Agenda for 2012

8:00 AM—10:00 AM

Welcome

Francine Hardaway, Executive Director, OTEF

Crowdfunding: Yes or No?

Tom Curzon, Osborn Maledon

Propel Arizona

CJ Cornell

The End of Business as Usual

Mike Hawksworth, MSS Technologies

The Social Enterprise

Rawn Shah, IBM

The Collaborative Organization

Jacob Morgan, Chess Media

Heckerty

Jan Ziff

Networking Break

10:20 AM—12:00 PM

Lifecycle Marketing: Transforming Small Businesses From Harvesters to Hunters.

Scott Martineau, Infusionsoft

OTEF and the Entrepreneurial Community

Joan Koerber Walker, Chairman of OTEF

Announcements and Awards

Paula Satow, Buzzuka

MedApps

Kent Dicks

12:00 PM —12:30 PM

Lunch Buffet

12:30 PM—1:00 PM

What’s the Next New Thing?

Robert Scoble,  RackSpace

Building Companies in Arizona

Jeff Pruitt, Tallwave

A Very Successful Exit

Alex Brigham, Corpedia

Social Media Grows Up

Bart Steiner, Bulbstorm

Networking Break

2:20 PM—5:30 PM

Cronkite Entrepreneurship

Retha Hill

Seedspot

Chris Petroff

Startup Lessons Leaned

Mark Rukavina, iMemories

After Blackboard, what?

Matthew Pittinsky, Parchment

The Importance of Design Thinking

Ward Andrews, Drawbackwards

State of the VC Industry

Bill Reichert Garage Technology Ventures

Seeds for Autism

MaryAnn la Roche

5:30 PM—7:00 PM

Networking Reception hosted by AUTHORITY LABS