Date
CDT
Location
Schedule
Monday, September 7, 2020
Opening Party & TCSW Swag Drive-Thru
Casey Shultz
Beta.MN, Executive Director
Kelly Buhl
Beta.MN, Operations Lead
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Prep the Brand, Prep the Person: the 1-2 Punch of Successful Marketing
Maria Hileman
Media Bridge Advertising, Creative Director
Giselle Ugarte
Media Bridge Advertising, Director of Marketing
Nancy Korsah
Black Business Enterprises, CEO & Founder
Keeping Sales Connected, Motivated and Closing in Interesting Times
Chrissy Mathison
SPS Commerce, VP Supplier Sales & Business Development
Dan Juckniess
SPS Commerce, SVP, Chief Sales Officer
Lisa Jilek
Open Systems Technologies, Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Dave Sandhoefner
Delaget, Chief Revenue Officer
John Koski
Thomson Reuters, Vice President of Sales and Client Management
Trust Equity: Harnessing the Power of Trust to Fuel Early-Stage Growth
Jennifer Zick
Authentic Brand, Founder and CEO
Minnestar Presents: Lightning Talks
Brandon Johnson
Left Blank Co., Owner/Creative Technologist
Daniel Feldman
HPE, Software engineer
Design your network. Build your scrum
Cathy Paper
RockPaperStar, President
Lori Spiess
OffiCenters, CEO
Ben Theis
Skol Marketing, President & Founder
How as a Founder to get your first customers
Walter Pape
Go To Market Podcast, Host
Generating Sales Via Your Website: A Beautiful Website Is Not Enough
Kitty Hart
Denamico, VP of Client Engagement
Ava McFarlane
Denamico, Digital Marketing Consultant
12 Crucial Do's and Don'ts for B2B Influencer Marketing
Tom Pick
Webbiquity LLC, Senior Digital Marketing Consultant
Ready, Set, Go-to-market: Launch strategies for startup founders
George Hadjiyanis
Launch Avenue, Founder and Principal Consultant
Breaking Through in 2020: Using Growth for a Brand Boost
Kelsey Quickstad
Hotwire, Senior Director
Aneela Idnani
HabitAware, CoFounder
Stephanie Rich
Bread and Butter Ventures, Head of Platform
Christine Hall
Crunchbase News, Contributing Writer
Maddy Kennedy
Twin Cities Journalist
Harness the Power of AI: Improving Business Outcomes
Gary Stockert
Toovio, President
YiDing Yu
Verata Health, Chief Medical Officer
Mike Lewis
Click360, CoFounder
Brian Bradley Johnson
Ambient Intelligence, CEO
Michael Weber
Click360 Inc., Founder
Social Enterprise Showcase: Panel + Marketplace
Grant Henry
Brio Marketing, Co-founder
Connie Rutledge
FINNOVATION Lab, CEO
Stephanie Malon-Rufi
Spark Good Consulting and Coaching, Owner and CEO
Ashleyn Przedwiecki
Social Enterprise - MSP, Community Manager
Jaime Chismar
All Are Welcome Here, Founder
Katie Kalkman
Impact Hub MSP, Executive Director
Junita Flowers
Junita's Jar, Founder/Owner
Hayley Matthews-Jones
Minneapolis Craft Market, Founder
Michelle Maryns
We Sparkle Co., Founder & CEO
Timothy Roman
Ecotone Analytics GBC, CEO & Co-Founder
Intro to Growth Hacking: The Idea Pipeline & ICE metrics
Brian Krohn
Modern Logic, Entrepreneur in Residence
Supercharge Your Growth with a Scalable All-On-One Sales & Marketing System
Jeff Metz
Denamico, Functional Lead
Alise Riedel
Denamico, Strategist
The Future of SEO and How to Win
Kelsey Gernert
HubSpot for Startups, Head of Partnerships
The Power of Storytelling through Video
Eric Jenson
Jenson Studios, President
You Will Probably Survive This
Patrick Swinnea
PuzzleFox Interactive, Owner & Lead Designer
The Art of Tech: Unlocking Creative Possibilities
Rukia Sheikh-Mohamed
Soona, Full Stack Software Engineer
James Tucker
soona, Full Stack Developer
Using Data Visualization Tell Your Story and Grow Your Business
Arlene Birt
