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Conference Agenda

 

Friday, February 13, 2009

 

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

 

Student Social Networking Event

 

Location:  Camellia Lounge

 

510 NW 11th Avenue, Portland (near Glisan Street)

 

 

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