Chinese American Chamber of Commerce - MN

[:en]SBIR/STTR 101: SBIR 101 ORIENTATION[:]
2023-02-13 10:00 - 11:00 UTC
Event Details
The Minnesota SBIR/STTR Accelerator’s mission is to secure federal research and development funding for startups and small businesses to enable them to transform their high risk, high-impact technologies into marketable products and services that solve problems by leveraging SBIR/STTR investments.
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, also known as America’s Seed Fund, are one of the largest sources of early-stage capital for technology commercialization in the United States. These progra
ms enable US-owned and operated small businesses to conduct research and development that has a strong potential for commercialization.

Additional Information
To know more about upcoming events visit Minnesota SBIR/STTR Accelerator, Eventbrite website.

Special Instructions
Please click “Reserve Ticket” to complete the registration on the Minnesota SBIR/STTR Accelerator, Eventbrite website.
Fee:NO COST

[:en]Grow with Grants: Navigating the World of Public Funding[:]
2023-02-10 14:00 - 15:00
About this event

1 hour
Mobile eTicket

Grant funding continues to enable businesses everywhere to innovate and deliver value to their customers. It’s an effective way to gain resources without giving away any equity, but there are some key considerations to make before jumping in. How does a business qualify for grant funding? What does the application process look like? Are there limitations that exist once the grant has been awarded? All of these questions and more will be answered in this informative session with Sedale Turbovsky, CEO and Co-Founder of OpenGrants. He will provide practical tips and tools for accessing the funding your business needs to continue driving impact and thrive.
Key Takeaways:

Trends and future outlook of grant funding for businesses
Eligibility requirements for grant funding
Different types of grants and how to determine which is right for your business
The ins and outs of the application process
The role of the recipient and funding agency pre-award and post-award
How grant funding can be strategically used to innovate and deliver value to customers

OUR SPECIAL GUEST

Sedale Turbovsky
CEO & Co-Founder, OpenGrants
Sedale Turbovsky is the CEO and co-founder of OpenGrants, a venture-backed startup focused on building modern infrastructure for funding. He has been an entrepreneur since childhood. After honing his leadership skills as an outdoor guide in his younger years, he started his professional career as an independent consultant focused on delivering data products and digital strategies to enterprise clients in South America.
He is experienced in independent grant writing and public/private partnerships at the highest level, having worked directly with OpenGrants’ current strategic partner, Momentum.

[:en]Artificial Intelligence in Public Relations & Marketing[:]
2023-02-07 13:00 - 14:00
About this event

1 hour
Mobile eTicket

In recent years, it’s become more and more clear that business leaders need to implement AI into their marketing strategies. AI has proven to expand the reach and impact of brand and content development strategies, while granting the ability to more precisely curate promotional content for targeted subgroups of the customer pool. Businesses all around the world are already using AI to reach new audiences once thought to be out of reach, and Kris Ruby, CEO of Ruby Media Group and award-winning public relations specialist, will show you how your business can do it too.
Key Takeways:

How to leverage AI marketing tools to build your brand & update your digital media assets
How to write AI marketing prompts to get better creative output
What to look out for when evaluating an AI marketing specialist/ agency for your business

For supplemental insights from Kris Ruby, check out these articles:
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and The Future of Marketing
AI Marketing Agency Guide: Evaluation & Ethical Considerations
Artificial Intelligence in Marketing: GPT-3, AI Writing & PR Tools
OUR SPECIAL GUEST

Kris Ruby
CEO of Ruby Media Group
KRIS RUBY is the CEO of Ruby Media Group, an award-winning public relations and media relations agency in Westchester County, New York. Kris Ruby has more than 15 years of experience in the PR industry. She is a sought-after media relations strategist, public relations consultant, and B2B content marketing strategist. Ruby Media Group specializes in executive thought leadership and brand building using an integrated approach to digital PR, SEO and content marketing to increase exposure and search visibility for executives. As one of the most in-demand personal branding strategists to SaaS Founders and corporate executives in Silicon Valley, Kris has worked behind-the-scenes on the PR campaigns of many of the brands you know and love. As a media strategist, she has helped hundreds of entrepreneur’s secure media exposure and publicity to establish personal brand authority in the market. Her publicity work has earned client’s national media attention on top media outlets, leading to invitations to share their subject matter expertise on top business podcasts and national cable TV shows. Kris Ruby is also a national television commentator and pundit and has appeared hundreds of times on air covering big tech bias, politics and social media. She is a trusted media source and frequent on-air commentator on social media, tech trends, and crisis communications has appeared on Fox News and countless other TV networks.