Background Stories, Founder & Chief Visual Storyteller
Ted Carling
Ecotone Analytics, Co-Founder & COO
Grow Better: Aligning Data, Tech, and Processes to Drive Digital Transformation
Emily Hulstein
Denamico, Director of Implementations
Ava McFarlane
Denamico, Digital Marketing Consultant
SEO For Startups: Get In The Game
Alison Cromie
Cromie Creative Consultants, Owner
Closers Media presents :: Cocktails&Closers
Garrio Harrison
Curious, Partner
Jennifer Zick
Authentic Brand, Founder and CEO
Mickeli Bedore
Closers Media, Chief Revenue Officer // Host :: Coffee&Closers
B2B Sales Workshop/Happy Hour
Matt Green
Sales Assembly, CRO
Jonathan Ellis
Sandalphon Capital, Managing Director
Todd Caponi
Sales Melon LLC, Founder & CEO
Happy Half Hour
Garrio Harrison
Curious, Partner
Jennifer Zick
Authentic Brand, Founder and CEO
Mickeli Bedore
Closers Media, Chief Revenue Officer // Host :: Coffee&Closers
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Experience Money Differently.
Jeff Aguy
NCXT, Co-Founder
Jonathan Banks
NCXT, President
Micheala Newman
MoneyVerbs, Marketing Manager
Isaiah Goodman
MoneyVerbs, CEO
Creating a Diverse Culture on Day One
Tonya Jackman Hampton
Sequel Consulting Group, Founder and Chief Adviser
Mary MacCarthy
University of MN - Technology Commercialization, Venture Center Program Manager
DIY Office Space: How to Find It and Negotiate Like a Pro
Chris Rohrer
Rokos Advisors, Commercial Real Estate Advisor
Liz Rahn
Rokos Advisors, Director of Client Operations
Pete Kostroski
Rokos Advisors, Commercial Real Estate Advisor
I failed... what now?
Cihan Behlivan
Beta, Entrepreneur in Residence
Chris Aburime
Sober Theory, President / Co-founder
Colin Hirdman
Gainspot, Co-Founder
The tech.mn Live Podcast Booth
Jac Stark
tech.mn, Community Manager
Alex Skjong
tech.mn, Moderator
5 Things About 5 Things That Every Startup Should Know
Aleida Conners
Fredrikson & Byron, Attorney
Noah Huisman
Fredrikson & Byron, Attorney
Courtney Thompson
Fredrikson & Byron
David Winkler
Fredrikson & Byron, Partner
Tales of the COVID-19 Pivot
Connie Rutledge
FINNOVATION Lab, CEO
Tane Danger
Danger Boat Productions, CEO, Co-Founder
Emma Tuftin
Brio Marketing, Co-founder
Why Every Startup Needs To Think Like A Lobbyist - Even Yours
Shawntera Hardy
Civic Eagle, Cofounder + Chief Strategy Officer
Equity Investing
Clarence Bethea
Upsie, Founder & CEO
Frank Medrano
JP Morgan, Managing Director
No-Code Rodeo presented by Graveti and Cloudburst, SBC
Zack Steven
Cloudburst, SBC, Co-Founder | CEO
7 Principles for Startup Success
Ryan Broshar
Matchstick Ventures, Founder & Partner
The Startup Game Show
Sean Higgins
BetterYou, CEO
Nels Pederson
Livefront, Partnerships
MN-DEED Supports Startups: Funding, Programs, and Resources
Neela Mollgaard
Launch Minneosta - MN DEED, Executive Director
Jeff Nelson
Minnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development, Executive Director (interim)
Drew Lindorfer
MN DEED, Senior Loan Officer
Laurence Reszetar
DEED/MTO, Director, International Business Strategy
Nila Gouldin
MN DEED, Launch Minnesota Grant Manager
Bruce Strong
Minnesota SBDC, State Director
Chinwe Ngwu
DEED, Senior Loan Officer
John Shoffner
State of Minnesota DEED, Regional Business Development Manager & Foreign-Trade Zone Director
Charles Schaffer
Minnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development, Small Business Assistance Office, Director
Productivity with Heart: Aligning your values with your schedule
Tamara K Torres ND
Optima Results Coaching, Founder & Coach
Scaling Your MVP: What should your tech look like?
