See what Matt Cookson, Associate Vice Chancellor for External Relations for the University System of New Hampshire, has to say about opportunities for young professionals in NH:

I fully agree with his assertion that NH is a great place to live and raise a family.

Andrew Kun

How many of you

• are curious about entrepreneurship?
• would consider working for a startup after you graduate?
• have an idea and would like to start your own business?

Brad Gillespie, a UNH alum, works with startups and will be visiting UNH this April. If there is enough interest, he’d be happy to talk about

• starting your own company,
• working for a startup,
• engineers as entrepreneurs,
• building a team,
• ideas and execution,
• getting your startup funded,
• things you might consider in the current economic climate, and more.

He could also informally chat with individuals or small groups to discuss questions you might have about startups or talk more about your ideas and next steps you might consider. If this sounds interesting, let us know by either commenting on this post or emailing me (andrew dot kun at unh dot edu) or Dr. Gillespie (b at gillespie dot fm), and please mention if you would be interested in hearing a talk, chatting individually, or both. Also if there are topics you are particularly interested in (or not interested in) please mention those as well.

Brad Gillespie’s biography

Brad Gillespie, a UNH alum, works with early-stage technology companies. His focus is on board and strategic advisory work at the intersection of business and technology. Recent projects include working with the founders of the pioneering online real estate company Redfin,  the augmented reality company Total Immersion, and Allyall among others. Dr. Gillespie is also a mentor at Seedcamp, which focuses solely on European growth companies and their unique challenges and opportunities.

Previously Dr. Gillespie was the Technical Assistant to Microsoft’s Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Craig Mundie. Dr. Gillespie worked alongside Mr. Mundie and other senior executives to formulate and drive long-term corporate strategy. He has been involved with many initiatives across the company including health and wellness, robotics, new programming techniques and applications to exploit heterogeneous many-core processors, and a number of yet-to-be announced products.

He received a PhD from the University of Washington where he was both an Intel and Microsoft Graduate Fellow.

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