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QCA's 27th Annual Entrepreneur Boot Camp
Agenda and Speakers
Day 1 (Tues, June 8)
Time Session Presenter(s)
7:30-8:30 Registration/Continental Breakfast/ Scott Jacobs - Executive Director of QCA Ventures
Welcome Remarks
8:30-9:30 Do You REALLY Have a Product? Sally Kay - Strategic Product Development
9:35-10:45 Systematic Inventive Thinking RJ Sargent - 1819 Innovation Hub
10:45-11:00 BREAK
11:00-12:00 Business Model Innovation Dr. Charles Matthews - University of Cincinnati
12:00-1:00 Lunch & Networking
1:00-2:00 Growth Hacking: Growing my Startup Marvin Abrinica - Wunderfund, UC 1819 Tech Accelerator
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 Michael Hurley - Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
4:05-5:00 Digital Marketing in the Age of AI Dr. Glenn Platt, PhD - Perceptyx
5:30-7:00 Networking Happy Hour @ Oakley Greens 3065 Vandercar Way
Day 2 (Wed, June 9)
Time Session Presenter(s)
8:30-9:30 Financing Your Venture: Moderator: Leah Wyman - Alloy Growth Labs
How Startup Financing Works Panelists: Ella Frye - ECDI, Teresa Evans, PhD - Tier1 Performance
Willie Hill - Greater Cincinnati Microenterprise Initiative
9:35-10:35 Financial Statements for Managers Moderator: Jill Prendergast - Barnes Dennig
& Investors Panelists: Scott Mindrum - QCA Member,
Paul Gaitan - QCA Member, Sense Neuro Diagnostics
Al Futscher - QCA Member
10:35-10:45 BREAK
10:45-11:35 Building the Internal & External Teams Tony Shipley - Founder, Chairman & Member of QCA Ventures
Chair Emeritus of Angel Capital Association
11:40-12:30 View from the Heavens: Moderator: Tanner Dowdy - Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres
What Early-Stage Investors Are Looking For Panelists: Greg Bell - QCA Member, Jeff Oravitz - QCA Member
Melissa Monich - QCA Member
12:30-1:00 LUNCH & NETWORKING
1:00-2:00 How To Build Your Business Mark Faust - Echelon Management
2:05-3:05 Rotating concurrent sessions:
- Breakout Mentoring for your startup idea with QCA Ventures members, SCORE counselors, and other expert
advisers
- Ask The Entrepreneurs: A lively session focused on the journey, paths to success, trials/tribulations of successfully
exited entrepreneurs. Moderator: - Zach Bahorik - FBT Gibbons, Chris Bergman - Gylee Games, Ethan Grob -
Another Nine, Dr. Glenn Platt, PhD – Perceptyx
3:15-4:15 2nd concurrent session:
- Breakout Mentoring for your startup idea with QCA Ventures members, SCORE counselors, and other expert
advisers
- Ask The Entrepreneurs. Moderator: Christopher Brinkman - KMK Law, Chris Bergman - Gylee Games, Ethan Grob -
Another Nine, Dr. Glenn Platt, PhD – Perceptyx
4:20-5:00 Closing Remarks & Feedback Session