TechPoint Indiana Entrepreneur Bootcamp

Presented by:

AGENDA

Learn how to transform business startups into profitable companies and train profitable enterprises to become entrepreneurial machines with Bill Joos, Principal of Go To Market Consulting.

9:00 – 9:30 am
PLEASE NOTE: ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN TIME

Registration: Event Registration & Networking

9:30 – 9:45

Welcome & Introductions

9:45 – 10:45

Workshop 1: Top Ten Mistakes in Business Plans

Bill Joos – Principal
Go To Market Consulting

10:45– 11:45

Panel 1 : The Tools You Need!

It’s not just being your own boss. If you are starting your own business there are some basic tools that you must have. This panel will discuss the aspects of accounting, supervision, management, legal issues and banking all business owners must have knowledge of to be successful. The panelists are Professors and Instructors for Vincennes University and have had experience working with Entrepreneurs.

Moderated by Nick Spina

Panelists:
Lisa Nash
Mary Bown
Mary Hollars

11:45 – 12:30

Lunch

12:30 - 1:45

Workshop 2: Perfecting Your Pitching

Bill Joos – Principal
Go To Market Consulting

1:45 – 2:00

Break/ Networking

2:00 – 3:15

Workshop 3: The Power of an Advisory Board

Bill Joos – Principal
Go To Market Consulting

3:15 – 4:15

Panel 2 : Been There, Done That, Did It!

Many Entrepreneurs started out working for some type of industry or business and then decided to do it on their own. Learn how business owners came from the trenches and how they built their business to make it successful today. Understand what struggles they had and how they overcame them.

Moderated by Bill Joos

Panelist:
Jim Russell
Darwyn Nelson
Michael Bumgarner

4:15 – 4:20

Closing Remarks