DEN Six to Start a Startup Bootcamp. Session #2 - Market Validation with Jeremy Katz D'95, Co-founder, segTEL.

Jeremy Katz D'95 is a serial entrepreneur who has founded, funded, and advised more than 6 dozen startups over the past 20 years.  He started his first company, SAETEC, in his fraternity bedroom at Dartmouth College while still a student.  Founded with $248 that he didn't have, he built the company in its first two years into a worldwide telecommunications firm serving Fortune 1000 clientele.  Among his other major projects have been segTEL, a regional fiber optic telecommunications firm that pioneered the development and construction of 4G wireless systems for 4 out of the 5 largest national wireless companies.  segTEL was bought by private equity firm Riverside Partners in 2011.  He also founded Research Dataware in 2005, a SaaS company that specializes in providing hosted workflow solutions for compliance in pharmaceutical research.   This company was bought by private equity firm Arsenal Capital in 2012. 

Jeremy serves on the boards of multiple alternative assets funds, for profit companies and philanthropic organizations.  Jeremy is a founding donor to the DEN at Dartmouth, and has recently co-founded TwinState MakerSpaces, a 501c3 charitable organization dedicated to building makerspaces in low-income communities of New Hampshire and Vermont.

DEN Six to Start is a modular based co-curriculum program open to all students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members. A 6-week, startup bootcamp called "Six to Start" is being offered during winter term, once a week for six weeks. This A-to-Z series will address a wide range of key issues along the startup continuum and provide practical, down-to-earth guidance that will give participants a well-rounded understanding of how to put their ideas into action, including idea creation, formation, financing, team-building, etc. DEN Six to Start is open to all students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members.

The Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network (DEN) fosters and promotes entrepreneurship. The DEN includes over 50,000 people and 14 chapter cities,offering courses, workshops, speaker series, startup competitions and networking activities. Founded in 2000, the DEN is a core component the Office of Entrepreneurship & Technology Transfer at Dartmouth.

In the heart of the Arts and Innovation District in Hanover, the DEN Innovation Center and New Venture Incubator is a tangible manifestation of President Hanlon's vision for Dartmouth as a hub of entrepreneurial creativity and energy.