Tim Bornholdt
Bionic Giant, Chief Technology Officer
David Dalvey
Brightstone Venture Capital, Managing General Partner
Kate Evinger
gener8tor, Program Manager
Eric Martell
Pear Commerce, Co-Founder
Benefits Of Certification
Michael Alexander
Target Corporation, Supplier Diversity Business Lead
Karen Goldner
Women's Business Development Center, Managing Director, Established Business Services
Karen Tobler
TARGET, Supplier Diversity
Heather Olson
North Central Minority Supplier Development Council (NCMSDC), President & CEO
From Start Up to Still Standing- Building a Dream and Surviving a Crisis
John Sturgess
ADOGO Pet Hotels, Founder
Mollie Windmiller
LAB MPLS, Owner & Creative Director
Josh Fedie
salesreach.io, Founder & CEO
Gabriella Grant
Bebe Zito Ice Cream, Owners
Ben Spangler
Bebe Zito Ice Cream, Owners
From Surviving to Thriving: Erasing the Female Entrepreneur Wage Gap through Value-Based Pricing
Susan Heinlein
Illume Decision Hub, Co-Founder
Jenny Niemela
Illume Decision Hub, Co-Founder
Fundraising best practices
Jonathan Ellis
Sandalphon Capital, Managing Director
The Real Pitch MN
Brett Brohl
Bread and Butter Ventures, Managing Partner
Mary Grove
Bread and Butter Ventures, Managing Partner
Creating Small Teams that Kick A$$ and Take Names
Chip Pedersen
Modern Logic, Director of Client Services
Paving a Strategic ROADMAP: An effective business strategy
Andy Shafer
Shafer's Innovation and Business Building Services (SIBBS), Founder, Strategist, Business Builder and Author
Scalable Operations: How structure can drive growth
Kelly Schaefbauer
Aligned Operations, Founder & CEO
Fundraising During COVID-19
Ryan Broshar
Matchstick Ventures, Founder & Partner
Rob Weber
Great North Labs, Managing Partner
Mary Grove
Bread and Butter Ventures, Managing Partner
Andrew Felbinger
Urban Innovation Fund, Senior Associate
Happy Half Hour
Brett Brohl
Bread and Butter Ventures, Managing Partner
Mary Grove
Bread and Butter Ventures, Managing Partner
Rob Weber
Great North Labs, Managing Partner
Ryan Broshar
Matchstick Ventures, Founder & Partner
Andrew Felbinger
Urban Innovation Fund, Senior Associate
gBETA St. Thomas Virtual Pitch Night
Jake Smith
gener8tor, Director, gBETA St. Thomas
Friday, September 11, 2020
Saturday, September 12, 2020
Monday, September 14, 2020
Fly-in Community, Culture, and Career Fair
Casey Shultz
Beta.MN, Executive Director
Mary Grove
Bread and Butter Ventures, Managing Partner
Steve Grove
State of Minnesota, Commissioner of Employment & Economic Development
Justin Sutherland
Iron Chef America, Winner
Aneela Idnani
HabitAware, CoFounder
Andrew Parks
Minnevangelist, Creative Director
Ashlea Halpern
Minnevangelist, Co-founder & Editor
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
THE “MN AFTERSCHOOL ADVANCE” STORY: COLLABORATE TO INNOVATE
Marcus Pope
Youthprise, Vice President
Matt Norris
Youthprise, Policy Director & Dir. of MN Afterschool Advance
Jeff Ochs
Venn Foundation, CEO
The Launch MN Network
Stacy Nimmo
Red Wing Ignite, Executive Director
Larry Hosch
Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation, Business Development Director
Neela Mollgaard
Launch Minneosta - MN DEED, Executive Director
Dave Hengel
