Rev: Ithaca Startup Works

Rev Members Only: Office Hours with Paul Lee, Esq. of Miller Mayer
2018-08-22 10:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Rev: Ithaca Startup Work’s Office Hours give members the opportunity to reserve an appointment with a Rev Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR) or a guest expert to discuss strategy, seek assistance with business connections, and receive valuable feedback. Office Hours are hosted by our EIRs or selected guests on a rotating basis and are typically offered each week.

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Office Hours will be held 10:00am-1:00pm & registration is required for a 30-minute session. Registration for this event will close on Tuesday, August 21st at 9:00am. If you are interested in attending these Office Hours & miss the registration sign-up, please contact Christy Johnson at csj46@cornell.edu.
About Paul Lee:
Paul Lee is an Attorney Of Counsel in Miller Mayer’s Business Service Group.
Mr. Lee engages in corporate law and regulatory compliance advising seed and early stage companies to Global 500 companies in formation, corporate governance, corporate finance, acquisitions, and regulatory compliance. Mr. Lee represents a wide range of companies in emerging industries including ag-tech, life sciences, clean energy, international trade and financial services, among others.
Many of Mr. Lee’s clients include university spinout companies commercializing technologies who have received STTR/SBIR Phase I and II funding as well as private companies undergoing Phase 0. He represents companies who are residents of the many incubators and accelerator programs including ESD Centers of Excellence, REV Ithaca Startup Works, Cornell’s McGovern Center, NextCorps, CUNY’s iHub with many of his companies having won competitions including those sponsored by FuzeHub and New York’s 76West Clean Energy Competition.

Rev Members Only: CEO Morning Coffee
2018-08-31 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York), 2018-09-28 08:00 - 09:30 (America/Halifax) | Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, 314 E State St, Ithaca
All CEOs of Rev Member Companies and Rev Sponsors are invited to sit down over a cup of locally-roasted coffee and connect during this casual meetup.
CEO Morning Coffee is hosted the last Friday of every month and is open to only CEOs of Rev Member Companies and Rev Sponsors. Registration is by invitation-only.

Rev Members Only: EIR Office Hours with Ken Rother
2018-08-31 09:30 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, 314 E State St, Ithaca
Rev: Ithaca Startup Work’s Office Hours give members the opportunity to reserve an appointment with a Rev Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR) or a guest expert to discuss strategy, seek assistance with business connections, and receive valuable feedback. Office Hours are hosted by our EIRs or selected guests on a rotating basis and are typically offered each week.

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Office Hours will be held 9:30am-12:30pm & pre-registration is required for a 30-minute session. Registration for this event will close the day before the event, on August 30th at 9:00am. If you are interested in attending these Office Hours & miss the registration sign-up, please contact Christy Johnson at csj46@cornell.edu.

About Ken Rother:
Ken Rother is the Director of Rev as well as its Hardware Entrepreneurship program. He is the Managing Director of Cornell’s eLab student accelerator program, teaches entrepreneurship at the Johnson School, instructs and coaches in several technology commercialization programs including NSF I-Corps, and is a Venture Partner at Cayuga Venture Fund.
Ken has held multiple senior business and technical positions for organizations such as Discovery Communications, Reuters, Matrox, and the Toronto Stock Exchange. He has direct startup experience having co-founded a software business in Toronto and joining an early stage online media business in New York, both of these startups concluded with successful exits.
Most recently Ken was the Senior Vice President of Digital Media at Discovery.

Rev Members Only: EIR Office Hours with Brad Treat
2018-09-07 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, 314 E State St, Ithaca
Rev: Ithaca Startup Work’s Office Hours give members the opportunity to reserve an appointment with a Rev Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR) or a guest expert to discuss strategy, seek assistance with business connections, and receive valuable feedback. Office Hours are hosted by our EIRs or selected guests on a rotating basis and are typically offered each week.

