Shon Anderson
B9Creations
Overview
September 29, 2015
The Innovation Expo is a conference focusing on connecting entrepreneurs, innovators, angel investors, venture capitalists, and the many others who are involved in developing startup companies. The event will consist of speakers, breakout sessions, and networking focusing on the entrepreneurial community.
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Shon Anderson
B9Creations
Over the course of his career, Shon has passionately pursued growing businesses and growing people while in leadership positions in companies from small regional firms to Fortune 500s and industries from Clean Technology to Renewable Energy and 3D Printing.
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Mike Boucher
Mines Venture Project
Mike Boucher has founded and successfully exited two technology companies. His first, Dakota Scientific Software, developed innovative algorithms in high-speed software that enabled supercomputers to run nuclear stockpile stewardship, car crashes, and aerodynamics simulations on machines with up to several thousand CPUs. He sold the company to Sun Microsystems, then stayed at Sun working on a variety of projects including an experimental machine with 256K processors and 4 petabytes of RAM. His second company, Dakota Legal Software, developed software to help for lawyers and legal professionals write their briefs and legal memoranda. He sold that last year. He is currently an Entrepreneur in Residence at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology at an entrepreneurial program for students and recent alumni called the Mines Venture Project.
Brian Butterfield
Pixel Pines, LLC
Brian has spent 17 years in the Telecommunications software industry and became the Technology Manager for a billing and operational support system early in his career. He has passion for solving complex problems and systems thinking. An innovative leader with the ability to effectively communicate, facilitate transformation, and provide vision within a diverse group. Over the past few years, Brian has designed, developed, and deployed mobile applications with teams of Computer Science student interns enforcing quality and maintainability. Brian works as an Adjunct Instructor teaching Mobile Computing and Senior Design as well as assisting with Software Engineering for the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. He holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering and an M.S. in Technology Management from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.
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Kyle Coleman
Goodhue, Coleman & Owens, P.C.
Kyle's technical background focuses on mechanical engineering. During his academic career, he acquired expertise in the areas of optics, optical transmission spectroscopy, polymeric materials, stress analysis, composites and electro-mechanics. Additionally, he had the opportunity to work on a U.S. Department of Defense grant to develop an optical fiber sensor system to monitor in-situ the stresses experienced by high stress components within an aircraft during flight. The system also allowed for in-situ monitoring of the overall structural health of these parts during routine maintenance. Initial research efforts culminated in the issuance of a US patent covering a particular embodiment of this invention.
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Sharice Davids
Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation
Sharice joined TVCDC in 2014. She manages a variety of the day to day operations, acts as in house counsel and is developing a worker owned enterprise program. After graduating from Cornell Law School, Sharice began her legal career at an international law firm as a corporate transactional attorney. Her practice included representation of private equity clients on mergers and acquisitions and in financing those deals. Additionally, she provided legal representation on a variety of tribal level financing, from traditional loans to taxable and tax-free bond offerings. After leaving corporate practice, Sharice moved to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota where she took a position with Red Cloud Indian School as the Director of the Economic Development Initiative where she developed an entrepreneurship curriculum that was implemented at the high school level. After the development of that program, Sharice started Hoka Coffee Company on the Reservation. Sharice received a Bachelors in Business Administration from the University of Missouri in Kansas City.
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Kathryn Fitzgerald
Meta4Marketing
Kathryn is Marketing Strategy and Customer Insight Consultant currently serving as an Entrepreneur in Residence at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. She was formerly a full-time Professor of Marketing in the M.B.A. programs at Pepperdine, UCLA, and Notre Dame. Kathryn joined a high-tech fMRI-based market research start-up affiliated with neuroscientists at UCLA, the place she earned her doctoral degree with a dissertation centered on the use of metaphor when communicating about complex and/or highly innovative new products. Kathryn also previously worked in a large management consulting firm in Chicago that specializes in expert litigation support. Kathryn grew up in Rapid City and recently returned after living for many years in Santa Monica, CA.
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Darren Haar
Black Hills Regional Angel Fund
Darren is a visionary business leader with a proven track record of driving growth and managing change in a diverse set of business environments in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Able to quickly establish strategic direction, identify areas for growth, reduce cost, and develop a strong leadership team. Demonstrated success in restoring profitability to struggling businesses and pushing new growth in existing businesses. Global experience with acquisitions, integrations, and joint ventures. Respected for ability to engage and motivate people at all levels of the organization. Darren has a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of New Mexico. He has served on the boards of several companies including: DuPont-Samsung Flex Circuit Materials, DuPont-AirProducts Nano Materials KK, Solae-Shinway China, OatTech LLC, and Waterford Energy Solutions LLC. Darren is currently the Chair of Black Hills Regional Angel Fund and an Entrepreneur in Residence at the South Dakota School of Mines.
Dan James
Jamesolutions, Inc.
Dan James currently leads Jamesolutions, Inc. a company focused on Sales Excellence. He has spent much of the last 5 years working the Corporate Executive Board to lift the capability of sales leaders and sales professionals from their member companies, the world's largest companies.
