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THE SECRET TO SCALE: UNDERSTAND YOUR UNIT ECONOMICS! 10:00 – 11:00 Fountain Room Business models can launch an idea, but understanding your company via unit economics will scale it—and Venrock partner Nick Beim explains why. Nick led the initial venture investments in a number of pioneering internet companies (including the Gilt Groupe, Care.com, Intent Media and TheLadders.com) and as an Endeavor Global board member and top mentor, has advised Endeavor companies from all industries. Don't miss this insightful session with one of Endeavor's best! NICK BEIM is a Partner at Venrock in New York City, where he invests in Internet, mobile, adtech, SaaS and big data companies. Nick led the initial venture investments in a number of pioneering internet companies including the Gilt Groupe, Care.com, Intent Media and TheLadders.com. His angel investments include Fiksu, Betable, Flipkey and the Navigos Group. Nick also serves on the board of Endeavor. THE HR DOCTORS ARE IN! A HUMAN RESOURCES FORUM FOR CEOS 11:30 – 12:30 Fountain Room Toss aside those human resources manuals and pose your company's most pressing HR questions to a CEO and SVP who have over 60 years of collective HR leadership experience from their years at Palm, Apple, Xerox and Genomic Health. To attend this interactive open forum, you must be ready to share an HR challenge your company is currently facing. Do I develop or dispose of a mediocre executive? Is there a way to avoid employee burnout? How do I recruit and retain top talent without paying top dollar? Try to stump Donna Dubinsky and Tricia Tomlinson—they've seen it all! DONNA DUBINSKY joined Jeff Hawkins in 1992 to become CEO of Palm, creator of the PalmPilot. In 1998, Donna and Jeff co-founded Handspring, creator of the Treo smartphone. In October 2003, Handspring merged with Palm, where Dubinsky served on the board until early 2009. Previously, Donna spent 10 years at Apple Computer in a variety of sales and sales support functions. Donna holds a B.A. from Yale University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. She serves on the boards of Yale University, the Computer History Museum and the Peninsula Open Space Trust. TRICIA TOMLINSON brings over 30 years of experience in cultivating talent, creating corporate cultures and developing workforces as a strategic, competitive advantage in innovative and rapidly changing environments. Since 1992, she led human resources organizations, building and managing all aspects of the function worldwide. She drove the key people philosophies, strategies, programs and activities. Tricia holds a BA from Pomona College and is a graduate of the Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School. 17