Startup College
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Entrepreneur Boot Camp
June 4-5, 2024
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Scott Jacobs,
Executive Director
Queen City Angels
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QCA's 23rd Annual Entrepreneur Boot Camp
Agenda and Speakers
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Day 1 (June 13)
Time Session Presenter(s)
7:30-8:30 Registration/Continental Breakfast/ Scott Jacobs - Executive Director of Queen City Angels
Welcome Remarks
8:30-9:30 Do You REALLY Have a Product? Sally Kay - Strategic Product Development
9:35-10:45 Systematic Inventive Thinking Drew Boyd - University of Cincinnati
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Business Model Innovation Mike Halloran - Xavier University/QCA Member
12:00-1:00 Lunch & Networking
1:00-2:00 Growth Hacking: Growing my Startup Marvin Abrinica - Wunderfund
2:05-3:05 Leveraging Intellectual Property Tom Humphrey - Wood, Herron & Evans
3:05-3:15 Break
3:15-4:00 Setting up Your Legal Structure & Relationships Michael Hurley - Calfee Halter
4:05-5:00 Social Media for Startups Dr. Glenn Platt - Miami University
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Day 2 (June 14)
Time Session Presenter(s)
8:30-9:30 Financing Your Venture: Moderator: Antony Seppi - Alloy Growth Labs
How Startup Financing Works Panelists: Ella Frye - ECDI, Kim Frazier - Entrepreneurs' Center
Willie Hill - Greater Cincinnati Microenterprise Initiative
9:35-10:35 Financial Statements for Managers Moderator: Brad East - MCM CPAs and Advisors
& Investors Panelists: Daniela Yoder - VentureFirst, Andy Kaiser - QCA Member
Scott Mindrum - CRaKN/QCA Member
10:35-10:45 Break
​10:45-11:35 Building the Internal & External Teams Tony Shipley - Founder, Chairman & Member of Queen City Angels,
Past Chairman of Angel Capital Association
11:40-12:30 View From the Heavens: Moderator Vance VanDrake - Frost Brown Todd
What Angel Investors Are Looking For Panelists: Ben Pidgeon - VisionTech Angels, Mike Eckert - NO/LA
Kim Banham - Connectic Ventures/QCA Member
12:30-1:00 Lunch & Networking
1:00-2:00 Growth Strategies for Startups Jeanette Renshaw - GrowthX
2:05-3:00 Rotating concurrent sessions: Breakout Mentoring your startup idea with Queen City Angels, SCORE counselors, and other expert advisers
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Ask The Entrepreneurs: A lively session focused on the journey, paths to success, trials/tribulations of successfully
exited entrepreneurs. Matt Sokany - Standard Bariatrics, Chris Bergman - Gylee Games, David McFarland - Coterie
Moderator: Cheryl Borland - Griesing Mazzeo Law
3:05-4:00 2nd concurrent session: Mentoring with Queen City Angels, SCORE counselors, and other expert advisers
Ask The Entrepreneurs: Matt Sokany - Standard Bariatrics, Chris Bergman - Gylee Games,
Brian Duerring - StreamSpot/Pantomath/QCA Member,
Moderator: Chris Brinkman - KMK Law
4:10-4:45 Closing Remarks & Feedback Session
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