Starting/Growing Your Business in Today's Volatile Economy
6th Annual Bootcamp For Growing Companies and Entrepreneurs
2009 PRINTABLE COMPLETE AGENDA
STUDENT/FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION
2009 Post-Bootcamp News:
Keynote Speakers: Wayne Jackson (left) and Todd Stottlemyer (right)
Agenda
7:15-7:45 a.m. Registration and Networking
7:45-8:30 a.m. Welcome Remarks - Todd Stottlemyer,
President and CEO, Nat’l Federation of Independent Business, and Founder and former CEO of Apogen Technologies
8:30-8:40 a.m. Networking Break (Adjourn to Breakout Rooms)
Co-Hosts: NetStrategies and Teqcorner
8:40-9:40 a.m. Breakout Sessions (Choose One)
(A) Sales and Marketing Strategies for Growth
Breaking through to new customers, growing your presence, and retaining your customers
Moderator: Franck Boynton, Vice President of Technical
Sales, NavtechGPS
Chris Damvakaris, Vice President, Sales and
Business Development, Apptix
Mike Fox, Senior Vice President of Corporate
Development & Strategy, SRA Int'l
Gary McNeil, Vice President Marketing, Parature
(B) Efficiently Managing for Growth and Profit
Managing operations efficiently and progressively to drive top line and bottom line financial impact
Moderator: Jody Ruth, Founder & Principal, Redstones, LLC
Brad Fackler, former Executive VP, Commercial Operations, Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Wiley Loughran, COO, EMS SkyConnect
Nicola Sanna, President and CEO, Netuitive, Inc.
9:40-9:50 a.m. Networking Break (Adjourn to Breakout Rooms)
Co-Hosts: NetStrategies and Teqcorner
9:50-10:50 a.m. Breakout Sessions (Choose One)
(A) IT & New Media…Beyond Web 2.0
Market opportunities and techniques using the next generation of media tools to grow your business.
Moderator: Audrey Haroz Reed, Partner, Hogan & Hartson
Todd Bramblett, CEO, Leverpoint, LLC.
Scott Magids, CEO, Brandinformatics
Andre Yee, SVP – Product Development, EloquaCorporation
(B) Best Practices and Market Insight Regarding Energy and Clean Technologies
Best practices for going and sustaining “green” and identifying growth and partnering opportunities.
Moderator: James F. Rogers, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
Joel Bluestein, SVP Energy, Climate, and Transportation, ICF
International
Bobby Christian, President, Tangible
Jigar Shah , Chief Strategy Officer, SunEdison
David Zaharchuk, Strategy Consultat, IBM Corporation
10:50-11:00 a.m. Networking Break (Adjourn to Breakout Rooms)
Co-Hosts: NetStrategies and Teqcorner
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions (Choose One)
(A) Concept to Finished Product or Marketable Service
Innovation is more than just a creative idea. It's a process that involves reaching markets with creative new solutions to real-world needs. Learn how, even in an economic downturn, you can innovate efficiently and effectively, to emerge more successful than ever.
Moderator: Cynthia Gilmer, President, Opus Plus
Don Britton, CEO, Network Alliance
Sean McDermott, Chairman & Founder, Windward IT Solutions, former founder and CEO of RealOpsDaniel Neal, CEO and Founder, Kajeet
B) Valuations – from Start-Up to Sale
How you can gauge your company’s true value
Moderator: Tom Millon, Managing Director, Economic and Valuation Services, KPMG LLP
Taylor Devine, Founder and Managing Partner, The CDI Group
Tom Ferrando, President and COO, CRGT, Inc.
Bruce Mancinelli, Director, INC.spire; Former CEO, Websurveyor
12:00-1:20 p.m. Luncheon Keynote "Surviving, Thriving or... Failing. Rolling the Dice in Tough Economic Times"- Wayne Jackson, former
CEO, Sourcefire; Chairman, JackBe; Director, Zenoss
Hosts: Pramod Rajeha, Owner, and Silvia Zuniga Zuniga,
Owner- Intelligent Office
1:20-1:30 p.m. Networking Break (Adjourn to Breakout Rooms)
Co-Hosts: NetStrategies and Teqcorner
1:30 -2:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions (Choose One)
(A) Life as an Entrepreneur: Do you Have What it Takes?