The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center is a 501c(3) public charity whose mission it is to make entrepreneurship accessible to all. We deliver world-class resources and mentoring to enable every entrepreneur across the globe to realize their maximum potential. Please join us and make your gift to ensure these transformative programs may continue to reach the underserved.

All Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least 48 hours in advance of this event; please send an email to webinarhost@thecenter.nasdaq.org with the subject header ACCOMMODATION REQUEST. For assistance with registration or other technical difficulties, please contact anna.vanmaanen@thecenter.nasdaq.org

[:en]Designing Your Customer Acquisition Path[:]
2023-01-28 18:00 - 19:00
About this event

1 hour
Mobile eTicket

When a customer has a need, they don’t just want it met; they want to find others who understand their pain points and are committed to developing solutions with the human in mind. To do this, startups need to possess micro- and macro-level understanding in order to design winning solutions for their customers. This means winning the trust of the customer to the point where they entrust the startup with their solution requirements and how to help them throughout the journey of purchase. What can startups do to gain the complete trust of customers over other organizations offering similar solutions?
In celebration of women-owned businesses, please join us for a compelling conversation with Zeenath Kuraisha, Founder and CEO of APACSMA, and Paloma Vidgen, SME Segment Leader – Women Entrepreneurs, Vice President at Bank of the West, to learn more about how your business can develop a holistic sales process that attracts and retains highly valued customers and partners through knowledge and trust.
Key Takeaways

Competitive Positioning Strategies
Importance of Internal Structures
Mindset
Power of Partnerships
Community Learning for Your Start-Ups to Leap!

OUR SPECIAL GUEST

Zeenath Kuraisha
CEO, APACSMA – The eUniversity for Sales
Zeenath Kuraisha is the founder and CEO of APACSMA, the leading authority and preeminent online academy for sales training, sales role ready certifications, sales assessments, audits and associated sales enablement services. She helps companies ramp their new sales hires and sales team to achieve their revenue objectives through customized sales education across field, inside, digital, virtual and channel sales disciplines .Zeenath is a veteran sales expert with more than 25 years of experience and serves as the Singapore Chapter President for AA-ISP. She is also the Founding Fellow for Association of Professional Sales (now known as Institute of Sales Professionals), and is as Forbes Virtual Sales Community Leader. She has received numerous accolades and recognition from the industry including Sales Hacker’s 35 Most Influential Women in Sales, Best Asia Corporate Consultant by HRM Asia, and was named one of “Executive of the Year for Education” by Singapore Business Review.

[:en]Author in Residence: Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution[:]
2023-01-24 14:00 - 15:00
About this event

1 hour
Mobile eTicket

Unicorns—companies that reach a valuation of more than $1 billion—are rare. Uri Levine has built two. Over the past twenty years, Levine has both started and worked with dozens of startups, and he believes the key to success is to start with the problem first. He’s discovered that if the problem is big, then it’s a journey worth taking.
How can an entrepreneur determine whether the solution they’ve conceived is a worthy pursuit? What does it truly takes for a startup to succeed, and what components does the entrepreneur need to build out to drive that success? In this exciting fireside chat, Levine will give us an inside look into his startup journey and share the lessons he learned along the way.
As a mentor and teacher, Levine is committed to encouraging entrepreneurs to focus on society-wide problems so that they can build their own highly valued companies. His vision is specifically intended to help entrepreneurs disrupt inefficient markets and improve under-functioning services; to focus on solving ‘BIG problems,’ while saving consumers time and money.

