Bradford Hosack
Vidku
Overview
October 1, 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.
Speakers
Speaker List
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Bradford Hosack
Vidku
Bradford is an award-winning designer and developer. He is an author, developer, and thrill seeker. He is a Co-Founder of Flipgrid, is growing an incredible team at Vidku, is a full time PhD student at the University of Minnesota, and is on his way to becoming a three time national champion.
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Jim Jarding, Jr.
Eide Bailly
Jim Jarding, Jr., a tax partner in the Sioux Falls office, has more than 22 years of experience in public accounting. He focuses primarily on closely-help businesses in the area of construction, retail, manufacturing and professional services. Jim provides federal and state income tax compliance, consulting and planning services for both closely-held businesses and individual business owners. He is a member of the AICPA, SDCPA Society and Minnesota Society of CPAs. Jim received his Bachelor of Business Administration at the University of South Dakota and his Master of Business Taxation at the University of Minnesota.
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Melissa Johnson
Oh My Cupcakes!
Melissa Johnson is a writer who travels and a traveler who writes. Melissa is a mother of three, a business owner and an eternal optimist. The founder and owner of Oh My Cupcakes!, she loves helping ignite people's dreams and passions to pursue their own purpose. Her background lies in media and communications and she has delivered keynotes and workshops for the Jon Gordon Companies for over 6 years. She considers determination, a relentless desire to serve others, and unshakable optimism among her greatest gifts.
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Dr. Patrick Kelly
Sanford Health
Dr. Patrick Kelly is a board certified vascular surgeon at Sanford Health in Sioux Falls. He studied Civil Engineering at the University of Wyoming. Before attending medical school he worked as a Structural Engineer. Dr Kelly received his Vascular Surgery training at the St. Louis University Health Science Center. He is currently the Medical Director of the Sanford Advanced Aortic Program, Sanford Vascular Services and the Sanford Wound Clinic. He has an active clinical research program with several open industry- sponsored and self-sponsored clinical trials. He advises the FDA and the Society for Vascular Surgeons on clinical trials for complex aneurysms. Dr. Kelly is an active inventor of medical devices with over 70 issued or pending patents, and has licensed his inventions to blue chip medical device companies. He invests in early stage medical device companies and enjoys actively participating in their growth and development.
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Troy Leonard
Woods Fuller
Though Troy joined Woods Fuller in 2005, he's been a trademark attorney in Sioux Falls for more than 20 years. His clients turn to his knowledge for concerns such as domestic and international trademark clearance, prosecution and enforcement, brand development and management, trademark infringement counseling, domain name issues, and licensing matters.
Troy is responsible for more than 1500 trademark applications and registrations in the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Recognized by "Best Lawyers in America" for his Intellectual Property and Trademark Law work, Troy also belongs to the International Trademark Association (INTA). He is the former chair of the Intellectual Property Committee for the South Dakota State Bar as well as the firm's intellectual property practice group.
Troy is responsible for more than 1500 trademark applications and registrations in the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Recognized by "Best Lawyers in America" for his Intellectual Property and Trademark Law work, Troy also belongs to the International Trademark Association (INTA). He is the former chair of the Intellectual Property Committee for the South Dakota State Bar as well as the firm's intellectual property practice group.
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Carey Miller
Woods Fuller
Carey's knowledge of business, finance, real estate, and intellectual property has been called upon since she joined Woods Fuller in 2003. She helps clients form business entities and raise capital in equity offerings. Her skills include drafting and reviewing contracts and licensing agreements, business planning and the protection of assets, know-how and trade secrets.
Carey has assisted clients with numerous commercial and residential real estate transactions including acquisitions, sales, 1031 exchanges, leases, development, construction and condominiums and planned developments. Her commercial law experience includes real-estate secured lending, the Uniform Commercial Code including Article 9 secured transactions and opinions for financing transactions.
Carey works with large, small, and family business corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships. Her clients include hospitality and restaurant ventures, biotechnology companies, banks and individual business owners.
In addition to her business and real estate work, Carey also focuses on copyrights, intellectual property and privacy rights. She speaks on IP rights, protection and confidentiality agreements to entrepreneurs and business startups.
Carey attended law school on the prestigious Opperman Scholarship and served as the Associate Editor of the Drake Law Review. She remains active within the South Dakota State Bar Business Law Committee and as a director of the South Dakota Historical Society Foundation. She has been involved in economic development efforts and volunteers with several civic organizations.
Carey has assisted clients with numerous commercial and residential real estate transactions including acquisitions, sales, 1031 exchanges, leases, development, construction and condominiums and planned developments. Her commercial law experience includes real-estate secured lending, the Uniform Commercial Code including Article 9 secured transactions and opinions for financing transactions.
Carey works with large, small, and family business corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships. Her clients include hospitality and restaurant ventures, biotechnology companies, banks and individual business owners.
