AMITA Event: Women Entrepreneurs Panel

Have you ever considered starting a company or joining a start-up? How do you evaluate opportunities and decide when to take the plunge? How do you finance your startup? Come and learn from a panel of women that have started companies in a variety of industries and taken different paths to success. Our panel will be moderated by Sramana Mitra, Forbes columnist and author of "Bootstrapping: Weapon of Mass Reconstruction" and "Entrepreneur Journeys."

Sramana will be happy to sign copies of her books Bootstrapping: Weapon of Mass Reconstruction <http://www.amazon.com/Entrepreneur-Journeys-Bootstrapping-Weapon-Reconstruction/dp/1439234515/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243951339&sr=8-2>   and Entrepreneur Journeys afterwards. <http://www.amazon.com/Entrepreneur-Journeys-1-Sramana-Mitra/dp/1439206872/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243951339&sr=8-1>

Please purchase a book beforehand from Amazon.com and bring it with you.<http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=sramana+mitra&x=11&y=15>

Panelists:
- Stephanie Fohn, CEO, WhiteHat Security
- Nina Pflumm Herndon, Founder, Sage Elder Care
- Eileen Gittins, CEO, Blurb
- Bibby Gignilliat, Founder & Executive Chef, Parties that Cook
- Jodie Bourdet, Partner, Cooley Godward Kronish

Location: Cooley Godward Kronish, 3175 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA
Registration: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=33981&groupID=154
Cost: Pre-registration: $20 MITCNC members, $25 others
Walk-ins:  $25 MITCNC members, $30 other