Workshop Agenda

8:00

Continental Breakfast, Registration, Pre-Networking

8:30

Welcome & About NCIIA

Dr. Douglas D. Knowlton, President

Dakota State University

Madison, SD

Rachel Agoglia, NCIIA 

8:45

Is Technology Entrepreneurship for You?

Dr. Al Kurtenbach, Co-Founder & President

Daktronics, Inc.

Brookings, SD

9:45

Idea Validation and Opportunity Assessment

Dr. Lee Fenicle, Director

Mary Ann Wendland, Associate Director

Office of Technology Transfer at Creighton University

Omaha, NE

10:30

Break 

10:45

Marketing and Sales for Early Stage Companies

Mark Nelson, Founder

Maximum Promotions, Inc.

Sioux Falls, SD

11:30

Issues in Intellectual Property

Jeffrey A. Proehl

Woods Fuller, P.C.

Sioux Falls, SD

12:15

Lunch & Networking

1:30

Building the Team

Darin Namken, Founder & President

Commission Soup, Inc.

Madison, SD

2:15

The Perfect Business Plan & "Elevator Speech"

Dr. Belinda Engelhart

Regional Director, Small Business Development Center

Watertown, SD

3:00

Break

3:15

Finding the Money

Marcia Hendrickson, Executive Director

Enterprise Institute

Brookings, SD

4:00

Ending Remarks

Dr. Wayne Pauli, Director

Center of of Excellence in Computer Information Systems at Dakota State University

Madison, SD

4:15

Adjourn