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Columbus Startup Week - Powered by Chase - May 4-8, 2015
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Startup Week CMH Kick Off Chase Basecamp - Garden Theatre

10:00am EDT

Prioritizing branding and marketing tactics at startupsLIMITED Chase Basecamp - Garden TheatreBrian Zuercher • Barry Chandler • Amy Marshall • Mandy Sadowski

12:00pm EDT

Mapping the Columbus Entrepreneurial EcosystemLIMITED Chase Basecamp - Garden TheatreMelissa Bean • Maria Meyers • Michael Morgan • Ryan Schick • Ariana D Ulloa-Olavarrieta • Steve White

1:00pm EDT

Media and the startup communityLIMITED Rev1 VenturesWalker Evans • John Cook • Jay Donovan • Carrie Ghose • Taylor Ray Orsbon

2:00pm EDT

Finding application for big data in early stage companiesLIMITED Rev1 VenturesMatt Armstead • Michael Gold • Sean Lane New Media - how to leverage content to tell your storyLIMITED Chase Basecamp - Garden TheatreBrian Zuercher • Jason Clayton • Bill Litfin • David Sherry

3:00pm EDT

CCAD Fashion Show - Entrepreneurs In Training CCAD Mind MarketSuzanne Cotton • Diane Sharp • Janelle N. Simmons

5:00pm EDT

FOUNDER TALK: Tanisha Robinson, Print SyndicateLIMITED Chase Basecamp - Garden TheatreTanisha Robinson

6:00pm EDT

Opening Keynote - Startups: A Journey like no other | CompuServe Founder Jeff Wilkins & Drive Capital Co-Founder Chris Olsen Gateway Film CenterChris Olsen • Jeff Wilkins

8:00am EDT

Early stage sales processes and team building Chase Basecamp - Garden TheatreDavid Geiger

9:00am EDT

Strategy and tactics for driving online customer acquisitionLIMITED Chase Basecamp - Garden TheatreTom Bruce • Alex Ditty

10:00am EDT

One to Many: Growing Columbus' Next Big Global ConceptLIMITED Chase Basecamp - Garden TheatreMatt Armstead • Rob Lindeman • John Lowe • Rick Malir

11:00am EDT

Crowdfunding: Success stories and a view from the platform side.LIMITED Rev1 VenturesRyan Fredrick • Joe DeLoss • Chris Hawker • Mike Nemeth • Wil Schroter

11:30am EDT

Game Design with Chris Volpe of Multivarious GamesLIMITED Chase Basecamp - Garden TheatreChristopher Volpe

12:00pm EDT

FOUNDER TALK: Nancy Kramer, Resource/AmmiratiLIMITED The Columbus Idea FoundryNancy Kramer Scaling a startup with Dev OpsLIMITED Print SyndicateWarner Moore

1:00pm EDT

How 3D Printing Can Change Your BusinessLIMITED Trident DesignMike Nemeth • Dr. Tracy Albers • John Hauer • Chris Hawker

4:00pm EDT

Small Business Selling to Fortune 500 CustomersLIMITED Rev1 VenturesMike Nemeth • Lance Criscuolo • Joy Gallo • John Sydnor Exploratory Retail Transformation Chute GerdemanJay Highland • Brian Shafley

6:00pm EDT

Fireside chat with Sean Lane of Crosschx Ohio State Technology Commercialization OfficeSean Lane

6:30pm EDT

Ignite: Creativity & DesignLIMITED Chase Basecamp - Garden TheatreAlex Ford • Zach Friedman • Clayton Fuller • Steve Gacka • Eileen Guan • Joey Hendrickson • Dan Linden • Nikola Ranguelov • David Sherry • Web Smith • Zachary Traxler

8:30am EDT

Prepare to ask a developer to build a first version of a productLIMITED Rev1 VenturesDan Rockwell

10:00am EDT

Founders Stories: Perfecting and Growing your ConceptLIMITED North Market - Hot Chicken TakeoverJeff Lyttle • Joe DeLoss • Mark Frommeyer

10:30am EDT

Free Money? Grants & Licensing for Building Technology Based BusinessesLIMITED Chase Basecamp - Garden TheatreMike Nemeth • David Bergeron • Keith Masavage • Joe Sprengard Dev Ops 101 CoverMyMedsDavid Laulusa

11:30am EDT

Managing SAAS product developmentLIMITED CoverMyMedsJanine R. Sickmeyer

12:00pm EDT

Crash course in funding vehicles (convertible note, equity, debt)LIMITED Chase Basecamp - Garden TheatreDave Gillespie • Ryan Helon • Paul Yancich

1:00pm EDT

How do we measure our entrepreneurial ecosystem?LIMITED Chase Basecamp - Garden TheatreDane Stangler Powerful or Wealthy - understanding equity at early stage companiesLIMITED Chase Basecamp - Garden TheatreBrian Zuercher • Zach Lawrence • Ray Shealy • Paul Yancich