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Office Hours will be held 10:00am-12:00pm & registration is required for a 30-minute session. Registration for this event will close on Thursday, September 6th at 9:00am. If you are interested in attending these Office Hours & miss the registration sign-up, please contact Christy Johnson at csj46@cornell.edu.

About Brad Treat:
Brad is a career entrepreneur with an emphasis on technology-driven companies. Brad was most recently the Founding CEO of Mezmeriz, a high-tech company making interactive projectors and reality capture cameras to embed into mobile phones. Mezmeriz is based on patented MEMS technology developed by company co-founder Shahyaan Desai at Cornell. Previously, he was the Entrepreneur-In-Residence at Cornell University.
Brad was also the co-founder and CEO of SightSpeed, an innovative video and voice communications company. Together with co-founders Aron Rosenberg and Cornell Professor Toby Berger, Brad grew SightSpeed from a university research project into the world’s premier video calling software. SightSpeed was profitably acquired by Logitech for $30M.
Earlier in his career, Brad worked for eight years in the automotive industry in both the US and Spain at Bowles Fluidics and GKN Automotive. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State, and an MBA from the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell.
Brad lives in Ithaca, New York. He is faculty at Johnson at Cornell, Cornell Engineering, and Ithaca College teaching practical entrepreneurship, empathetic leadership, and project management. With the loving support of his wife Kristin and sideways looks from his children, he competes in long-distance triathlons in the “Clydesdale” division, has done a few Ironman triathlons, and has finished a handful of marathons without walking.

Rev Members Only: "Lessons from Some of My Favorite Mistakes" with EIR Brandon Wright
2018-09-07 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Bring your lunch (or order in) and gather around the table with EIR Brandon Wright to discuss some lessons learned from some of his favorite mistakes. This event is for Rev Member Companies and employees only.

Brandon will cover the following topics and more:
• Early Stage Team Alignment: Is my new hire a founder or employee, and what’s the right equity %?
• CEO Maturity: How does a CEO’s role change by company stage?
• Moving On: When is the right time to step down as CEO, and how do you prepare before the announcement?

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Rev Members & Sponsors Only: Free Pass Day
2018-09-11 09:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York), 2018-10-09 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Halifax) | Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, 314 E State St, Ithaca
All employees of Rev Member companies are welcome to come work without using a Day Pass. This is a great chance to catch up with mentors and other Members, meet new people, and connect with special guests and Rev Sponsors! Bagels provided – yum!

Rev Members Only: EIR Office Hours with Brian Bauer
2018-09-11 12:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, 314 E State St, Ithaca
Rev: Ithaca Startup Work’s Office Hours give members the opportunity to reserve an appointment with a Rev Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR) or a guest expert to discuss strategy, seek assistance with business connections, and receive valuable feedback. Office Hours are hosted by our EIRs or selected guests on a rotating basis and are typically offered each week.

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Office Hours will be held 12:00pm – 3:00pm & pre-registration is required for a 30-minute session. Registration for this event will close the day before the event, on September 10th at 9:00am. If you are interested in attending these Office Hours & miss the registration sign-up, please contact Christy Johnson at csj46@cornell.edu.

About Brian Bauer:
Brian Bauer is the Program Director for clean energy programs with Cornell’s Center for Regional Economic Advancement. Brian runs 76West, NYSERDA’s clean energy business competition, and he is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence for the Southern Tier Startup Alliance, a member organization of incubators across the Southern Tier which is a collaboration between Cornell, Binghamton University, and Corning Enterprises.
Brian is a seasoned international energy industry executive with extensive experience in Oil, Natural Gas, Chemicals, and renewables in the United States, Asia, and Europe. Brian ran several international businesses during a 30-year career in the energy industry and has expertise in operations, strategy, business development, mergers and acquisitions, major project management, corporate governance and organizational change.
Brian has a B.S. In Chemical Engineering from Cornell and an MBA in Operations and Finance from the University of Chicago. In addition to his entrepreneurial work, Brian lectures at Cornell and serves on the Board of the Paleontological Research Institute, which includes the Museum of the Earth and the Cayuga Nature Center, both near Ithaca.