The many different paths to successful entrepeneurship
Moderator: Roy Hinton, Associate Dean, Executive
Programs, George Mason University School of Management
Neil Jones, President, M-Cubed
Information Systems, Inc.
Russell Rowzie, Principal, Trimark Corporation
Dan Sims, CMP, MBA, Owner, THE AGENCY Speakers
(B) Taking Cybersecurity to the Next Level
Market opportunities – overcoming associated challenges and barriers
Moderator: Dean W. Rutley, Member, Womble Carlyle Sandridge
& Rice, LLC
Jim Graham, Senior Vice President – Federal
Programs, SecureIT, Inc.
Jeff Grass, President & CEO, buySAFE, Inc.
Bruce Schoemer, Senior Vice President-National Security Group,
Camber Corporation
2:30-2:40 p.m. Networking Break (Adjourn to Breakout Rooms)
Co-Hosts: NetStrategies and Teqcorner
2:40 p.m.-3:40 p.m. Breakout Sessions (Choose One)
(A) IP Protection in a Down Economy
Can you afford not to allocate funds for your IP? How key is IP to your growth and exit strategy?
Moderator: Alisa Key, Esq., Of Counsel, Squire, Sanders, &
Dempsey, LLP
Kristin Alberse, VP and Associate General Counsel,
Law, Business & Governmental Affairs,
National Geographic SocietySteve Fredrick, General Partner, Grotech Ventures
Bonnie Rishell, CEO, ROI2
(B) Funding Your Business
Is anyone investing or lending to young companies now? The truth about financing your start-up and funding your business growth in today’s economy.
Moderator: Errol Arkilic, Ph.D. - Program Mgr., Div. of Ind. Innovation and Partnerships, NSF
Kevin Greene, Principal, Valhalla Partners
David Linthicum, SVP and Senior Credit Officer, AccessNational Bank
Erika Smith, Director of Investments , CIT Gap Funds
3:45-4:45 p.m. Trends Impacting Your Business: 2010 and Beyond
Moderator: Paul Villella, President and CEO, HireStrategy
Mark A. Frantz, General Partner, RedShift Ventures
Sid Fuchs, President & CEO, OAO Technology Solutions, Inc.
Stefan Midford, President, South49 Solutions
Rob Pegoraro , Consumer Technology Columnist, The Washington Post
4:45-6:00 p.m. Adjourn/Networking Reception
Co-Hosts: NetStrategies and Teqcorner
BA Member/Mason Alumni and Guests
- Service Provider Rate- $90.00
BA Member/Mason Alumni and Guests
- Entrepreneur/Co. Rate - $50
Mason Faculty, Bonafide Investor and Guests - $50.00*
Entrepreneur GUEST of sponsor or supporting organization (specify host) - $50.00
Service Provider GUEST of sponsor or supporting organization (specify host) - $90.00
General Registration – Service Providers - $120.00
General Registration - Entrepreneurs and Growing Companies - $75.00
Gold Sponsors:
Silver Sponsors:
HireStrategy, Hogan & Hartson, KPMG LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP, NSF, Navtech GPS, Opus Plus, R2.integrated, SmartCEO, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, LLP
Bronze Sponsors:
Access National Bank • Alliance Bank • Amplifier Venture Partners • Belmont Partners LLC • CIT Gap Funds • Deloitte • Fairfax County Economic Development Authority Kelley Drye & Warren • KnowledgeBank • Koltun & King, P.C. • Leverpoint, LLC. • Longstreet Partners • Maryland Venture Fund • Miles & Stockbridge P.C. • NetStrategies • Opus8, Inc. • Potomac Tech Wire • RedShift Ventures • Seyfarth Shaw LLP • State Farm Insurance • TEDCO • Teqcorner • Valhalla Partners • Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC • WWC Capital Partners
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