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<SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">Dear INLET members and friends,</SPAN><BR style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><BR style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">The next event of the Entrepreneurship forum will take place on <B style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">Tuesday December 4</B><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">,</SPAN> at WilmerHale Venture Group, (1100 Winter St., Waltham, MA 02451- <A href="http://www.wilmerhale.com/offices/offices/office.aspx?officeid=20" target=_blank><U><FONT color=#0000ff>Directions here</FONT></U></A>). </SPAN><BR style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><BR style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">This event is entitled:</SPAN><BR style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><BR style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><U><B style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">"Exit strategies: The recipe for a successful exit"</B></U><BR style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><BR style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">
<DIV style="MARGIN-LEFT: 40px"><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">A networking session and dinner will start at 6:30pm, followed by a presentation from our keynote speaker, Dr. Louay Eldada, CTO and VP of Engineering of DuPont Photonics Technologies, the optical communication business of DuPont. </SPAN><BR style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"></SPAN><BR style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">Dr. Eldada started his professional career in 1994 at Honeywell, where he established the Telecom Photonics business, and managed its product development arm. This business was acquired in 1999 by Corning. He left Corning in 2000 to co-found Telephotonics, a fiber optic start-up where he served as the CTO and Vice Chairman until its acquisition in 2002 by DuPont. </SPAN><BR style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><BR style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">In addition to authoring hundreds of papers and a number of books on optical communications, Dr. Eldada has presented numerous keynote talks worldwide. He holds a PhD degree in optical engineering from Columbia University, and has over forty patents in fiber optics. </SPAN><BR style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"></DIV><BR style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">This event will focus on building a sound exit strategy and a robust contingency plan. Dr. Eldada will share his related experience and elaborate on how entrepreneurs can increase their chances of a successful exit. </SPAN><BR style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><BR style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">Registration fees are 10$ for INLET members and 15$ for non INLET members. To join INLET please click here. </SPAN><BR style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><BR style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">RSVP is required. To RSVP please send an email to <A href="mailto:events@inlet-lebanon.org" target=_blank><U><FONT color=#0000ff>events@inlet-lebanon.org </FONT></U></A>.</SPAN><BR style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><BR style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">Food is ordered on a registration basis. Please let us know in advance if you will join us so that we make sure to have enough for all of you. </SPAN><BR style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><BR style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">For additional information please do not hesitate to contact us at <A href="mailto:events@inlet-lebanon.org" target=_blank><U><FONT color=#0000ff>events@inlet-lebanon.org</FONT></U></A></SPAN><BR style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"> </SPAN><BR style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">Best Regards, </SPAN><BR style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">-Habib Haddad</SPAN><BR style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><BR style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">Program Chair</SPAN> <BR style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">INLET</SPAN><BR style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)"><A style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)" href="mailto:habib@inlet-lebanon.org" target=_blank><U>habib@inlet-lebanon.org</U></A></body>
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