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David Lust
Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson & Ashmore, LLP
David E. Lust is a partner with Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson & Ashmore, LLP and is a member of the firm's Business/Estate Planning group where he assists businesses and individuals with their business planning and litigation needs. David was named Legislator of the Year, South Dakota Wildlife Federation (2013), the 2012 Domestic Violence Victim's Champion by Working Against Violence, Inc. and has been listed as a Super Lawyers since 2001. He was recently named in Best Lawyers in America as "Lawyer of the Year for Real Estate Litigation" 2014-2015.
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Scott Reisenauer
B9Creations
Scott serves Chief Operating Officer of B9Creations, LLC. a 2-year old startup in the 3D Printing business with a vision for improving lives by improving access to resources & technology. Scott brings over 20 years of manufacturing operations experience, having led manufacturing organizations through substantial organic growth, major mergers, scaling operations and infrastructure to drive customer and employee satisfaction.
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Greg Tehven
Emerging Prairie
I have spent much of my life believing I can "Create the Community You Want To Live In." Co-Founder of Emerging Prairie, Dinnerties.com, 1 Million Cups Fargo, and Students Today Leaders Forever. I teach as an Adjunct Professor at Concordia College. Greg's current activities include co-organizing Startup Weekend Fargo and curating TEDxFargo. I love Settlers of Catan, coffee, hosting dinner parties and ND Class "B" state champs.
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Paul Thorstenson
Ketel Thorstenson, LLP
Paul is CEO of Western Dakota's leading locally owned CPA firm. He is also a venture investor in several technology, tourism and real estate businesses.
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Nick Tilsen
Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation
Nick is a citizen of the Oglala Lakota Nation and the founding Executive Director of the Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation. Nick has over 15 years of experience in working with non-profits and Tribal Nations on projects that have a social mission. Prior to working with Thunder Valley CDC Nick founded the Lakota Action Network which fought to protect Native American sacred sites, provide community organizing training while educating tribes in the implementation of sustainable renewable energy practices. As Executive Director of Thunder Valley CDC Nick has played a vital role in creating a community development organization that is working with the local grassroots people and national organizations in the development of a sustainable regenerative community, that creates jobs, builds homes and creates a National model for alleviating poverty in America’s poorest communities. Nick has been selected by the White House to lead the Ladders of Opportunity and Promise Zone Initiatives on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. In 2014 Nick was selected as an Ashoka Fellow joining a global network of the worlds leading social innovators.
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Location
Schedule
Schedule Details
Tuesday, September 29th, 2015
Holiday Inn - Rushmore Plaza
8:30 AM
Registration Opens
9:00 AM
Opening Remarks
10:30 AM
Break
12:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM
Accelerator Pitches
2:15 PM
Break
3:15 PM
Additional Schedule Details
9:15 AM
Mike Boucher
9:45 AM
Nick and Sharice
Building Community Wealth Through Social Enterprise Development
Thunder Valley CDC is developing a regenerative community on the Pine Ridge Reservation as a catalyst for systemic change. Among its various approaches to change, one way Thunder Valley CDC is addressing historic poverty issues on the Pine Ridge Reservation is by implementing a social enterprise program aimed at promoting the creation of community equity. Thunder Valley CDC is looking at employee-ownership enterprise models that will build capacity and equity in the community the enterprises serve.
11:00 AM
Dan James
Insights for Entrepreneurs: Selling Your Business to Investors.
Dan will discuss be how to use Commercial Teaching and Other Best Practices to do a more effective job of demonstrating your value to potential investors and customers.
11:30 AM
Brian Butterfield
Is student recruitment ripe for disruption?
Brian will discuss his experience over the past 4 years hiring, mentoring, managing, teaching, and building relationships with Computer Science students, interns, and new hires. Based on this experience in both academic and professional environments, there are aspects of student recruitment that will be transformed using a new software platform under development by Pixel Pines.
1:30 PM
Shon Anderson & Scott Reisenauer
From Crowdfunding to ERP - Intentional Growth via an Organizational Performance Model
2:00 PM
Darren Haar
Driving Growth and Managing Change
Darren will talk about driving growth through team building and managing change within a growing company.
2:30 PM
Kathryn Fitzgerald
Marketing for Startups
Kathryn will share her knowledge on Marketing Strategy and Consumer Insight.
2:30 PM
Kyle Coleman
Intellectual Property for the startup and Entrepreneur
Intellectual property can be a daunting area for the start-up. Understanding and avoiding risks can be critical to business success. Obtaining intellectual property can add value and competitive advantage yet can also be speculative and cost prohibitive. Learn about making decisions that align best with business objectives and resources. Case studies for different types of companies help draw out a workable understanding and guidelines for taking next steps.
3:15 PM
Paul Thorstenson
The LLC legal entity---Shangri-La for doing business
- Corps = Corpse. Corporations are dead and why they are bad.
- Tax and business benefits of LLCs.
- Ideas for structuring venture investment within an LLC.
3:15 PM
David Lust
Tip-toeing Through the (Legal) Tulips: Legal Issues To Consider As Your Start-up Evolves.
As a concept matures into a business there are numerous legal and regulatory issues to consider. This break-out session will identify some of those issues and provide ideas on how to successfully navigate through them.
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