Rev Members Only: Office Hours with Nate Cook, Esq. of Miller Mayer
2018-09-12 09:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, 314 E State St, Ithaca
Rev: Ithaca Startup Work’s Office Hours give members the opportunity to reserve an appointment with a Rev Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR) or a guest expert to discuss strategy, seek assistance with business connections, and receive valuable feedback. Office Hours are hosted by our EIRs or selected guests on a rotating basis and are typically offered each week.

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Office Hours will be held 9:00am-12:00pm & registration is required for a 30-minute session. Registration for this event will close on Tuesday, September 11th at 9:00am. If you are interested in attending these Office Hours & miss the registration sign-up, please contact Christy Johnson at csj46@cornell.edu.
About Nate Cook:
Nate Cook is an attorney of counsel in Miller Mayer’s practice group, and focuses on business, finance, real estate, and intellectual property law. Mr. Cook advises entrepreneurs and established businesses in organization, mergers and acquisitions, formation, licensing, succession planning, and financing. Mr. Cook also focuses on real estate, where he represents buyers and sellers of residences and commercial real estate throughout Central NY and the Southern Tier. Mr. Cook also advises clients in intellectual property protection, trademark and copyright registration, licensing, franchising, negotiation and preparation of software development and service agreements, as well as trade secret protection. Nate Cook received his J.D. from Rutgers Law School and Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the University of North Texas.

Rev Members Only: EIR Office Hours with Brad Treat
2018-10-05 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Halifax) | Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, 314 E State St, Ithaca
Rev: Ithaca Startup Work’s Office Hours give members the opportunity to reserve an appointment with a Rev Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR) or a guest expert to discuss strategy, seek assistance with business connections, and receive valuable feedback. Office Hours are hosted by our EIRs or selected guests on a rotating basis and are typically offered each week.

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Office Hours will be held 9:00am-12:00pm & registration is required for a 30-minute session. Registration for this event will close on Thursday, October 4th at 9:00am. If you are interested in attending these Office Hours & miss the registration sign-up, please contact Christy Johnson at csj46@cornell.edu.

About Brad Treat:
Brad is a career entrepreneur with an emphasis on technology-driven companies. Brad was most recently the Founding CEO of Mezmeriz, a high-tech company making interactive projectors and reality capture cameras to embed into mobile phones. Mezmeriz is based on patented MEMS technology developed by company co-founder Shahyaan Desai at Cornell. Previously, he was the Entrepreneur-In-Residence at Cornell University.
Brad was also the co-founder and CEO of SightSpeed, an innovative video and voice communications company. Together with co-founders Aron Rosenberg and Cornell Professor Toby Berger, Brad grew SightSpeed from a university research project into the world’s premier video calling software. SightSpeed was profitably acquired by Logitech for $30M.
Earlier in his career, Brad worked for eight years in the automotive industry in both the US and Spain at Bowles Fluidics and GKN Automotive. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State, and an MBA from the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell.
Brad lives in Ithaca, New York. He is faculty at Johnson at Cornell, Cornell Engineering, and Ithaca College teaching practical entrepreneurship, empathetic leadership, and project management. With the loving support of his wife Kristin and sideways looks from his children, he competes in long-distance triathlons in the “Clydesdale” division, has done a few Ironman triathlons, and has finished a handful of marathons without walking.

Rev Members Only: Lunch 'n' Learn - "How to Manage Your Career" with EIR Ken Rother
2018-10-05 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Halifax)
Bring your lunch (or order in) and gather around the table with EIR Ken Rother to learn how to manage your own career from your 1st day on the job until you are CEO!
This event is for Rev Member Companies and employees only.

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Rev Members Only: Office Hours with Hayden Brainard, Esq. of Miller Mayer
2018-10-17 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Halifax) | Ithaca Startup Works, 314 E State St, Ithaca
Rev: Ithaca Startup Work’s Office Hours give members the opportunity to reserve an appointment with a Rev Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR) or a guest expert to discuss strategy, seek assistance with business connections, and receive valuable feedback. Office Hours are hosted by our EIRs or selected guests on a rotating basis and are typically offered each week.

