NYC Event Highlights

Our thanks and appreciation to Miami University’s Farmer School of Business for including 1809 Capital in Miami’s “Wall Street Week” in New York City.

Our team had two productive days in NYC, starting with a great turnout at Tanner Smiths for an 1809 Capital Limited Partner and Miami University alumni event. It was fantastic to reconnect with familiar faces from Miami University and the 1809 Capital network.

We also participated in the weeks Alternative Asset Management day hosted by Lytical Ventures. The day was highlighted by a panel discussion led by Steve Berg and a talk on Venture Capital and Institutional Asset Management led by 1809 Capital Partner Mark Richey.

The day concluded with a networking event at Lytical Ventures, bringing together Miami University alumni, Wall Street Week students, and industry professionals. Attendees received updates from Dean Jenny Darroch and Mark Richey on the latest achievements and future strategies of Miami University Farmer School of Business and 1809 Capital’s impact on the Miami mission.

Excited for our upcoming 1809 Capital and Miami alumni innovation programs in San Francisco on February 14th and Cincinnati on March 1st. Stay tuned for more updates.

Join Us for an 1809 Capital and Miami Alumni Breakfast Networking Event!

Please join us for an 1809 Capital and Miami Alumni breakfast networking event on Wednesday, February 14th at Canopy in Menlo Park. We look forward to providing an update on the Fund’s progress. Tim Holcomb, Chair of the Department Entrepreneurship will also overview the department’s growth and strategic impact on Miami’s academic mission.

Miami’s John W. Altman Institute for Entrepreneurship recently won the 2024 Model Program Award, given annually to the top entrepreneurship program by USASBE (U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship).

Participants will also receive current market insights from Brian Wilcove (Miami ’95), Partner America's Frontier Fund and Charlie Friedland, Partner Glynn Capital. Hear their perspective on the impact Generative AI and Large Language Models are having on startup formation and growth opportunities. Many believe we are at the beginning of an exciting multi-year (possibly decade-long) technology and venture growth cycle. These developments are also strategic to future US global competitive advantage.

Agenda:

• 8:00am – Registration and breakfast

• 8:30am – Introductions: Mark Richey, Partner, 1809 Capital

• 8:45am – Market Insights: Fireside Chat

• 9:15am – Miami Entrepreneurship: Tim Holcomb, Chair Department of Entrepreneurship

• 9:30am – Networking

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Miami Entrepreneurship Department Named Winner of 2024 Model Program Award

On January 13th, Miami University's John W. Altman Institute for Entrepreneurship and the Department of Entrepreneurship won the 2024 Model Program Award from USASBE- United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. The USASBE Model Program Award is awarded annually to the top entrepreneurship program in the nation and recognizes a university entrepreneurship program that provides "comprehensive, bold, high-quality educational programs that train future generations of entrepreneurs."

The judges noted Miami's success at connecting the entrepreneurship program with Divisions across campus while implementing curricular and co-curricular programs that engage students from every undergraduate major across campus and the impact of the Program's practice-based, immersive learning approach to undergraduate entrepreneurship education in preparing tomorrow’s entrepreneurial leaders to be “job ready, day one.” Miami's Entrepreneurship Program joins a select list of university entrepreneurship programs to win the award, a list that includes Indiana University - Kelley School of Business, Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business, Iowa State University - Ivy College of Business, Syracuse University - Martin J. Whitman School of Management, and the UMKC Henry W. Bloch School of Management, among others.

[Pictured left-to-right: Julienne Shields, President and CEO at USASBE; Dr. Tim R. Holcomb Ph.D., Chair, Department of Entrepreneurship and Director, John W. Altman Institute for Entrepreneurship in the Miami University Farmer School of Business; and Dr. Brett Smith, University Distinguished Professor, Cintas Chair in Entrepreneurship, and Founding Director of the Center for L.I.F.E. (Leading the Integration of Faith and Entrepreneurship)]

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