Schedule 

8:00 am – 9:00 am

Registration + Breakfast

9:00 am – 10:50 am

Session 1| Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail: The Art of the Business Plan

10:50 am – 10:55 am

Break

10:55 am – 11:55 am

Session 2| Controlling Your Narrative: The Impact Story that Scales

12:00 pm – 1:20 pm

Lunch Panel: Millennials Disrupting Tech Culture

1:25 pm – 2:40 pm

Session 3| The Real: Structuring & Funding Your Business to Remain Financially Secure

2:45 pm – 3:35 pm

Session 4| Pitch Prep

3:35 pm – 3:45 pm

Break

3:45 pm – 5:00 pm

Closing Panel: Creating Equity in Entrepreneurship

 

Speakers

 

Failure to Plan is Planning to Fail: The Art of the Business Plan


Niles Heron
CBDO
Michigan Funders

Germaine Penstil
Owner
G. Penstil Consulting

 

 

 

 

Controlling Your Narrative: The Impact Story That Scales


Tatiana Grant
Social Entreprenuer, Investor, Marketer, Philanthropist, Connector and Believer

 

 

 

 

 

Lunch Panel: Millennials Disrupting Tech


Rod Brown
Co-Founder
OnceLogix LLC

Frederick Huston
CEO and Founder
Pigeonly

Blair Sandlain
CEO
Connect Inmate

Trey Brown
CEO
Bunje

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pitch Prep: Learning the Ropes of Pitching Your Venture


Brandon Epstein
Analyst
Detroit Venture Partners

 

 

 

 

Closing Panel: Creating Equity in Entrepreneurship


Niles Heron
CBDO
Michigan Funders

Marlin Williams
Founder
Sisters Code

Paul Riser
Managing Director of Technology-Based Entrepreneurship
TechTown Detroit