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Office Hours will be held 9:00am-12:00pm & registration is required for a 30-minute session. Registration for this event will close on Tuesday, October 16th at 9:00am. If you are interested in attending these Office Hours & miss the registration sign-up, please contact Christy Johnson at csj46@cornell.edu.

About Hayden Brainard:
Hayden R. Brainard Jr., is a Partner in Miller Mayer’s Business Law and Intellectual Property practice groups. Mr. Brainard focuses his practice on business and intellectual property law. His business practice includes advising entrepreneurs and small and medium size businesses in formation and governance, employment matters, commercial real estate, mergers and acquisitions, licensing, succession planning and financing including venture capital. Mr. Brainard’s intellectual property law practice includes advising clients in intellectual property protection, trademark and copyright registration, licensing, negotiation and preparation of software development and service agreements and trade secret protection. Mr. Brainard is often invited to speak to entrepreneurs and start-up companies at various events hosted by universities, quasi-governmental entities and trade organizations. Mr. Brainard is a member of the New York and Connecticut bars and the U.S. Supreme Court. He received his J.D. from Albany Law School of Union University and his M.B.A. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His undergraduate degree in Economics is from Syracuse University.

Rev Members Exclusive: CEO & Sponsor Morning Coffee
2018-10-26 08:00 - 09:30, 2018-11-30 08:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, 314 E State St, Ithaca
All CEOs of Rev Member Companies and Rev Sponsors are invited to sit down over a cup of locally-roasted coffee and connect during this casual meetup. Registration is by invitation-only.

Rev Members Exclusive: EIR Office Hours with Ken Rother
2018-10-26 09:30 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, 314 E State St, Ithaca
Rev: Ithaca Startup Work’s Office Hours give members the opportunity to reserve an appointment with a Rev Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR) or a guest expert to discuss strategy, seek assistance with business connections, and receive valuable feedback. Office Hours are hosted by our EIRs or selected guests on a rotating basis and are typically offered each week.

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EIR Office Hours with Ken Rother will be held 9:30am-12:30pm & pre-registration is required for a 30-minute session. Registration for this event will close the day before the event, on October 25th at 9:00am. If you are interested in attending these Office Hours & miss the registration sign-up, please contact Christy Johnson at csj46@cornell.edu.

About Ken Rother:
Ken Rother is the Director of Rev as well as its Hardware Entrepreneurship program. He is the Managing Director of Cornell’s eLab student accelerator program, teaches entrepreneurship at the Johnson School, instructs and coaches in several technology commercialization programs including NSF I-Corps, and is a Venture Partner at Cayuga Venture Fund.
Ken has held multiple senior business and technical positions for organizations such as Discovery Communications, Reuters, Matrox, and the Toronto Stock Exchange. He has direct startup experience having co-founded a software business in Toronto and joining an early stage online media business in New York, both of these startups concluded with successful exits.
Most recently Ken was the Senior Vice President of Digital Media at Discovery.

Rev Members Exclusive: Lunch 'n' Learn - SEO Basics, Tips, & Tricks with Kavi Kardos
2018-11-02 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Every website owner knows that online visibility is crucial to their success, but many don’t know enough about search marketing to take advantage of all the ways Google can help them attract new customers. Join us for a Lunch ‘n’ Learn session with Kavi Kardos where you will be introduced to the fundamentals of SEO, giving you a better understanding of how search engines work and how you can create content to boost your rankings and earn new business.
Kavi Kardos is an SEO Training Manager at Moz, the leading provider of software and expertise in the field of search engine optimization. A Houston native and bar trivia host by night, Kavi is passionate about improving clients’ understanding of the search engines and how they tick.
Bring your lunch (or order in) and gather for a presentation focused on SEO basics, tips, & tricks! This event is for Rev Member Companies and employees only.

