Lake Tahoe - SNC Entrepreneurship Summit A Global Entrepreneurship Week Activity - Nov 21 - 22
Breaking news!
Roger Wittenberg, former founder of Trex Company and now an innovator and re-developer in Incline Village, is preparing his keynote speech for Saturday morning. SNC has six solid panels covering everything from business plans to “The Entrepreneur Within,” and a pair of live, interactive computer-generated 3D characters will host the day.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE – AS OF 10/30/08
LAKE TAHOE – SNC ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT
An Activity of Global Entrepreneurship Week
Nov. 21 - 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Nov. 22 – 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences – TCES 139/141
FRIDAY –
2 p.m. OPENING REMARKS – RICK NORMINGTON
Introduction to Entrepreneurship
2:30 p.m. ROUND TABLE PANEL PRESENTATION –“Student Entrepreneurs”
Speakers
Dean Rick Normington – SNC Department of Entrepreneurship
Gary Valiere – UNR College of Business
With students from UNR & SNC Governors Cup
3:45 p.m. SPEEDNETWORKING THE GLOBE – facilitated by Emily Somerville NCET
4:15 p.m. MOVIE – “IDEO – The Art of Innovation”
4:45 p.m. WRAP-UP
SATURDAY –
9:30 a.m. OPENING REMARKS – DIGITAL DAN AND VIRTUAL LIBBY
Live Animation presentation by CHOPS & Assoc.
Live Animation - Virtual hosts and panel moderators
9:40 a.m. KEYNOTE ADDRESS - TBA
10:30 a.m. ROUND TABLE PANEL PRESENTATION –
Fostering More Entrepreneurship at Lake Tahoe
Speakers
Steve Teshara – North Tahoe Chamber of Commerce
Cheri Sprenger – Exec. Director of North Tahoe Business Assn.
11:30 a.m. LUNCH BREAK
1 p.m. SPEEDNETWORKING – facilitated by Emily with Digital Dan
1:30 p.m. ROUND TABLE PANEL PRESENTATION – “Help Where You Need It”
Speakers
Gary Valiere – representing SCORE and NSBDC
Emily Somerville – representing NCET
Debra Prout – representing Nevada Micro Ent.
2:30 p.m. ROUND TABLE PANEL PRESENTATION – “Getting Money for your Business”
Speakers
David Leonard – SBA Reno Office
Joseph Lamb – US Bank – Incline Village
Mike Hess – Sierra Angels
3:30 p.m. BREAK
3:45 P.M. ROUND TABLE PANEL PRESENTATION –
“You gotta sell it” – Marketing, Sales & PR for the Entrepreneur
Speakers –
Alyson Dutch – Brown + Dutch PR, LA – Author of “PR Handbook for Entrepreneurs”
Alice Heiman, - Owner of Alice Heiman, LLC – Sales & Marketing Consultant
4:50 p.m. ROUND TABLE PANEL PRESENTATION –
Entrepreneurial Women Inventing ways to make it “work”
Speakers
Kymberlee Simantel – E-Women’s Network
Camilla Downs – Corner Your Market Reno
Brenda Lewis – Brenda Lewis Copywriting
Cheri Hill – Sage International
5:30 p.m. WRAP UP
for more information - www.tahoegew.com or
call Gary Jesch gary@tahoegew.com 775-831-7451
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