
WHERE: Founder’s Hall George Mason University, Ballston 3351 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22201