Alumni Events

北大大纽约地区校友会举办创业论坛

    北大大纽约地区校友会(PKUAAGNY)与香港纽约协会(HKANY)合作，于2009年4月9日举办了新启动的创业项目的首次活动，与会者超过五十人。

    此次研讨会特邀三位演讲嘉宾。香港贸发局(HKTDC)美洲首席代表黄志强介绍了作为自由港的香港和飞速发展的中国所带来的良机。他还重点介绍了香港贸发局提供的众多同香港公司发展贸易的资源服务。

    第二位演讲嘉宾是医药界前辈Jonathan Northrup。他在就任礼来制药(ELI LILLY)公司高管职务多年之后，创建了自己的咨询公司。他讲述了从公司高管到企业家的富有挑战性的转变，医药公司所面临的压力及中美企业家的机遇。他还强调作为一个企业家必须要保持积极乐观的心态，在用自己的钱支付各种费用时要有信心总有一天这些钱都会回来。

    第三位演讲嘉宾是涂健轩(James Tu)，他在开创健康素食生意之前曾做过十年股票分析师。他强调，一个成功的创业者必须对其从事的行业十分了解，要比任何人做得都好。从这个角度来讲在和在公司里工作是一样的。涂健轩的公司"禅趣"为研讨会后的招待会提供了健康精美的食品。

    本次活动由北大大纽约地区校友会会长楼新跃，副会长张苏华及创业项目负责人王志华组织策划。更多的创业相关活动将陆续推出。

First from left: Daniel Lou, Michael Nocera, Steven Wong, Jonathan Northrop, James Tu and Sam Zhang.

PKUAAGNY Hosts Entrepreneurship Forum

On April 9, 2009, Peking University Alumni Association of Greater New York (PKUAAGNY), partnering with the Hong Kong association of New York, hosted the first event of its new entrepreneurship program. Over 50 people participated.

This seminar featured three speakers. Stephen Wong, regional director of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), presented the amazing trade opportunities via the free port of Hong Kong and the fast development across China. He also highlighted the many resources provided by the HKTDC to facilitate trading with companies in Hong Kong.

The second speaker, Jonathan Northrup, a pharmaceutical veteran who founded his own consulting practice after a long and successful career at Eli Lilly, talked about the challenging transition from a corporate executive to an entrepreneur, the pressures pharmaceutical companies are facing, and hence the opportunities to entrepreneurs in US and China. Jon also discussed that, to be an entrepreneur, one needs to be absurdly optimistic, making all the out of pocket personal expenses with the confidence of one day getting the return.

The third speaker, James Tu, was an equity analyst for ten years before starting his healthy vegetarian food business. James highlighted that, in order to be a successful entrepreneur, one needs to know one's trade really well and be better than anybody else at what one does. In this aspect, it is no different from working for a corporation. James Tu's company, Zen Palate, provided the delicious and very healthy food for the reception after the seminar.

This event was made possible by Daniel Lou, president of PKUAAGNY, Sam Zhang, a PKUAAGNY vice president and long time friend of Jon, and James Zhihua Wang, PKUAAGNY entrepreneurship program director. Stayed tuned for future events on entrepreneurship.