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7:30 – 8:30 AM Registration, Breakfast, and Networking
8:30 – 9:30 AM
10 Best Ideas for Entrepreneurs and New Ventures
A panel discussion with Maine CEOs who will share their experience of
what works and what doesn't from their startup experience.
M O D E R AT O R : Betsy Biemann, CEI
P A N E L I S T S :
10:00 – 11:00 AM Workshop Session I (select one when registering)
1. Other people's money:
A guide to fundraising, crowdsourcing, and finding equity capital to start or
expand your business.
S P E A K E R S : Sandra Stone, Maine Angels / Jayme Okma Lee, Maine Venture Fund / Joe Migliaccio, MTI
2. Partnerships, LLCs, and ESOPs, oh my:
What's the best way to set up your company?
S P E A K E R S : Andrea Suter, Pierce Atwood / Matthew Pore, CPA, Baker Newman Noyes /
Mark Adams, Sebago Technics
3. Mine. Mine. Mine:
How to protect your ideas with patents and trademarks.
S P E A K E R : Vivek Rao, Pierce Atwood
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Workshop Session II (select one when registering)
1. You can't do it yourself:
Innovative ways to recruit and hiring rules to keep you out of trouble.
S P E A K E R S : Katy Rand, Pierce Atwood / Ed McKersie, Pro Search, Inc and Live and Work in Maine
2. Show me the money:
What investors and banks are looking for.
S P E A K E R S : Steve Gurin, Bar Harbor Bank & Trust / Diane Sturgeon, U.S. Small Business Administration
3. To market, to market:
What you need to know about logistics, shipping and exports.
S P E A K E R S : Wade Merritt, Maine International Trade Center / Derek Volk, Volk Packaging
12:00 – 1:00 PM Keynote Address and Lunch
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Mainebiz New Ventures /
Entrepreneurs & Startups Forum
For more information and to register, please go to www.mainebiz.biz/NVF
Becky McKinnell
iBec Creative
Allison Lakin
Lakin's Gorges Cheese LLC
Bill Keleher
Kennebec River Biosciences
Eliah Thanhauser
North Spore
Sean Sullivan
Maine Brewers Guild and
founder of Buoy Local
David Stone
Forger
Join us August 21 at the
August 21
7:30am–1:00pm
DoubleTree Hotel, South Portland
Ticket includes breakfast and lunch
