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May 15, 2007 Conference
Ramada Plaza Suites & Conference Center
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Agenda |
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7:30 am |
Registration and Name Badge Pick-Up,
Exhibit Area Opens |
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8:00 am |
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8:15 am |
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Now That North
Dakota Has Organized Investors, What's Next? |
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Bart Holaday, Adam Street
Venture Partners, Brinson Partners of Chicago | Chairman, The
Dakota Foundation (NM) Mr.
Holaday will discuss how the North Dakota angel and venture
community can operate to the benefit of entrepreneurs and
investors. He will also discuss how they can harm themselves
and entrepreneurs if they don't operate beneficially. |
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9:15 am |
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What Investors Want:
Learn what investors are looking for, e.g. hot sectors, terms,
valuations, etc. |
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Harlan Jacobs, President,
Genesis Business Center,
Minneapolis (MN) |
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Igor A. Rozenblit, VP,
Seneca Partners, Chicago (IL) |
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John Cosgriff, Manager, Lewis & Clark Private Equities, Fargo
(ND) |
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Tom von Kuster, Angel
Investor, Amex,
Minnepolis (MN) |
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10:15 am |
Break, Exhibits, Networking |
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10:45 am |
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Creating Energy
Ventures- Good for the Environment and the Pocketbook |
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Raul Deju, President,
EnergySolutions (UT)
and CEO,
Deju Management Advisors (CA),
is the author of 3 books and over 150 publications. He is a
former Chairman, CEO, and COO of various firms public and private
including firms traded in the NASDAQ and the NYSE. Dr. Deju's
experience includes technology, basic industries, and the
environmental and construction fields. Dr. Deju has been an
advisor to a number of federal committees and international
boards. He was with Sienna Ventures (CA). He founded
Isadra in 1995 and sold it to VerticalNet in 1999. From
1997 to 2004 he was President and
CEO of ISG Resources, Inc. a $250 million market cap enterprise he
merged with Headwaters, Inc. He became President of the merged
entity and grew it over 2 years to a $1.8 billion enterprise.
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11:30 am |
Lunch at the Ramada with
InnovateND
- Awards Luncheon |
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1:00 pm |
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Term Sheets,
Valuations, Cap Tables |
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John Cosgriff, Manager, Lewis & Clark Private Equities, Fargo
(ND) |
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Steve Mercil, CEO,
RAIN Source Capital, St. Paul (MN) |
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Jeff Stamp, Professor,
UND (ND)
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Tom von Kuster, Angel
Investor, Amex,
Minnepolis (MN)
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2:15 pm |
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Emerging Company
Presentations |
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Ganapathy Mahalingam, CEO,
Digital Design Solutions (ND) |
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Adam Burkhardsmeier, CEO,
ITM Media (ND) |
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Pete Nelson,
CFO,
Silent Power (MN) |
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Sanjay Patel,
CEO,
NetHertz (ND) |
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John Thomas,
CEO, Separation Kinetics
(MN) |
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Gale Ward, VP,
ecoEnvelopes (MN) |
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3:45 pm |
Break |
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4:15 pm |
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5:15 pm |
Reception |
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7:00 pm |
Adjourn |
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