The 2011 Puerto Rico Venture Forum is one of the largest business development conferences in Puerto Rico. Now in its 12th year, the conference brings together Puerto Rico's leading corporate executives, angel investors, entrepreneurs and academicians who learn the latest trends, best practices, opportunities and challenges of building a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem and a professional private equity marketplace.

This year the conference theme is "Driving Growth & Building Sustainability: Expanding your venture opportunity". Through a variety of expert-driven presentations, this year's conference seeks to explore business models and strategies that allow companies to rapidly enhance and expand their business while sustaining their new found growth.

Speakers will analyze the importance of managing risk; how to develop your business venture in order to expand to new markets in the United States; understanding how Silicon Valley developed as the primier region to innovate and pursue great business ventures; and finally, how to identify and sucsessfully exploit a market niche, developing the opportunity to take your business to the next level.

The Puerto Rico Venture Forum is the ideal conference for both start-up companies as well as established corporate ventures that are looking to enhance their business model and eventually expand into other markets.

REGISTRATION: http://www.enterprizepr.com/prventureforum/REGISTRATION/tabid/162/Default.aspx

AGENDA:

8:00 AMRegistration and Breakfast

9:00 AMIntroduction and Opening Remarks
Mr. Robert Dávila
Former Executive Director at Grupo Guayacán, Inc.

9:15 AMEnterPRize 2011 Presentations
Presentations of the 5 finalists of the EnterPRize Business Plan Competition
Enterprize A business Plan Competition

10:00 PMManaging Risk in Pursuit of Growth
Mr. Gleb Chuvpilo - biography
Co-founder & CEO at Authy
Partner & Investor at Initialized Capital

10:45 AMNetworking and Coffee Break

11:00 PMConquering the US Market: Competing against giants and winning the battle
Mr. Isaac Majerowicz - biography
Partner & Business Consultant Director at
Globaltech Bridge

11:45 PMThe power of a diversified market: Lessons learned from Silicon Valley
Mr. Russell Hancock - biography
President & CEO at Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network
Mrs. Marguerite Gong Hancock - biography
Associate Director at Stanford University, Stanford Program on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SPRIE)

12:30 PMGrupo Guayacán, Inc.: Anniversary Celebration
An entrepreneurial ecosystem 15 years in the making
Guayacan New Logo

12:45 PMAward Ceremony: EnterPRize 2011
Announcement of the top 3 winners of our EnterPRize Business Plan Competition

1:15 PMLunch & Keynote address:
From Niche to Mainstream: Taking advantage of great business opportunities
Mr. Joshua Whiton - biography
Founder & CEO at TransLoc,Inc