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CEO + Senior Management Happy Hour
2018-11-05 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Bar Argos, 408 E State St., Ithaca, 14850, United States
No better hour than happy hour! All CEOs & Senior Management of Rev Member Companies and Rev Sponsors are invited to connect over drinks at Bar Argos on Monday, November 5th at 5:00pm. This will be a great opportunity to meet & hangout with your fellow Rev Members. We look forward to seeing you and your senior team there! Registration is by invitation-only.

Rev Members Exclusive: NYS Anti-Sexual Harassment Training
2018-11-06 08:30 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, 314 E State St, Ithaca
According to a new New York State legislation, all employers are required to adopt a sexual harassment prevention policy and their employees are required to complete sexual harassment prevention training. As of October 9, 2018, all employees are required to receive training on an annual basis.
This Rev member exclusive workshop led by Tim O’Brien, Esq. specialist in employment law, fulfills the New York state training requirement for staff. All participants will receive a certificate of completion.
Please join us from 8:30 – 10:00am. Coffee & a light breakfast will be provided. Please register for this event so we can anticipate your attendance.

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Rev Members Exclusive: Office Hours with Ali Hamed
2018-11-13 09:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, 314 E State St, Ithaca
Office Hours will be held Tuesday, 11/13 from 9:00am – 12:00pm. Pre-registration is required for a 30-minute session. Registration for this event will close the day before the event, on Monday, 11/12 at 9:00am. If you are interested in attending these Office Hours & miss the registration sign-up, please contact Christy Johnson at csj46@cornell.edu.

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About Ali Hamed:
Since graduating from Cornell University in 2014, Ali Hamed has served as the Co-Founder and General Partner of CoVenture, an asset management firm headquartered in the Greater New York City Area that focuses on managing funds across Venture Capital, Credit, and Crypto. Under this role, Ali’s responsibilities include sourcing deals, managing portfolio investments, funding new strategies, and leading day-to-day firm management.

Rev Members & Sponsors Exclusive: Free Pass Day
2018-11-13 09:00 - 17:00, 2018-12-11 09:00 - 17:00, 2019-01-08 09:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, 314 E State St, Ithaca

Rev Members Exclusive: EIR Office Hours with Brian Bauer
2018-11-13 12:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, 314 E State St, Ithaca
Rev: Ithaca Startup Work’s Office Hours give members the opportunity to reserve an appointment with a Rev Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR) or a guest expert to discuss strategy, seek assistance with business connections, and receive valuable feedback. Office Hours are hosted by our EIRs or selected guests on a rotating basis and are typically offered each week.

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EIR Office Hours with Brian Bauer will be held 12:00pm – 3:00pm & pre-registration is required for a 30-minute session. Registration for this event will close the day before the event, on Monday, November 12th at 9:00am. If you are interested in attending these Office Hours & miss the registration sign-up, please contact Christy Johnson at csj46@cornell.edu.

About Brian Bauer:
Brian Bauer is the Program Director for clean energy programs with Cornell’s Center for Regional Economic Advancement. Brian runs 76West, NYSERDA’s clean energy business competition, and he is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence for the Southern Tier Startup Alliance, a member organization of incubators across the Southern Tier which is a collaboration between Cornell, Binghamton University, and Corning Enterprises.
Brian is a seasoned international energy industry executive with extensive experience in Oil, Natural Gas, Chemicals, and renewables in the United States, Asia, and Europe. Brian ran several international businesses during a 30-year career in the energy industry and has expertise in operations, strategy, business development, mergers and acquisitions, major project management, corporate governance and organizational change.
Brian has a B.S. In Chemical Engineering from Cornell and an MBA in Operations and Finance from the University of Chicago. In addition to his entrepreneurial work, Brian lectures at Cornell and serves on the Board of the Paleontological Research Institute, which includes the Museum of the Earth and the Cayuga Nature Center, both near Ithaca.

