About this Event
Don’t miss the inaugural Leaders and Legends 2.0: CCL Fireside Chat & Networking Event for Founders and Funders. Hosted by the JHU Carey Business School, this exclusive event features Clarence Wooten, Baltimore native, Moonshot Factory - GoogleX leader, visionary entrepreneur, and tech innovator, as he previews his highly anticipated first book, Cofounder.AI.
RSVP TODAY for this powerful opportunity to network and engage with industry leaders, fuel your entrepreneurial spirit, and connect with the people shaping Baltimore’s vibrant startup scene.
Join us as Clarence shares his groundbreaking insights on AI, the future of entrepreneurship, and building community. This event is brought to you by and .
With Support From:
- Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures | PAVA Center
- Bowie State University Entrepreneurship Innovation Center
- Morgan State Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center
- Upsurge Baltimore
*SPACE IS LIMITED - MUST RSVP TO ATTEND & SELECT APPROPRIATE TICKET TYPE*
EVENT OVERVIEW
- 4:30 pm | Doors Open
- 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Networking I
- 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm | Fireside Chat - Clarence Wooten x Tracy Akinade
- 6:15 pm - 7:00 pm | Networking II
- 7:00 pm | Event Close
About Community Consulting Lab at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
The Community Consulting Lab at Johns Hopkins Carey Business School challenges students to apply their business skills and knowledge to assist local underrepresented small businesses throughout the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. region. Working as empowered consultants, students apply innovative problem-solving techniques to help local founders and entrepreneurs find solutions to their toughest business challenges. Through the intentional teaming of like minds, the CCL program drives economic impact understanding that "Community is where it begins.."
Carey Business School offers full-time, part-time, and online MBA and MS degree programs, and executive education programs built to compete in an ever-changing business world. For more information, visit carey.jhu.edu
About Clarence Wooten
Clarence Wooten is a serial tech entrepreneur serving as Entrepreneur in Residence at X, Alphabet’s moonshot factory (formerly known as Google X) where he directs talented teams to create radical new technologies to solve some of the World’s hardest problems.
Clarence is the only African-American to have founded, scaled, and led two Internet startups to successful acquisitions by publicly traded companies while CEO with the sale of ImageCafe to Network Solutions [Nasdaq: NSOL] and Progressly to Box [NYSE: BOX]. Upon founding Progressly, Clarence foresaw the consumerization of enterprise software and created a patented cloud-based workflow UI/UX for business processes that led to the company’s acquisition by Box in 2018.
In his current role at X, Clarence leverages his design-thinking roots, deep understanding of tech, and entrepreneurial experience to develop moonshots in X’s early pipeline. Clarence is also General Partner at Revitalize, a venture studio and seed fund focused on changing the complexion of tech and increasing economic opportunities though Web3.
With a track-record of applying superior UI/UX, SaaS, blockchain, and AI to build and transform companies; Clarence leverages these talents as an advisor to Procter & Gamble Ventures, AQI Ventures, Impact Venture Capital and numerous Silicon Valley tech advisory boards, CEOs, and accelerators including Alchemist and Spark Labs. Clarence is an autodidact with a unique and deep network ranging from founders and CEOs of disruptive tech startups, to venture capitalists, celebrities and executives at Silicon Valley’s leading companies.
Clarence graduated magna cum laude with degrees in Business Management from Johns Hopkins’ Carey Business School and Computer-Aided Design for Architecture & Engineering from the CC of Baltimore County. In 2016 Clarence was inducted into the National Community College Hall of Fame. In 2010 Clarence was named a distinguished alumnus of Johns Hopkins and in 2006 Clarence was named an honorary alumnus of the Univ. of Maryland. Clarence is the subject of a Babson College Case Study, and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fast Company, Entrepreneur, and CNNfn. Clarence is a 2011 TechCrunch Disrupt finalist and was named Top 10 Blacks in Technology in 2012 by Blacks In Tech [BIT].
Clarence is a former member of the board of trustees of Philadelphia University, one of the nation’s top design schools, and the proud father of two daughters.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School - 24th Floor, 100 International Drive, Baltimore, United States
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