2:00pm EDT

How to find the best board members, angel investors and advisorsLIMITED Chase Basecamp - Garden TheatreBrian Zuercher • Bill Forquer • Parker MacDonell SMALL RETAIL 101: Getting StartedLIMITED The PerchSteve Fireman • Alicia Grantham • Daniel White

3:00pm EDT

A real look at Pivots: When, why, and what's after?LIMITED Chase Basecamp - Garden TheatrePam Springer • Brian Zuercher

4:00pm EDT

Startup Week Basecamp Happy Hour - WednesdayLIMITED Chase Basecamp - Garden Theatre From one to many - stories of scaling with Cindy Monroe (Founder - Thirty-One Gifts)LIMITED Gateway Film CenterCindy Monroe Lessons learned from a SAAS productLIMITED Chase Basecamp - Garden TheatreRyan Watson

4:30pm EDT

Founders Stories: Starting Distilleries & Breweries in OhioLIMITED Land Grant BreweryMatt Armstead • Adam Benner • Brady Konya

5:00pm EDT

Stories of Empire Building - Roundtable of Scaling Entrepreneurs Gateway Film CenterBrett Northart • Tanisha Robinson • Ryan Vesler Building a Healthcare Startup Ohio State Technology Commercialization OfficeJeff Harper • Peter Kleinhenz • Michael Morgan • Phillip Payne

5:30pm EDT

Founders Factory Main Event Fuse by Cardinal Health Startup Grind with Jason Block: Designing a product and BrandLIMITED Rev1 VenturesRyan Fredrick • Jason Block

8:00am EDT

Preparing your company for acquisition from day 1LIMITED Rev1 VenturesBill Forquer

9:00am EDT

How to get money to start my food business?LIMITED The Columbus Idea FoundryTodd Elliott • Steve Fireman • Dave Gillespie • Inna Kinney • Ryan McManus • James Moore

10:00am EDT

The Truth about FailureLIMITED Chase Basecamp - Garden TheatreNathan Heerdt • Andy Sparks

11:00am EDT

Turning your tech project into a businessLIMITED The PerchAlexander Bandar

12:00pm EDT

Scaling a culture - the business of peopleLIMITED Chase Basecamp - Garden TheatreMichelle Brown • Alan Gilbert • Robert Hatta Celebrate The Art of Visual Merchandising: Short North with Joe Baer from ZenGenius Inc.LIMITED Native Cold PressedJoe Baer

1:00pm EDT

Product Curation with the ExpertsLIMITED Print SyndicateBrett Northart • Jason Ross • Rakesh Tondon

2:00pm EDT

Approaches to online retailingLIMITED Print SyndicateTanisha Robinson • Jason Ross

3:00pm EDT

Can Bootstrapping a Business be Sexy? Reflections on avoiding investorsLIMITED Innovate New AlbanyBrad Griffith

3:30pm EDT

5 Ingredients for Fostering a Startup EcosystemLIMITED Rev1 VenturesJohn Hill • Jill Van Beke • Alvin Givens • Dane Stangler • Tom Walker

4:00pm EDT

Startup Week Basecamp Happy Hour - ThursdayLIMITED Chase Basecamp - Garden Theatre

6:00pm EDT

Keynote Speaker - Wendy LeaLIMITED Chase Basecamp - Garden TheatreWendy Lea

7:30am EDT

Wakeup Startup - Entrepreneurs in actionLIMITED COSIBrian Zuercher

9:30am EDT

From Concept to Development: Compelling concept, product management, and the engineering make it real COSIMike Blackwell • Mike Doel • Gina Winkler

11:00am EDT

Design with Michael Cao: Automotive Engineer, 3D Printer Engineer, Entrepreneur, ExperimenterLIMITED Chase Basecamp - Garden TheatreMichael Cao Using social media to gain new customersLIMITED Rev1 VenturesChristina Christian • Lindsay Arnett • Amy Brown • Ryan Morgan • Tomos Mughan • Nathan Okuley

12:00pm EDT

Increase 1st product success with customer and market researchLIMITED Rev1 VenturesTed Berry • Dan Rockwell • Brett Sciotto • Derrek Seif Lunch and Launch - Insight 2050 – Emerging Opportunities for Entrepreneurs in Central Ohio Innovate New Albany

12:30pm EDT

Battelle CEO Jeff Wadsworth: Columbus’s secret weapon for taking great ideas to marketLIMITED Chase Basecamp - Garden TheatreJeff Wadsworth

5:30pm EDT

Chris McAlister - Designing the Creative ProcessLIMITED Chase Basecamp - Garden TheatreChris McAlister

7:00pm EDT

Closing Party @ Strongwater Strongwater Food and Spirits