Rev Members Exclusive: Office Hours with Paul Lee, Esq. of Miller Mayer
2018-11-14 10:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, 314 E State St, Ithaca
Rev: Ithaca Startup Work’s Office Hours give members the opportunity to reserve an appointment with a Rev Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR) or a guest expert to discuss strategy, seek assistance with business connections, and receive valuable feedback. Office Hours are hosted by our EIRs or selected guests on a rotating basis and are typically offered each week.

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Office Hours will Paul Lee, Attorney Of Counsel at Miller Mayer, be held 10:00am-1:00pm & registration is required for a 30-minute session. Registration for this event will close on Tuesday, November 13th at 9:00am. If you are interested in attending these Office Hours & miss the registration sign-up, please contact Christy Johnson at csj46@cornell.edu.
About Paul Lee:
Paul Lee is an Attorney Of Counsel in Miller Mayer’s Business Service Group.
Mr. Lee engages in corporate law and regulatory compliance advising seed and early stage companies to Global 500 companies in formation, corporate governance, corporate finance, acquisitions, and regulatory compliance. Mr. Lee represents a wide range of companies in emerging industries including ag-tech, life sciences, clean energy, international trade and financial services, among others.
Many of Mr. Lee’s clients include university spinout companies commercializing technologies who have received STTR/SBIR Phase I and II funding as well as private companies undergoing Phase 0. He represents companies who are residents of the many incubators and accelerator programs including ESD Centers of Excellence, REV Ithaca Startup Works, Cornell’s McGovern Center, NextCorps, CUNY’s iHub with many of his companies having won competitions including those sponsored by FuzeHub and New York’s 76West Clean Energy Competition.

Rev Members Exclusive: EIR Office Hours with Ken Rother
2018-11-30 09:30 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, 314 E State St, Ithaca
Rev: Ithaca Startup Work’s Office Hours give members the opportunity to reserve an appointment with a Rev Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR) or a guest expert to discuss strategy, seek assistance with business connections, and receive valuable feedback. Office Hours are hosted by our EIRs or selected guests on a rotating basis and are typically offered each week.

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EIR Office Hours with Ken Rother will be held 9:30am-12:30pm & pre-registration is required for a 30-minute session. Registration for this event will close the day before the event, on November 29th at 9:00am. If you are interested in attending these Office Hours & miss the registration sign-up, please contact Cara Harbinger at cmh379@cornell.edu.

About Ken Rother:
Ken Rother is the Director of Rev as well as its Hardware Entrepreneurship program. He is the Managing Director of Cornell’s eLab student accelerator program, teaches entrepreneurship at the Johnson School, instructs and coaches in several technology commercialization programs including NSF I-Corps, and is a Venture Partner at Cayuga Venture Fund.
Ken has held multiple senior business and technical positions for organizations such as Discovery Communications, Reuters, Matrox, and the Toronto Stock Exchange. He has direct startup experience having co-founded a software business in Toronto and joining an early stage online media business in New York, both of these startups concluded with successful exits.
Most recently Ken was the Senior Vice President of Digital Media at Discovery.

Rev Members Exclusive: Office Hours with Ryoko Nozawa from Cayuga Ventures
2018-12-05 09:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, 314 E State St, Ithaca
Rev members are invited to stop by and meet with Ryoko Nozawa, a Principal Investor from Cayuga Ventures. Office Hours with Ryoko will be held from 9:00am-12:00pm & pre-registration is required for a 30-minute session. Registration for this event will close the day before the event, on December 4th at 9:00am. If you are interested in attending these Office Hours & miss the registration sign-up, please contact Cara Harbinger at cmh379@cornell.edu.

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About Ryoko Nozawa:
Ryoko is principal at Cayuga Venture Fund. She focuses on exploring investment opportunities, supporting portfolio companies, and assisting fund administration. She evaluates startups on their business models, financials and cost structures, operations, technologies, and markets. She is typically the first person to conduct due diligence on the investment opportunities.
Ryoko joined Cayuga Venture Fund in 2016. She is a graduate of Cornell MBA & Keio University in Japan. She has been a judge for 76West (energy), GENIUS NY (unmanned aerial systems & IoT), and various startup competitions at Cornell and other programs in the region.

