Thursday, April 22

11:00 AM-11:10 AM

Opening Remarks

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SPEAKER

Greg Brown

Executive Director, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise; Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor of Finance, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

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11:10 AM-11:20 AM

Session 1: Trend Report Presentation

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SPEAKER

Olav Sorenson

Joseph Jacobs Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies; Faculty Research Director, Price Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation; Professor of Strategy, UCLA Anderson School of Management

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11:20 AM-12:20 PM

Session 1: Capital Access Disparities

Differences in access to external capital have become even more disparate in the wake of the covid pandemic. Companies with access to venture capital have rarely seen a more robust funding environment. In contrast, as government support programs wind down, many “main street” businesses are struggling to access financial resources needed to survive. Many of these businesses are local employers and service providers important for long-term economic resilience. This session unpacks the forces creating the haves and have nots and explores potential policy remedies.

CHAIR

David Robinson

James and Gail Vander Weide Professor of Finance, Duke Fuqua School of Business

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PANELISTS

Yael Hochberg

Head, Rice University Entrepreneurship Initiative; Ralph S. O’Connor Professor in Entrepreneurship & Finance, Rice Business

Steve Kaplan

Neubauer Family Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance and Kessenich E.P. Faculty Director, Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Sandra Moore

Managing Director, Advantage Capital

12:20 PM-12:40 PM

Break

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12:40 PM-12:45 PM

Session 2: Welcome and Introduction

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SPEAKER

Vickie Gibbs

Executive Director, Entrepreneurship Center, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

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12:45 PM-12:55 PM

Session 2: Trend Report Presentation

12:55 PM-1:55 PM

Session 2: Creating Ecosystems Where Diverse Groups of Entrepreneurs Thrive

Developing healthy entrepreneurial ecosystems is a challenge that many people and organizations have been working on for many years. Yet, we still are facing a reality where entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds have a variety of unique challenges in accessing resources, expertise, and funding. This session will examine some of the systemic issues that exist in the system that create these challenges, and discuss some of the current solutions that are being tested in ecosystems today.

CHAIR

Vickie Gibbs

Executive Director, Entrepreneurship Center, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

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PANELISTS

Chuck Eesley

Associate Professor, Stanford School of Engineering; W.M. Keck Foundation Faculty Scholar, Stanford Technology Ventures Program

Martha Legg Miller

Director, Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Rodney Sampson

Executive Chairman & CEO, Opportunity Hub (OHUB); Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

1:55 PM-2:00 PM

Closing Remarks

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SPEAKER

Vickie Gibbs

Executive Director, Entrepreneurship Center, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

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Friday, April 23

11:00 AM-11:05 AM

Session 3: Introduction and Welcome

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SPEAKER

Mahka Moeen

Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

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11:05 AM-11:15 AM

Session 3: Trend Report Presentation

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SPEAKER

Mahka Moeen

Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

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11:15 AM-12:15 PM

Session 3: Health Analytics and Entrepreneurship

The rapid pace of technological innovations in healthcare is ushering a new era of wellness and medical treatments. Emerging technologies such as AI diagnosis and drug discovery, robotic surgery, remote patient care, and genomics have transformed healthcare solutions, whereas other general-purpose technologies in information technology, telecommunications, and 3D printing have enabled healthcare providers to reimagine their workflow. The emerging landscape presents entrepreneurs and investors with several opportunities and unresolved challenges, which will be the focus of this session.

MODERATOR

Jon Fjeld

Director, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative; Professor of the Practice of Strategy, The Fuqua School of Business; Professor of Philosophy, Duke University

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PANELISTS

Aaron McKethan

Health Policy Lead, Duke Forge; Assistant Professor for Population Health Sciences and Senior Policy Fellow, Margolis Center for Health Policy

Gillian Munson

Chief Financial Officer, Iora Health; Venture Partner, Union Square Ventures

Fay Cobb Payton

Professor of Information Technology/Analytics, North Carolina State University; Program Director, Division of Computer and Network Systems, National Science Foundation

Bradley Staats

Professor of Operations, Faculty Director of the Center for the Business of Health, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

12:20 PM-12:40 PM

Break

12:40 PM-12:45 PM

Session 4: Welcome and Introduction

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SPEAKER

Chris Bingham

Philip Hettleman Distinguished Scholar, Professor and Area Chair of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

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12:45 PM-12:55 PM

Session 4: Trend Report Presentation

12:55 PM-1:55 PM

Session 4: Human Capital: Entrepreneurial Teams and Talent

The quest for talent at firms in entrepreneurial settings has become increasingly critical and challenging. Leaders in entrepreneurial settings are routinely contending with the destabilizing forces of technological innovation, competition, and industry disruption. Moreover, with certain sectors rapidly expanding in a remote work environment and a renewed focus on diversity, many leaders have been forced to manage distributed teams and hire people they have never met in person. How will they do all this successfully? What will be the effects of the current environment on team and co-founder dynamics, talent acquisition? More broadly, what is the evolving role of human capital in growth, innovation and effective opportunity capture?

CHAIR