BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Eastern BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180311T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20181104T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180627T141220Z UID:EEDA9809-E606-4154-9707-1C79288E9C0A DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20180613T173000 DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20180613T193000 DESCRIPTION:Every Venture Cafe site works together to connect innovators na tionally and internationally. There are currently five sites that touch mo re than 100\,000 innovators\, entrepreneurs and investors each year.\n\nKa ren is the founding executive director of Venture Cafe Winston Salem where she is responsible for building and leading the organization’s growth i n the Piedmont Triad. Venture Cafe Winston-Salem seeks to align\, amplify and accelerate the local innovation and entrepreneurship economy.\n\nA Win ston-Salem native\, Karen has been an entrepreneur since grade school when she picked vegetables from her dad’s garden and sold them around the ne ighborhood from her red wagon. Prior to joining Venture Cafe\, Karen worke d as the founder of her own marketing and communications consulting firm\, founding partner and director of operations for an artificial intelligenc e startup\, and strategic lead for several advertising agencies.\n\nShe’ s a natural connector and former journalist who loves nothing more than a good story followed by a hearty laugh.\n\nKaren has a master’s degree in journalism and public affairs from The American University\, and a bachel or’s degree in English Literature from Hollins University.\n\nBy the way \, her dad is a retired biomedical engineer\; she grew up with IEEE magazi nes around the house and once told her dad she wanted to build a "short ci rcuit" for her science fair project.\n\nSpeaker(s): Karen\, \n\nAgenda: \n 5:30 - 5:50 PM Socializing\, pizza\, cookies & coffee\, speaker set up.\n\ n5:50 - 6:00 PM Announcements\n\n6:00 - 7:00 PM ""Bringing Entrepreneurs a nd Investors Together" by Karen Barnes\n\nRoom: 155\, Bldg: Biotech Place\ , 575 Patterson Ave \, Winston-Salem\, North Carolina\, United States\, 27 101 LOCATION:Room: 155\, Bldg: Biotech Place\, 575 Patterson Ave \, Winston-Sal em\, North Carolina\, United States\, 27101 ORGANIZER:carroll.perkins@gmail.com SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:Bringing Entrepreneurs and Investors Together URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/171700 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><div class="gmail_default">\n<div class="gmai l_default">\n<div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: tahoma\, arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 12pt\;">Every Venture Cafe si te works together to connect innovators nationally and internationally. Th ere are currently five sites that touch more than 100\,000 innovators\, en trepreneurs and investors each year.</span></div>\n<div class="gmail_defau lt">&nbsp\;</div>\n</div>\n<div class="gmail_default">&nbsp\;</div>\n<div class="gmail_default">\n<div class="gmail_default">&nbsp\;</div>\n<div cla ss="gmail_default">&nbsp\;</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class="gmail_defaul t">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>Karen is the founding executive director of Ventur e Cafe Winston Salem where she is responsible for building and leading the organization&rsquo\;s growth in the Piedmont Triad. Venture Cafe Winston- Salem seeks to align\, amplify and accelerate the local innovation and ent repreneurship economy.</div>\n<br />\n<div>A Winston-Salem native\, Karen has been an entrepreneur since grade school when she picked vegetables fro m her dad&rsquo\;s garden and sold them around the neighborhood from her r ed wagon. Prior to joining Venture Cafe\, Karen worked as the founder of h er own marketing and communications consulting firm\, founding partner and director of operations for an artificial intelligence startup\, and strat egic lead for several advertising agencies.</div>\n<br />\n<div>She&rsquo\ ;s a natural connector and former journalist who loves nothing more than a good story followed by a hearty laugh. <span id="m_-2744685048831322510m_ -8464046062987890805gmail-m_-9083716854034985279m_-197149414692326540gmail -m_1373636813994045944gmail-docs-internal-guid-e836536f-91de-371e-ede1-66a bf453606a"></span></div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div>Karen has a master&rsqu o\;s degree in journalism and public affairs from The American University\ , and a bachelor&rsquo\;s degree in English Literature from Hollins Univer sity.</div>\n</div>\n<div><span style="color: #000000\; font-family: Arial \;">&nbsp\;</span></div>\n<div><span style="color: #000000\;"><span style= "font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT\;">By the way\, her dad is a retired biome dical engineer\; she grew up with IEEE magazines around the house and once told her dad she wanted to build a "short circuit" for her science fair p roject. &nbsp\;</span></span></div>\n</div>\n</div><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: tahoma\, arial\, h elvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 12pt\;">5:30 - 5:50 PM&nbsp\; &nbsp\; & nbsp\;Socializing\, pizza\, cookies &amp\; coffee\, speaker set up.&nbsp\; </span></div>\n<div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: tahoma \, arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 12pt\;">&nbsp\;</span></div >\n<div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: tahoma\, arial\, h elvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 12pt\;">5:50 - 6:00 PM&nbsp\; &nbsp\; & nbsp\;Announcements</span></div>\n<div class="gmail_default"><span style=" font-family: tahoma\, arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 12pt\;"> &nbsp\;</span></div>\n<div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family: tahoma\, arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 12pt\;">6:00 - 7:00 PM&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;""Bringing Entrepreneurs and Investors Together" by Karen Barnes</span></div>\n<div class="gmail_default">&nbsp\;</div>\n<d iv class="gmail_default">&nbsp\;</div> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR