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PA3 "Second Tuesdays" Propeller

MAY 2016 PROPELLER
Tuesday, May 10th, 2016 - 6pm

SPEAKER:  MARK TANNER ‘12

After graduating from Princeton in 2012, Mark spent a year at Google coordinating major sports partnerships for YouTube and Google+.  While at Google, he developed a passion for building and designing products.  In late 2013, Mark left Google and joined the team that launched Movo. 

Movo designed and manufactured a fully customizable activity tracker for companies looking to engage employees around the importance of health and wellness.  Over the course of two years, Movo built a client roster of major companies including, Subway, UBS, Johnson and Johnson, Princeton University and Burger King. 

As CEO and Co-Founder, Mark designed Movo’s hardware and software products, built an efficient supply chain in China, oversaw Movo’s global distribution center in Indianapolis and constructed and contributed to an effective sales and marketing strategy.

After two years of work and over 10,000 devices sold, Movo hit a crossroads.  Their lean team and limited resources made it difficult to sustain their success and scale their operation.  With market leaders struggling in the space, the challenges began to overwhelm the investors who ultimately decided to wind the operation down. 

Mark is eager to share his story as a cautionary tale of fast growth in a competitive sector. 

 


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"Second Tuesdays" - Propeller ' - May 10th, 2016


PA3 INVITES YOU TO “SECOND TUESDAYS”
 

A PRINCETON PROPELLER EVENT  

AT THE HUB


PA3 Propeller

 

FOR ENTREPRENEURS,

NAVIGATORS & THE CURIOUS

 

Please Join Us for Cocktails & Hors d’oeuvres

 

34 CHAMBERS STREET – DOWNTOWN PRINCETON

 

6 PM, TUESDAY, May 10th, 2016

 

Speaker:  Mark Tanner ’12

 

Co-Founder & CEO, Movo

 

“Rapid Growth in a Competitive Sector:  A Cautionary Tale”

 

After Princeton, Mark worked at Google, coordinating major sports partnerships for YouTube and Google+.  In 2013, he co-founded, Movo, a designer and manufacturer of a fully customizable activity tracker device.   Movo’s effective sales, distribution and marketing strategies brought fast growth and major clients worldwide, but

short-term traction doesn’t always lead to long-term success.

 

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Reservation is closed. If you're trying to sign up for an upcoming Propeller, please find it in our list of events on the homepage.

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Event is FREE - Donations welcome at the door or via Paypal below.

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NEXT PRINCETON PROPELLER:  Tuesday, June 14th (6 P)

 @ J. McLaughlin, 17 Witherspoon Street, Downtown Princeton





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First Friday Lunch - May 6, 2016

Join us for First Fridays, a monthly recurring event for undergraduate and graduate Princeton alumni, graduate students, and parents.  On the first Friday of each month, area alumni and their guests will meet to enjoy a prix fixe luncheon at the Nassau Club in downtown Princeton.  As a special bonus for PA3, a Princeton University PhD candidate will present his/her work to the group in this informal setting.  Topics vary monthly and are always interesting!  Have a look at our impressive roster of previous luncheons.


James Smith, PhD Candidate in GeosciencesOn Friday, May 6th, 2016, we will be joined by James A. Smith, a PhD Candidate in the Department of Geosciences Seismologists now research datasets of unprecedented size and complexity. For example, we are imaging the Earth's interior using over 4,000 earthquakes recorded at over 3,000 stations across the globe. In order to effectively utilize these datasets in modern seismic workflows, the data must be sensibly organized and the computational resources efficiently used. In other words, what good is a supercomputer if you are always reading and writing data? James will discuss ASDF, a modern data format for seismology that offers new ways to exchange and query large datasets, reproduce results, and decrease the time to research.



As always, there is sure to be a lively discussion! Please join us.


Specially priced at $25/person (or $30 if you choose not to pay PA3's annual dues), lunch includes three courses, a complementary beverage (wine, beer, soft drink) and coffee/tea. Pre-registration is preferred.

>> Looking forward to seeing you...in your orange and black! <<

Date: Friday, May 6th, 2016
Time: 12 noon - 2 pm
Location: Nassau Club, 6 Mercer St, Princeton, NJ
Nassau Club membership is not necessary to attend this event.
Dress is business casual.

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"Second Tuesdays" - Propeller - April 12th, 2016


PA3 Propeller April 12th, 2016

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Donations welcome - use the PayPal button below or at the door.




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Featuring Andrés Pérez-Benzo ’13, Founder & CEO, Aero Analytics, “To Raise or Not To Raise: How to Capitalize Your Startup”

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First Friday Lunch - April 1, 2016

Join us for First Fridays, a monthly recurring event for undergraduate and graduate Princeton alumni, graduate students, and parents.  On the first Friday of each month, area alumni and their guests will meet to enjoy a prix fixe luncheon at the Nassau Club in downtown Princeton.  As a special bonus for PA3, a Princeton University PhD candidate will present his/her work to the group in this informal setting.  Topics vary monthly and are always interesting!  Have a look at our impressive roster of previous luncheons.


Garner Soltes, PhD Candidate in Molecular Biology
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n Friday, April 1st, 2016, we will be joined by Garner Soltes, a PhD
 Candidate in the Molecular Biology Department.  Garner will talk with us about his work on bacterial antibiotic resistance in general, as well as some of his recently published work that describes the molecular machines that help bacteria maintain their membranes and survive in the presence of drugs and the gastrointestinal environment.


As always, there is sure to be a lively discussion! Please join us.


Specially priced at $25/person (or $30 if you choose not to pay PA3's annual dues), lunch includes three courses, a complementary beverage (wine, beer, soft drink) and coffee/tea. Pre-registration is preferred.

>> Looking forward to seeing you...in your orange and black! <<

Date: Friday, April 1st, 2016
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