In addition to her business and real estate work, Carey also focuses on copyrights, intellectual property and privacy rights. She speaks on IP rights, protection and confidentiality agreements to entrepreneurs and business startups.
Carey attended law school on the prestigious Opperman Scholarship and served as the Associate Editor of the Drake Law Review. She remains active within the South Dakota State Bar Business Law Committee and as a director of the South Dakota Historical Society Foundation. She has been involved in economic development efforts and volunteers with several civic organizations.
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Matthew Paulson
MarketBeat.com
Matthew Paulson is a serial entrepreneur from Sioux Falls, SD. He founded MarketBeat.com, a digital publishing company that publishes a daily financial newsletter to nearly 250,000 stock investors and generates more than $2.5 million in annual revenue. Matthew has leveraged the power of email marketing to build multiple six and seven figure businesses will be sharing that knowledge in his upcoming book, Email Marketing Demystified.
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Chris Prendergast
Click Rain
Chris Prendergast is the Director of Online Marketing at Click Rain, the largest digital marketing firm in South Dakota. At Click Rain, Chris has worked with local, regional, and national brands to use online tactics to generate offline success. He is a frequent speaker and presenter on digital tools, trends, and strategies. Chris is one of only eight DAA Certified Web Analysts in the midwest.
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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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Joel Sylvester
Lawrence & Schiller Teleservices
Joel has built award winning sales teams across the country and the world for the past 20 years. Joel has worked with organizations including Penske Auto, Sears, Wells Fargo, Edible Arrangements, and many others. His sales experience includes industries ranging from retail, to automotive, to financial services, to marketing, to call center services.
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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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Ryan Warren
Vidku
With over 13 years of experience, Ryan has found his passion in higher education administration after working briefly as a Sr. Producer for Assessment Software and secondary school educator. His time outside of work is spent as a committed father, decent spouse, and a haphazard runner.
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Hugh Weber
Montessorium
Hugh serves as Head of Community for Montessorium, a Sioux Falls based startup that aims to create well-crafted, personalized, self-guided learning experiences for children, based on the 100-year old method set forth by Maria Montessori. Hugh is also the founder of OTA, a community for creatives; curator of IOP, a laboratory for #possibility; and founding curator of Sioux Falls' Global Shapers Hub for the World Economic Forum.
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Location
Schedule
Schedule Details
Wednesday, September 30th, 2015
Icon Lounge, Downtown Sioux Falls
5:00 PM
Opening Reception
Thursday, October 1st, 2015
The Orpheum Theater
8:30 AM
Registration Opens
9:00 AM
Opening Remarks
10:30 AM
Break
11:45 AM
Spirit of Enterprise Award
12:00 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM
Accelerator Pitches
2:15 PM
Break
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9:15 AM
Hugh Weber
Montessorium
Hugh will speak about his role as Head of Community for Montessorium and where the company is today.
9:45 AM
Matthew Paulson
Marketbeat.com
Matthew will talk about how he started Marketbeat.com and where the company is today.
11:00 AM
Bradford Hosack & Ryan Warren
Vidku
Bradford and Ryan will talk about how they started Vidku and where the company is today.
11:30 AM
Melissa Johnson
Oh My Cupcakes!
Melissa will talk about how she started Oh My Cupcakes! and where the company is today.
1:30 PM
Scott Reisenauer
From Crowdfunding to ERP - Intentional Growth via an Organizational Performance Model
2:00 PM
Dr. Patrick Kelly
Inventions, Patents, and Licenses
Dr. Kelly will share his story as an active inventor of medical devices with over 70 issued or pending patents, and how he has licensed his inventions to blue chip medical device companies.
2:30 PM
Jim Jarding, Jr.
Starting Up a Startup, By the Numbers
From entity selection, to EIN, to that darn quarterly estimated income tax, there are important financial considerations that go along with starting a business. Hear from a numbers guy what you really need to know to start and grow your company.
2:30 PM
Joel Sylvester
Building a Sales Plan
Joel will outline an easy step by step process to build a sales plan that will work for your organization including defining your market, crafting your message, and perfecting your process. Joel will outline sales strategies for local, online, and social media.
3:15 PM
Chris Prendergast
The Entrepreneur's Guide to Startup Marketing
You've got your idea, but how do you build an audience? This session will give you the tools and strategies to market your start-up and find your first 1,000 supporters.
3:15 PM
Troy Leonard & Carey Miller
Tips and Tricks for Working with IP
Much like selecting the name of your children, how you identify your new business is one of the most important decisions you will make. This presentation will focus on the purpose of registering your mark, relative strength of marks, common pitfalls, and enforcement. It will also touch briefly on the defensive use of copyright to protect your new business and how to identify when it is essential for your business to obtain a copyright.
We will have literature on patents available as well. We are certainly happen to make introductions between participants and our patent counsel Jeff Proehl.
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