Rev Members Exclusive: Lunch 'n' Learn: Accessing the Wisdom of the Team with Brad Treat & Erica Marx
2018-12-07 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Ithaca Startup Works, 314 E State St, Ithaca
Bring your lunch (or order in) and gather for a short presentation on a timely topic – topic to be announced soon! This event is for Rev Member Companies and employees only.
Accessing the Wisdom of the Team

Come on December 7th at Noon to Rev to hear from Erica Marx and Brad Treat on how to run a strategy offsite. Participants will try out a simple, goal-oriented interactive coaching exercise that reveals patterns and generates insights about where your company would benefit the most by investing time working ‘on’ the business instead of ‘in’ the business. This is a micro-version of what you may do with your team at an offsite retreat. We will also discuss best practices for running offsite programs and topics most strategically suited for an offsite retreat.

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Rev Members Exclusive: Office Hours with Nate Cook, Esq. of Miller Mayer
2018-12-12 09:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, 314 E State St, Ithaca
Rev: Ithaca Startup Work’s Office Hours give members the opportunity to reserve an appointment with a Rev Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR) or a guest expert to discuss strategy, seek assistance with business connections, and receive valuable feedback. Office Hours are hosted by our EIRs or selected guests on a rotating basis and are typically offered each week.

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Office Hours will be held 9:00am-12:00pm & registration is required for a 30-minute session. Registration for this event will close on Tuesday, December 11th at 9:00am. If you are interested in attending these Office Hours & miss the registration sign-up, please contact Christy Johnson at csj46@cornell.edu.
About Nate Cook:
Nate Cook is an attorney of counsel in Miller Mayer’s practice group, and focuses on business, finance, real estate, and intellectual property law. Mr. Cook advises entrepreneurs and established businesses in organization, mergers and acquisitions, formation, licensing, succession planning, and financing. Mr. Cook also focuses on real estate, where he represents buyers and sellers of residences and commercial real estate throughout Central NY and the Southern Tier. Mr. Cook also advises clients in intellectual property protection, trademark and copyright registration, licensing, franchising, negotiation and preparation of software development and service agreements, as well as trade secret protection. Nate Cook received his J.D. from Rutgers Law School and Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the University of North Texas.

Rev Member Exclusive: EIR Office Hours with Elisa Miller-Out
2019-01-02 13:00 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, 314 E State St, Ithaca
Rev: Ithaca Startup Work’s Office Hours give members the opportunity to reserve an appointment with a Rev Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR) or a guest expert to discuss strategy, seek assistance with business connections, and receive valuable feedback. Office Hours are hosted by our EIRs or selected guests on a rotating basis and are typically offered each week.

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EIR Office Hours with Elisa Miller-Out will be held 1:00pm-2:30pm & registration is required for a 30-minute session.

About Elisa Miller-Out:
Currently, Miller-Out serves as the managing partner at Chloe Capital, a seed stage venture capital investment fund focused on women-led technology companies. She’s also co-founder of PollQ, a chatbot polling tool for higher education, and a board member at Women 2.0, the leading media brand for women in tech.
In 2016, Elisa oversaw a successful acquisition deal with a division of Singlebrook, a custom software services firm that she co-founded and led as CEO for over 10 years. She is the company’s CFO as well as chair of the board. Singlebrook has Fortune 500, higher education, and nonprofit clients from around the world including: Cornell, Yale, Henry Schein, Hitachi, the Sierra Club, the Environmental Defense Fund, and more.
Prior to starting Singlebrook, Elisa founded two other companies and worked in a variety of industries in New York City. She has also launched several networking groups and regularly serves as a mentor and judge for startup accelerators and competitions. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Barnard College of Columbia University. Learn more at www.elisamillerout.com.
