Women in Entrepreneurship Law Society

02/06/2019

10/15/2018

Join WELS and CP&P tomorrow at 4pm for a conversation with Stephenie Foster!

Stephenie has had a successful career in government service, international development and human rights. She currently works at Smash Strategies, whose focus is on leveraging women's involvement in the workplace.

If you're interested in attending please RSVP as soon as possible via the attached link.

12/04/2017

Thank you to everyone who came out to last week's event, The Big Escape: Big Law > Entrepreneurship, and a special thank you to all of our wonderful speakers - Michael Bolos, Linda Shi, Michael Gorenstein, and Anil Makhijani!

We greatly appreciated the support provided by the Dean's Speaker Fund and Penn Law's CP&P.

Check out below some of the exciting adventures that our amazing alums are now undertaking!
DeskView --Mike Bolos (JD/MBA'12)
Cronos Group --Mike Gorenstein (L'11)
The Human Diagnosis Project --Anil Makhijani (JD/MBA'12)
Red Spark, Noria, Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Pennsylvania (APABA-PA)-- Linda Shi (L'09)

Photo Credits: Yuko Takahata

Thank you to everyone who came out to last week's event, The Big Escape: Big Law > Entrepreneurship, and a special thank you to all of our wonderful speakers - Michael Bolos, Linda Shi, Michael Gorenstein, and Anil Makhijani!

We greatly appreciated the support provided by the Dean's Speaker Fund and Penn Law's CP&P.

Check out below some of the exciting adventures that our amazing alums are now undertaking!
DeskView --Mike Bolos (JD/MBA'12);
Cronos Group --Mike Gorenstein (L'11);
The Human Diagnosis Project --Anil Makhijani (JD/MBA'12);
Red Spark, Noria, Likuma Labs, Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Pennsylvania (APABA-PA)-- Linda Shi (L'09)

Photo Credits: Yuko Takahata

11/27/2017

The Big Escape - Final Panelist Reveal!

WELS has the honor of presenting our fourth and final panelist for The Big Escape:

Anil Makhijani (JD/MBA '12) is currently a team member of the Human Diagnosis Project, an organization whose mission is to empower anyone with the world’s collective medical insight, where he works on a wide variety of operational, legal and engineering matters. Prior to joining the Project, Mr. Makhijani worked as a cybersecurity attorney at IBM and as a litigator at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. Entering the JD/MBA at Penn, he brought his unique experiences of working at Openplans as a software developer and at MIT Lincoln Laboratory on national security issues after finishing his undergraduate engineering degree.

Come hear Anil Makhijani, Michael Gorenstein, Linda Shi, and Michael Bolos speak on Nov. 29th @ Noon in Silverman 245A! Lunch will be provided.

11/25/2017

The Big Escape - 3rd Panelist Reveal!

WELS has the honor of presenting our third panelist for The Big Escape:

Michael Gorenstein (L '11) is the CEO and Chairman of Cronos Group, a company focused on building industry leading businesses that transform the perception of cannabis. Before joining Cronos, he was a partner at Alphabet Ventures LLC, a multi-strategy investment management firm located in New York City. Prior to Alphabet Management, Mr. Gorenstein was the VP and General Counsel of Saiers Capital LLC and a corporate attorney at Sullivan & Cromwell where he focused on M&A and Capital Market transactions.

Come hear Michael Gorenstein, Linda Shi, Michael Bolos and the other panelists (to be revealed in the upcoming days) speak on Nov. 29th @ Noon in Silverman 245A! Lunch will be provided.

11/24/2017

The Big Escape - 2nd Panelist Reveal!

WELS has the honor of presenting our second panelist for The Big Escape:

Linda Shi (L '09) is currently the General Counsel and head of compliance at Red Spark, a diversified digital media, and technology company based in Philadelphia. She is also the co-founder of Likuma Laboratories and Noria Technologies. Before joining Red Spark, Ms. Shi served as an IP associate with a premier IP boutique law firm. She was recently recognized by the Philadelphia Business Journal with its 2016 Women of Distinction Award, and its 2015 Top Corporate Counsel Award for her advisory work. In addition, Ms. Shi is a recipient of the Penn Law Women's Summit Rising Star Award.

Come hear Linda Shi, Michael Bolos and the other panelists (to be revealed in the upcoming days) speak on Nov. 29th @ Noon in Silverman 245A! Lunch will be provided.

11/21/2017

The Big Escape - 1st Panelist Reveal!

WELS has the honor of presenting our first panelist for The Big Escape:

Michael Bolos (JD/MBA '12) has been an inventor and entrepreneur his entire life, inventing his first product at the age of 10. While working in Big Law, Mr. Bolos started 6 companies in industries ranging from fashion to furniture. His most recent venture is DeskView - the world’s first window-mounted standing desk. Mr. Bolos has practiced 3 years in commercial litigation and then switched to the transactional side, where he has been a part of Jenner & Block LLP's corporate practice since 2015.

Come hear Michael Bolos and the other panelists (to be revealed in the upcoming days) speak on Nov. 29th @ Noon in Silverman 245A! Lunch will be provided.
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11/19/2017

Thanks to all who came out to the LawWithoutWalls (LWOW) info session, and a special thank you to Pagano and Vasco Bilbao-Bastida for speaking to us via Skype! LWOW truly is an incomparable experience!

Remember to apply by Sunday Nov 26 at midnight (deadline extended): http://lawwithoutwalls.org/apply/whylwow/

11/17/2017

Thank you to all of our speakers at last week's Entrepreneurship Panel - Nicole Galli, IP litigation attorney and founder of Women Owned Law; Jeffrey Nadel, founder of Klink; Sam Ronkin, co-founder of 4 Purpose Energy; and Chen Feng, founder of Nomgogo. Also a big thanks to everyone who came out to hear about their incredible business journeys and the legal and business insight that they had to share about planning one's own company.

We greatly appreciated the refreshments provided by Penn Law’s Career Planning & Professionalism Office.

Photo Credits: Zhang (current VP of Finance)

11/14/2017

Check out this rich set of legal resources for entrepreneurs from Cooley LLP on its "GO" microsite - https://www.cooleygo.com/! What do you think?

Cooley GO offers a wide range of legal resources to entrepreneurs of all sizes – from formation to M&A and IPO.

10/15/2017

Check out this amazing list of *free* resources. What would you add?

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