Greater Bemidji, Executive Director
John Stavig
University of Minnesota, Director - Holmes Center for Entrepreneurship
Meg Steuer
GREATER MSP, Forge North Manager
Equity, Distribution, and Access for All Learners in a COVID-19 Landscape
Julie Carter
GreyED Solutions, Co-Founder & CEO
Penny Pease
Mounds View Public Schools, Director of Technology
Cory Klinge
Richfield Public Schools, Director of Technology
Lisa deRoy
GreyEd Solutions, Chief Learning Officer
Anthony Padrnos
Osseo Area Schools (ISD279), Executive Director of Technology
VR and Immersive Technology in Education
Travis Hoium
REM5 Virtual Reality Laboratory, Co-Founder
Mentor Morning: Financing Scaling from Traction to IPO!
Dave Neville
Infinity Robotics, President
Charlie Youakim
Sezzle Inc., CEO
Tyrre Burks
Player's Health, CEO
Lois Josefson
Greater Minnesota Development Services, LLC, Principal
Liz Giorgi
soona, CEO
AMA with 2020 Jeopardy! College Championship Winner Nibir Sarma
Nibir Sarma
University of Minnesota, Chemical Engineering Student
Kelly Buhl
Beta.MN, Operations Lead
Developing Culturally Relevant Content to Improve Student Engagement
Mondo Davison
Schoolz, Co-Founder
Dario Otero
Youth Lens 360 / Undemo/ Schoolz, CEO/Co-Founder
Mychal Batson
Schoolz, Co-Founder and Creative Director
Scaling Through User Voice: Evaluating Your Attention to Educator Voices
Elizabeth Orme
Creatively Focused, Founder and CEO
Becky Vavrichek
Creatively Focused, Project Manager
Daryl Vavrichek
Edmentum, Education Programs Consultant
Sabina Saksena
Cytilife, Founder/CEO
Nathan Strenge
Fielding International, Senior Learning Designer
Success Stories: How Interest in Workforce Equity & Record Unemployment Can Narrow the Tech Skills Gap
Jade Denson
Minnesota Technology Association, Director of Community Engagement
Shafie Abshir
SUCCESS Computer Consulting, Remote Support Triage Tech
Kate Kirschner
CompTIA Tech Career Academy, Midwest Regional Manager, Career Services
Jillayne Berg
Center for Diagnostic Imaging, Director, Operations Support - IT
Muhamed Ibrahim
Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI), Enterprise Support Specialist
Tom Hawj
Tech Guru, IT Systems Administrator
Angela Curtis
Medtronic, Technical User Support Analyst
Emotional Intelligence and Mindfulness for Personal and Professional Relationships
Luis Moreno
TCBPN, Co-Founder
Tamara K Torres ND
Optima Results Coaching, Founder & Coach
Sylwia Borowy
NeWoman, Life Coach
The Empathy Challenge: Practice Identifying your Blindspot
Liz Tupper
Software for Good, Director of Product Strategy
Scale Smart: Where to Start
Jenny Erickson
ACThoughtful Consulting, Owner & Idea Activator
Amy Bogott
Amy Lynne Coaching, Owner
Immersive Technology 101
Amir Berenjian
REM5 Studios, CEO
Meg Noakes
REM5 Virtual Reality Laboratory, Manager/Education Products Team Lead
Personal & Authentic Cultures of Innovation
Thomas C. Murray
Thomas C. Murray, LLC, Author & Speaker
The Power and Potential of Intergenerational Leadership Teams
Will Kitchen
Winona State University, Director - StartUp Winona State
N'Dri Diby
Live Give Save, Data Analyst Engineer
Megan Geelan
Live.Give.Save. with Spave, Business/Financial Analyst Intern
Tom Gabriel
