MONDAY, June 4
10:30am — 11:15am Kick-off, Intro­duc­tions, Agenda Review
Amy But­ler — Oak­land University
11:15am — 11:45am Kick-off, Intro­duc­tions, Agenda Review
Lau­ren Bigelow – Growth Cap­i­tal Net­work, Tim Streit — Huron River Ven­tures , Ryan Wadding­ton — Huron River Ven­tures
11:45am — 12:45pm Inno­va­tion
Peter Adri­aens — Uni­ver­sity of Michigan
12:45pm — 1:45pm Lunch and Keynote Entrepreneur’s Per­spec­tive
Aaron Crumm – Ultra-AMI
1:45pm — 2:15pm Ele­va­tor Pitch
2:15pm — 2:45pm Net­work Exer­cise
Sam Hogg — NextEnergy
2:45pm — 3:00pm Break
3:00pm — 4:00pm Pre­sent­ing Your Ideas
Doug Neal — Uni­ver­sity of Michi­gan
4:00pm — 5:15pm Busi­ness Model
Tim Streit — Huron River Ven­tures
5:15pm — 5:30pm Busi­ness Model Exer­cise
5:30pm — 6:00pm Break
6:00pm — 7:00pm Mixer/Reunion
7:00pm — 8:30pm Din­ner
TUESDAY, June 5
7:30am — 8:30am Break­fast
8:30am – 9:00am Ele­va­tor Pitches
9:00am – 10:30am Mar­ket Val­i­da­tion
Jim Math­e­son — Flag­ship Ventures
10:30am – 10:45am Break
10:45am – 12:00pm Entre­pre­neur­ial Ecosys­tem: A Resource View
Panel: Paula Sor­rell – Michi­gan Eco­nomic Devel­op­ment Cor­po­ra­tion, Phil Tep­ley — Michi­gan Small Busi­ness and Tech­nol­ogy Devel­op­ment Cen­ter, Jeff Smith – Lans­ing Eco­nomic Area Part­ner­ship (LEAP), Erin Strang — Cen­tral Michi­gan Uni­ver­sity 

Mod­er­a­tor: Lau­ren Bigelow – Growth Cap­i­tal Network

 
12:00pm – 12:45pm Lunch Break
Hosted by: Plante & Moran
12:45pm – 1:30pm Tech Trans­fer Panel
Panel: Jim Baker — Michi­gan Tech­no­log­i­cal Uni­ver­sity, Jack Miner — Uni­ver­sity of Michi­gan Office of Tech­nol­ogy Trans­fer, Rich Chylla — MSU Tech­nolo­gies 

Mod­er­a­tor: David Par­si­gian — Honig­man Miller Schwartz

Hosted by: Honigman
1:30pm – 2:30pm Build­ing the Team
Marc Weiser — RPM Ven­tures
2:30pm – 3:30pm Build­ing the Cul­ture
Tony Grover — RPM Ven­tures
3:30pm – 3:45pm Break
3:45pm – 4:30pm Team and Cul­ture Exer­cise
4:30pm – 6:30pm Men­tor­ing Session
6:30pm – 8:00pm Din­ner
Michael Finney — Michi­gan Eco­nomic Devel­op­ment Cor­po­ra­tion (MEDC) Intro­duc­tion: Knut Simon­sen — DTE Energy Ven­tures  

Hosted by: Var­num
WEDNESDAY, June 6
7:30am – 8:30am Break­fast
8:30am – 9:00am Ele­va­tor Pitches
9:00am – 10:30am VC 101
Tom Porter — Tril­lium Ventures
10:30am – 10:45am Break
10:45am – 12:15pm Build­ing the Orga­ni­za­tion
Richard Manczak — Butzel Long
12:15pm – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm – 2:00pm Tech­nol­ogy Val­i­da­tion
Jason Rot­ten­berg — Arse­nal Ven­ture Partners
2:00pm – 2:15pm Tech­nol­ogy Val­i­da­tion Exercise
2:15pm – 3:15pm Intel­lec­tual Prop­erty
Tim Eagle — Var­num, Rid­der­ing, Schmidt & Howlett LLP
3:15pm – 4:15pm Due Dili­gence Assess­ing Risk
Ryan Wadding­ton — Huron River Ventures
4:15pm – 4:30pm Break
4:30pm – 6:00pm Work Ses­sion
6:15pm – 8:30pm Men­tor­ing Ses­sion and Dinner
Thurs­day, June 7
8:00am – 9:00am Break­fast
9:00am – 10:00am VC Panel
Panel: Ananth Anan­tha­sub­ra­ma­niam — DTE Energy, Sher­win Prior – Gen­eral Motors Ven­tures, LLC, Andy McColm — Early Stage Part­ners, Rodrigo Pru­den­cio — Nth Power 

Mod­er­a­tor: Tim Streit — Huron River Ventures

10:00am – 12:00pm Pre­sen­ta­tions
Judges: Jim Adox — Ven­ture Investors, Erik Gor­don — Uni­ver­sity of Michi­gan, Mahen­dra Ram­s­ing­hani – First Step Fund, Paul D’Amato — Grand Angels Pri­vate Equity
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm – 1:30pm Judg­ing Feed­back and Awards
1:30pm – 2:00pm Wrap Up and Adjourn
Tim Streit — Huron River Ven­tures, Ryan Wadding­ton — Huron River Ventures

Comments are closed.