NCET

Entrepreneur Expo – Speaker Schedule
 

9:00 am – Room A7
Realizing the Dream of Your Own Business: Idea to Start-up
Discussion of what it means to be an entrepreneur, how to assess the feasibility of your business idea, what lenders look for, and what resources are available for small start-up businesses.
Deborah M. Prout
President and CEO
Nevada Microenterprise Initiative
113 W. Plumb Lane.
Reno, NV 89509
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10:00 AM – Room A7
Financial Feasibility of Your Business Idea
The presentation will present why, when and how the financial feasibility of a business idea should be conditionally determined before a business plan is undertaken
Dick Stumbo
SCORE Counselor
Cyber Chapter & Northern Nevada Chapter #415
Felix© Developer
UNR & Sierra Nevada College Instructor
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11:00 am – Room A7
Basic Human Resources for new and small companies
The nuts and bolts of human resources needed to start and manage a small company.  Areas covered include hiring, administering, and terminating employees.  Subjects include who is a contractor and who isn’t, when is a salaried employee an hourly paid employee, how to protect intellectual property and trade secrets, and so forth.
Norm Robins
Vice President
Alta Leaseback Corp.
200 W. Second St., Suite 1501
Reno, NV  89501,
(775) 337-0198
NLHRWizard@cs.com
 

Jack Eastwick
Senior Human Resources Manager
Arrow Electronics Inc.
(775) 334-2820
jeastwick@arrow.com
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Noon – Room A7
Entrepreneurs of the Year Share Their Secrets to Success
The Business Report of Northern Nevada’s Entrepreneurs of the Year share the secrets that made them successful
Kristen Kennedy
Account Executive
Business Report of Northern Nevada
(775) 327-6728
kkennedy@rgj.com
www.rgj.com
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1:00 pm – Room A7
Entrepreneurship:  The Future of Northern Nevada’s Economy?
Northern Nevada’s economic development leaders discuss how entrepreneurship will affect Nevada’s economic future.
Chuck Alvey, President and CEO, EDAWN
Tim Rubald, CEcD, CMSM, Executive Director, Nevada Commission on Economic Development
Ron Weisenger, Executive Director, NNDA
Moderator - Dave Archer, Managing Director, NCET - Nevada’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology
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2:00 pm – Room A7
Hitting the Million Dollar Mark: Key Strategies to Drive Your Growth
What does it take to get your business to the next level? Come learn about growth strategies you can use to bust through the million dollar mark and beyond.
Erica Olsen
VP Marketing for M3 Planning
Erica@m3planning.com
www.m3planning.com
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3:00 pm – Room A7
Incorporating, Asset Protection and Estate Planning
The proper use of legal entities and strategies can limit the entrepreneur’s liability and save thousands in taxes.  This informative, fast-paced workshop will teach you the many benefits of asset protection.
Garrett Sutton and Amy R. Henderson
Sutton Law Center, PC
(775) 824-0300
ahenderson@sutlaw.com
www.sutlaw.com
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4:00 pm – Room A7
Building a Bridge to Capital
Finding your way to capital; what do you need, where can you go to find funding, how to avoid mistakes. An Integrated solutions approach.
Jeff Sunderman CPA, MBA
Founder Sierra Capital Resources LLC.
(775) 787-3555
jsunderman@sierracapital.net
www.sierracapital.net
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9:00 am – Room A6
Financing Primer
The session will focus on the different types of financing options that are available for new or growing business ventures, the risks and benefits associated with each one, and how to go about getting each type of financing.
Tim Casey
Executive Director
Institute for Innovation and Informatics
University of Nevada 
(775) 815-9681
tdcasey@unr.edu
Partner
Silversky Group, LLC
silverskyconsult@aol.com
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10:00 am – Room A6
Bootstrapping Your Business
Less than 1% of businesses get VC financing.  Learn strategies and methods on how to start, and grow a successful company with almost no money.
Jeff Pickett
Managing Director
DRI Research Parks, Ltd
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11:00 am – Room A6
Create an affordable AND world-class technology infrastructure for your business
This workshop will show you how to take advantage of the newest developments in business technology to make your business run efficiently and effectively at a price point you never thought possible.
Jeff Elpern
President and Founder
SQI, Inc.
www.sqi-inc.com
Sponsoring Open Source Nevada
www.osnv.org
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Noon – Room A6
Managing your Business Finances like a Pro
Overview and Introduction to the power of QuickBooks.  Learn the importance of recordkeeping and how QuickBooks can help you manage your business better.
Marie Gibson 
Management Consultant
QuickBooks Pro Advisor and WNCC Instructor
(775) 720-3282
Marie@Marie-Gibson.com
www.Marie-Gibson.com
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1:00 pm – Room A6
Strengths-based Leadership
An entrepreneur wears many hats and fills many, if not all, of the roles and functions within the new company.  Learn how identifying your leadership strengths and using them more will help to improve both your productivity and your satisfaction as an entrepreneur. 
Marti Benjamin, MBA
Associate Certified Coach
Business Energetix, Business Success Coaching and Consulting
(775) 337-0661
marti@businessenergetix.com
www.businessenergetix.com
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2:00 pm – Room A6
Business Planning for Technology Ventures
The session will focus on the development of an idea for a technology-based venture and some of the factors that an entrepreneur would need to consider in planning a business venture around their idea, such as intellectual property, market analysis, financing, and organizational and operational concerns.
Tim Casey
Executive Director
Institute for Innovation and Informatics
University of Nevada 
(775) 815-9681
tdcasey@unr.edu
Partner
Silversky Group, LLC
silverskyconsult@aol.com
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3:00 pm – Room A6
Protect the Name You’ve Made for Yourself
This one hour workshop offers an entertaining and informative examination of the legal issues involved in identification, ownership and use of business & product identities.  The workshop will present the basics of trademark law focusing on the issues that new and young businesses typically face.
Lara Pearson
President
Law Office of Lara Pearson, Ltd.
774 Mays Blvd., No. 10-405
Incline Village, NV 89451 
(775) 833-1600
www.secur-ip.com
info@secur-ip.com
 

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4:00 pm – Room A6
How and Why to Go Public for as little as $25,000
It is “How to Go Publics” mission to guide our clients through the entire “Go Public” procedure in a timely and cost effective manner.
Jay Smith
HOW TO GO PUBLIC, Inc.
4790 Caughlin Pkwy, # 387
Reno, NV 89509
(775) 851-7397
www.howtogopublic.net
jsmith@howtogopublic.net