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Past Events & Gallery
IdeaFunding 2006
Overview
Invention to Venture is a day-long workshop that will focus on critical success factors of technology entrepreneurship. The workshop will be followed by the Desert Angels monthly dinner, to which all IdeaFunding guests are invited. Speakers and panelists include TREO President, Joe Snell; UA President, Robert Shelton, and a host of experienced entrepreneurs, innovation cultivators, and investors. In addition to the roster of speakers and panelist, IdeaFunding is pleased to announce that Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano has been invited as a special speaker to address technology entrepreneurship and what it means to Arizona and in particular, Southern Arizona's economic growth. Topics will include: What is Technology Entrepreneurship?; Idea Validation and Opportunity Assessment; Sales and Marketing; Building the Team; IP and Licensing; Perfect Business Plan: What it is, isn't, and what it should be; Finding the Money; Desert Angels Reception and Dinner.
The luncheon presentation will include the announcement and presentation of the 2006 Thomas R. Brown Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award by Brown's daughter, Sarah Smallhouse.
Invention to Venture is a nationally available workshop designed by the NCIIA, in conjunction with the Kansas City based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Workshop design provides a unique opportunity for local areas to infuse curriculum with community leaders and perspectives. It is a powerful combination of proven design strengthened by local knowledge and experience. The combination provides a wealth of useful information to anyone whose interests intersect with innovation, entrepreneurship, or technology entrepreneurship, within and outside of the university.
Guest registration is $75. Scholarships for innovating faculty and students are available through a grant from the Kauffman Foundation. Discount rates for student groups are also available. For complete event and registration information go to: www.ideafunding.org.
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Speakers
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Darryl Dobras, President, DBD Investments, Chairman, Desert Angels
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Pat Edsell, CEO, NP Phototonics
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Harry George, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Solstice Capital
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Ryan George, President and CEO, CVBTV/220 Solutions, Inc.
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Dee Harris, Executive Director, Arizona Angels Venture Group, Inc.
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Larry Hecker, Principal Attorney, Hecker and Muehlebach, PLLC, Chair, IdeaFunding, Chair, Capital Formation Task Force
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Charlie Horn, Founder and Chairman, ScriptSave
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Sherry Hoskinson, Director, McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship, Eller College of Management, The University of Arizona
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Patrick Jones, Director, Office of Technology Transfer, The University of Arizona
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Ashley Kirk, Managing Attorney, Hayes-Soloway Tucson
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Robert Morrison, Executive Director, Desert Angels, Mentor-in-Residence, McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship, Eller College of Management, The University of Arizona
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Stephen O'Neil, Special Projects and Outreach Services, Office of Technology Transfer, The University of Arizona
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Steven Permut, Senior Lecturer, Department of Marketing, Eller Entrepreneurship Scholar, McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship, Eller College of Management, The University of Arizona
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Joann Rockwell, President, Cortiva Institute - Desert Institute of the Healing Arts
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Marc Sandroff, President, Effective Resources, LLC
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Thomas Shambo, Business Analyst, Small Business Development Center, Pima Community College
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Robert Shelton, President, The University of Arizona
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Joe Snell, President and CEO, Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities, Inc.
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Nancy Smith, Vice President of Strategic Services, Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities, Inc.
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Marie Wesselhoft, Interim Director, Arizona Center for Innovation
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