Saturday, February 14, 2009

All Sessions at Portland State Business Accelerator

8:00 am Registration and continental breakfast

Served in PSBA Room # 128

9:00 am Opening session

· Welcome Jon Down, Ph.D., Director, Center of Entrepreneurship, University of Portland, Mary Secor, Program Coordinator, NCIIA, Carol Mason, Director, Portland State Business Accelerator

9:30 am Is Entrepreneurship for You?

· Ben Finklea, Co-Founder, END Outdoor

10:15 am First Multi-Track Session

· Track 1: "Angel Investors" Bill Stevens, Managing Director, Funding Coach, LLC, Glenn Smith, President, Portland Venture Group, Eric Pozzo, Fund Manager, Oregon Angel Fund

· Track 2: "Intellectual Property Basics" Tanya Harding, Ph.D., Intellectual Property Attorney and Partner, Klarquist Sparkman LLC

11:00 am Networking Break

Served in PSBA Room # 128

11:20 am Second Multi-Track Session

· Track 1: "Venture Capital" Phil Johnston, Co-Founder, oneTXT & Research Analyst at Metamorphic Ventures, Bill Newman, Ph.D., Managing Director, Northwest Tech Ventures, Nate LiaBraaten, Relationship Manager, Vencore Capital

· Track 2: "Marketing and Competition" Dave Maddocks, Founder, David Maddocks and Former Chief Marketing Officer, Converse

· Track 3: "Non Profit Models." Kathy Long-Holland, Principal Consultant, Long Sherpa LLC

12:05 pm Lunch

Box lunch pick up in PSBA Room # 128

1:00 pm Third Multi-Track Session

· Track 1: "Web and Software Business Issues" Phil Johnston, Co-Founder, oneTXT & Research Analyst at Metamorphic Ventures, Scott Kveton, Vice-President of Open Platforms, Vidoop LLC, Kathryn Shimabukuro, President, KS Consulting

· Track 2: "Sales Strategy" Norm Galvin, President, Orm Consulting

· Track 3: " Company Structure and Compensation " Gloria Sica, President, Fulcrum Drive, Tyee Carr, CPA

1:45 pm Lessons Learned

· Ryan Hildebrand, Director of Finance, Strands, Robin Jones, Founder & CEO, 88, Inc., Ryan Christensen, Brand Evangelist, RYZ Wear

3:00 Conference End