BOARD OF ADVISORS
Prof. Jill Kickul, Ph.D.
Director of the Satter Program in Social Entrepreneurship at NYU Stern
Professor Kickul’s primary research areas of interest include innovation and strategic processes within new ventures, micro-financing practices and wealth creation in transitioning economies, and social entrepreneurship. She is the author of Entrepreneurship Strategy: Changing Patterns in New Venture Creation, Growth, and Reinvention, and has published more than 50 publications in entrepreneurship and management journals.
Professor Kickul has taught entrepreneurship internationally for the Helsinki School of Economics, International Bank of Asia, Hong Kong M.B.A. Program (DePaul University), and delivered research seminars at the Stockholm School of Economics, EM Lyon School of Business, Aarhus Center for Organizational Renewal and Evolution (CORE), and the Jönköping International Business School. Her work on entrepreneurship education development and curriculum design at the Simmons School of Management has been nationally recognized and supported through the Coleman Foundation Entrepreneurship Excellence in Teaching Colleges Grant and was named by Fortune Small Business as one of the Top 10 Innovative Programs in Entrepreneurship Education.
Professor Kickul received her B.B.A. from the University of St. Francis in Illinois, her M.B.A. from DePaul University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Northern Illinois University.
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Daniel I. DeWolf
Member, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Daniel is a member in the Corporate practice in the New York office and Co-Chair of the Venture Capital and Emerging Companies practice group. In addition to his active legal practice, he is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the NYU Law School and he has a wealth of experience as an active venture capital investor, having co-founded Dawntreader Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm based in New York. Daniel is also the Co-Editor of Venture Capital: Forms and Analysis, a leading treatise on venture capital published by the Law Journal Press. In addition to venture capital, his practice focuses on private equity funds, representing venture-backed companies, corporate governance, and general corporate law.
Before joining Mintz Levin, Daniel was Head of Venture Capital Funds and a Managing Director of SoundView Technology Group, Inc. (formerly Wit Capital), a technology-focused investment bank. Prior to joining SoundView, he was Head of the Corporate Group and the New Media and E-Law Group at one of the leading New York firms representing early stage and technology companies.
Daniel is a board member of several technology companies and a Managing Director of Dawntreader Ventures. Daniel is admitted to practice in New York, California, and New Jersey.
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Franklin Madison, Jr.
Technology Program Director
SBIR Regional Specialist, NASA/SATOP Program Manager
Mr. Madison is responsible for the strategic development and implementation of new programs to assist high-tech firms in NYC and the management of the FastTrac Programs. Franklin also works one-on-one with CEOs of high tech companies, providing technical assistance in the areas of business plan development, access to capital from private and public sources, R&D assistance, and technology partnerships. Mr. Madison is a member of many associations including the New York Regional Consortium, Institute for Business Trends Analysis and NYC Telecommunications and Technology Advisory Committee of the NYC Private Industry Council, the New York New Media Association, Minority Internet and Technology Professionals, and New York Software Industry Association.