LiveGiveSave, Chief Brand Officer
Stephany Beck
Live.Give.Save, Marketing Lead Intern
Susan Langer
Live.Gives.Save., Inc., Founder & CEO
Margaret Bransford
St. Olaf College, Associate Director, Entrepreneurship & Outreach
Christine Beech
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, Executive Director of the Kabara Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies
Fireside Chats with African-American Educators
Kwame Sarfo-Mensah
Identity Talk Consulting, LLC., Founder
Jonathan C. W. Jones
Ideation4, Founder & CEO
Fix It Fireside: Scaling Your Company and Thinking Big with Lunar Startups and The Coven
Alex West Steinman
The Coven, Co-Founder and CEO
Danielle Steer
Lunar Startups, Managing Director
Elizabeth Orme
Creatively Focused, Founder and CEO
Mondo Davison
Schoolz, Co-Founder
Bella Lam
Coconut Whisk, Founder/CEO
Stories from EdTech Founders
Vikas Mehrotra
Virtue Analytics, Founder & CEO
Elizabeth Orme
Creatively Focused, Founder and CEO
Eric Nelson
Fanschool, Founder
Sabina Saksena
Cytilife, Founder/CEO
UnPub – Re-imagining Education and Collaboration with a Purpose
Samuel Hoyt
Aquarian Knowledge, Partnership & Engagement Director
Maceo Dunn
Aquarian Knowledge, Systems & Process Engineer – System Analytics Lead
Become a Technovation[MN] Mentor
Christina Llamas
Technovation[MN], Board Member & Regional Ambassador
Tea Dejanovic
Perficient, Scrum Master
The Entrepreneur's Data Privacy Primer
Adam Stone
Secure Digital Solutions, Inc., Vice Preseident, Consulting Services and Chief Privacy Officer
GETTING YOUR STARTUP READY FOR FUNDRAISING: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Patrice Kloss
Fox Rothschild LLP, Partner
Kathryn Dehn
Fox Rothschild LLP, Attorney
Lisa Crump
Cairn Ventures/Sofia Fund, CEO/Managing Partner
Successful Foundation Building For Your Accounting, Operations, and IT.
Kevin Friend
FAW Analysis Business Consulting, Consultant
Social Justice in a Digital World
Amir Berenjian
REM5 Studios, CEO
Tim Harris
RFTP, Managing Director, Founder
Managing Global Tech Teams During a Pandemic
Jamie Thingelstad
SPS Commerce, Chief Technology Officer
Shivani Stumpf
Hoonuit, Chief Technology Officer
Amy Patton
SPS Commerce, Vice President, Technology
Teddy Bekele
Land O'Lakes, Chief Technology Officer
Jadee Hanson
Code42, Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Information Officer
What to Expect from a Development Team
Andrew Rahn
Modern Logic, Head of Engineering
OnRamp Education & Workforce Innovation Accelerator: Big Plans and Big Expectations
Troy Vosseller
gener8tor, Co-Founder
Josh Slayton
ECMC Group, SVP, Business Development
Scaling Customer Success Through Growth
Karin Lucas
SPS Commerece, SVP, Chief Customer Success Officer
Justin Porter
Kipsu, Vice President, Operations
Noah Dominik
SPS Commerce, Sr. Director, CS Chief of Staff
Andis Kancans
Sezzle, Director of Merchant Success
Sue Woodard
Total Expert, Chief Customer Officer
DRONE RACING & THE UNSTOPPABLE NEW STEM SPORTS
Marty Wetherall
Youth Drone Sports Championships, Co-founder
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
BETA Fall Showcase powered by JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Casey Shultz
Beta.MN, Executive Director
