This Week in Philadelphia (TWIP) for 2-8

Monday Feb 9

Mid-Atlantic Consultants Network -- Email vs. Direct Mail: Which Works Better?
7:30am – 9am -- Merrill Lynch 724 West Lancaster Avenue Wayne, PA 19087

Tuesday Feb 10

SMEI -- Live Ammo Marketing Lab
7:30am – 10am -- Plymouth Country Club 888 Plymouth Road Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462

Private Investors Forum -- PIF Breakfast
7:45am – 9:30am -- Pepper Hamilton LLP 3000 Two Logan Square Eighteenth and Arch Sts. Philadelphia, PA 19103

Women of Wit and Wisdom -- Early Bird Breakfast and Business Card Exchange
8am – 9am -- Pyramid Club 1735 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103

GPCC -- Mayoral Luncheon
11am – 1:30pm -- Philadelphia Marriott Downtown 1201 Market Street Grand Ballroom Philadelphia, PA 19107

Entrepreneurs Forum of Greater Philadelphia -- Building and Managing an Entrepreneurial Team in 2009
5:30pm – 8:30pm -- The Federal Reserve Bank 10 Independence Mall

CFAP -- Networking Happy Hour
6pm – 8pm -- Tir Na Nog 1600 Arch St Philadelphia, PA 19103

LinkedIn Live Philly - Winter '09
6pm – 8:30pm -- Great American Pub 123 Fayette St Conshohocken, PA 19428

Wednesday Feb 11

SMPS -- Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Outlook 2009
5pm – 7:30pm -- Philadelphia, PA 19106

Laurence A. Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship in Technology -- Entrepreneurial Skills Workshop - "How to Grow and Keep Business During a Challenging Economy"
6pm – 8:30pm -- Laurence A. Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship in Technology 3225 Arch Street, G-55 Wedge Classroom Philadelphia, PA 19104

ASTD -- Minimizing an Often Overlooked Obstacle to Good Performance
6pm – 8:30pm -- Hilton Garden Inn 1100 Arch Street 10th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19107-2956

Philly Startup Leaders — Happy Hour
7:30pm – 9:30pm -- University City Science Center 3711 Market Street, 8th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19104

Thursday Feb 12

Eastern Tech Council -- Tech CEO Roundtable: What is the Up Side to a Down Market -- Doing More with Less
8am – 10am -- Novitas Capital 1200 Liberty Ridge Drive, Suite 310 Wayne, PA 19087

CFAP -- Maneuvering Through a Credit Winter
12pm – 1:30pm -- Racquet Club of Philadelphia 215 South 16th Street Philadelphia, PA 19102

Temple University Fox School of Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute -- Strategy and Business Model Business Plan Workshop
4:30pm – 6pm -- Temple University, 201 Speakman Hall 1810 N. 13th St. Philadelphia, PA 19122

Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science -- Amar Bhidé: The Venturesome Economy
4:30pm – 6pm -- Princeton University Sherrerd Hall, Room 101 Princeton, NJ 08544

CCPA -- Speed Biz
5:30pm – 7pm -- Rembrandt's Restaurant and Bar 741 N. 23rd Street Philadelphia, PA 19130

German American Chamber of Commerce -- Hax'n Essen
6pm – 8pm -- City Tavern 138 S 2nd St Philadelphia, PA 19106

IABC Phila -- How to Make Your Press Release Thrive Online
6pm – 8pm -- La Salle University Montgomery County Center 4000 Chemical Road Suite 110 Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462

Empowerment Group -- Legal Workshop
6pm – 8pm -- Community College of Philadelphia 1700 Spring Garden Street Philadelphia, PA 19130

Meetup.com -- The Philadelphia Entrepreneur February Meetup
6:45pm – 9pm -- Inquirer Building Schuylkill River Rd Public Room Conshohocken, PA 19428

Friday Feb 13

University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business -- Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference 2009
10am – 7pm -- Philadelphia Marriott Downtown 1201 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19107

Saturday Feb 14

IMC-Philly -- Management Consulting: Dream Job, or Worst Nightmare?
7:30am – 12pm -- ACE Conference Center, Business Center 800 Ridge Pike Lafayette Hills, PA 19444

Flaster/Greenberg -- Southern New Jersey Go Red for Women Luncheon
10am – 2:30pm -- The Westin Hotel 555 Fellowship