The Enterprise Forums sponsor regular programs featuring presentation of business plans by emerging technological companies to a panel of experts who analyze the presentations and provide management and financial advice to the firms executives. Programs address a range of key entrepreneurial issues from financing, marketing and business planning to executive leadership and staffing. Case presentations feature companies in emerging technology areas reviewing their business plans with expert panelists.
Special sessions examine new entrepreneurial opportunities, such as Internet ventures.
The Central Coast Enterprise Forum Central Cost forums are typically held on the third Wednesdays every other month at the Financial Plaza Hilton in Oxnard. A joint venture of the Caltech Industrial Relations Center and the MIT Alumni Association, the Forum sponsors monthly programs that address key issues in starting and growing new ventures and provide opportunities for networking among individuals devoted to entrepreneurial development. The Real Estate Breakfast Club meets on the last Wednesday of the month in West Los Angeles. Join developers, structural engineers, real estate analysts, city planners, and others for a hearty breakfast and stimulating conversation. On the first Thursday of each month, about a dozen MIT alums meet in Pasadena to enjoy a friendly lunch together and debate current issues.