Key Takeaways:

How to evaluate if an idea can become a startup
How to figure out your product-market fit
How to determine your business model and lock down your growth path
The key components of building a successful startup that will disrupt “broken” markets
The importance of firing and hiring the right people
How entrepreneurs can prepare for their eventual exit from the company
The importance of paying it forward and guiding other entrepreneurs in need

OUR SPECIAL GUEST

Uri Levine
Author of ‘Fall in Love with the Problem, not the Solution’
Uri Levine is a passionate entrepreneur and disruptor, a two-time ‘unicorn’ builder (Duocorn). He is co-founder of Waze, the world’s largest community-based driving traffic and navigation app, which was acquired by Google for $1.1 billion in 2013, and former investor and first board member in Moovit, ‘Waze of public transportation’, which was acquired by Intel for $1 Billion in 2020. Levine has built more than a dozen startups and has seen everything ranging from failure, midlevel success, to immense success.

The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center is a 501c(3) public charity whose mission it is to make entrepreneurship accessible to all. We deliver world-class resources and mentoring to enable every entrepreneur across the globe to realize their maximum potential. Please join us and make your gift to ensure these transformative programs may continue to reach the underserved.

All Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least 48 hours in advance of this event; please send an email to webinarhost@thecenter.nasdaq.org with the subject header ACCOMMODATION REQUEST. For assistance with registration or other technical difficulties, please contact anna.vanmaanen@thecenter.nasdaq.org

[:en]How to Launch a Purpose Driven Initiative[:]
2023-01-17 13:00 - 14:00
About this event

1 hour
Mobile eTicket

Often times when we think of a company leading or engaging in social impact work, large businesses come to mind. However, all businesses, including small businesses can have a purpose driven strategy. This is even more of an imperative as ESG becomes more popular with large businesses and as a result, they have similar expectations of their suppliers. Being purpose driven is not something just for large companies, small businesses are positioned perfectly to launch and lead social impact initiatives. During this fireside chat, business owners will be given specific steps to find a clear path to creating meaningful impact through their company.

OUR SPECIAL GUESTS

Tameka Montgomery
CEO, Core Strategy Partners Inc.
Tameka Montgomery is the founder and CEO of Core Strategy Partners Inc., a mission-driven research and strategy firm focused on helping leaders find a clear path to drive inclusive economic change that advances small business and workforce development for diverse stakeholders. Prior to founding Core Strategy Partners, Tameka was appointed by President Barack Obama to lead the Office of Entrepreneurial Development at the U.S. Small Business Administration. In this role she was responsible for an appropriated budget of more than $160M to advance entrepreneurship programs across the nation including the Women’s Business Center program, SCORE, and the Small Business Development Center program. Tameka established policies, guided program design and management, interfaced with congressional leaders, and structured cross sector strategic partnerships. A mission driven leader, Tameka combines her entrepreneurial spirit with her drive to have a positive social impact in the world. Her experiences and accomplishments reveal a dedication to solving problems through a human-centered approach with a focus on achieving results through strategic thinking and disciplined execution. Tameka’s passion for business and the social sector has allowed her to successfully navigate government, non-profit, and private sectors. Early in her career, Tameka worked in government working across sectors to design strategies that brought about shared value. Later she launched one of Denver’s first small business incubators and went on to lead a nationally recognized, award-winning Denver Metro Small Business Development Center. Merging her passions for business and civic engagement, Tameka served as the Executive Director of the Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation, an organization focused on fostering business civic leadership.Tameka is a graduate of Spelman College and Columbia University and holds an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration from Johnson and Wales University. She also the founder of the Montgomery County Children’s Business Fair along with her husband and three sons.

Moderated By:
Paloma Vigden
SME Segment Strategy – Women Entrepreneurs
As the daughter and granddaughter of entrepreneurs, she is passionate about helping business owners and entrepreneurs meet their professional and personal goals. With 13 years in banking, spent developing strategy and building partnerships across wealth management and business banking, she creates programs and solutions that help our entrepreneurial community succeed.

The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center is a 501c(3) public charity whose mission it is to make entrepreneurship accessible to all. We deliver world-class resources and mentoring to enable every entrepreneur across the globe to realize their maximum potential. Please join us and make your gift to ensure these transformative programs may continue to reach the underserved.

All Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least 48 hours in advance of this event; please send an email to webinarhost@thecenter.nasdaq.org with the subject header ACCOMMODATION REQUEST. For assistance with registration or other technical difficulties, please contact anna.vanmaanen@thecenter.nasdaq.org

[:en]MAKEE CONSTRUCTION INTENSIVE SERIES: JANUARY WORKSHOP: PROJECT AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT[:]
2023-01-16 13:00 - 16:00
Event Details
In partnership with Hennepin County, MaKee Company is pleased to present this Job Costing & Estimating workshop attendees will learn components of construction management is an understandable format and receive one-on-one technical support. Workshop dates will be: January 16, 18, and 23, 2023 Time: 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

The three-day workshop will touch on the following key topics:

Principles of Project Management
The Convergence of Project and Construction Management
Best Practices to Manage Your Team through a Project

Attendees will also leave the session with a project and construction management workbook that can be used for future construction projects.

Additional Information
Any Hennepin County-based construction business can sign up for up to two workshops at no charge.
To be eligible for the full Construction Intensive series at no cost (a $1,400 value), contractors must:

Be locally owned and operated in Hennepin County
Have completed at least two projects with contracts
totaling $25,000 or more
Earn less than $4 million in annual revenue
Be established and registered with the Minnesota
Secretary of State prior to 2021 in good standing
Copy link and REGISTER with Elevate BusinessSM : https://startupspace.app/hub/ElevateBusiness

Special Instructions
AGC-MN Classroom

[:en]TOGETHER APART: COFFEE CONNECTION WITH THE COVEN STAFF[:]
2023-01-16 08:30 - 09:30
Event Details
Start and your week with Community! Join The Coven Staff every other Monday as they hold space for intentions, connections, and a little fun. Show up as whatever version of yourself you need to be that day and with your beverage of choice, and leave the rest to us.

Additional Information
To know more about upcoming events visit The Coven Website.

Special Instructions
Please click the Event link below to complete the registration on The Coven Website.

[:en]Secure The Bag (But Keep Your Company)[:]
2023-01-10 13:00 - 14:00
About this event

1 hour
Mobile eTicket

Early stage founders often struggle to develop an effective strategy to meet their funding needs. Filling the gaps in their fundraising puzzle requires founders to think innovatively and explore creative financing options, including non-dilutive funding sources. This session will share tools, tips and best practices to help entrepreneurs improve their capacity to access sustainable forms of capital while retaining maximum ownership.
The pathway to equity free capital seems difficult to navigate and full of confusing restrictions tied to non-dilutive funding resources. Therefore, Founders benefit from understanding how to evaluate existing business models to identify aligned funding resources, apply basic business valuation concepts to assess opportunities, and how to design an ownership structures that maximizes the full range of available capital.
Key Takeawys:

Learn how to develop a capital acquisition strategy
Learn how to evaluate funding opportunities
Learn how to attract non-dilutive capital

OUR SPECIAL GUEST

Leigh-Ann Buchanan, ESQ
President, aīre ventures
Leigh-Ann A. Buchanan, Esq., is a writer, facilitator and strategic advisor. Her body of work explores how tech, innovation and social investment intersect with equity to transform organizations and communities. Her insights and ideas have been featured in the New York Times, Inc. Magazine, NPR, PBS, Bloomberg, the American Psychological Association, ABA Journal among others.
Leigh-Ann spends most of her time working in partner organizations helping their leaders build greater capacity to accelerate equity.
In doing so, Leigh-Ann relies on over 15 years of experience in DEI (Diversity, Equity + Inclusion) supporting a variety of public, private and philanthropic leaders ranging from Fortune 500 companies to national foundations. She also leverages an extensive track record of developing projects and ventures that bridge systemic gaps in access, opportunity and racial equity.
Notably, Leigh-Ann has raised over $5.5 million in equity-free capital to fund a diverse social impact portfolio and helped syndicate over $55 million in philanthropic capital for digital equity initiatives.
She is passionate about elevating the stories of innovative solutions and people through content production projects, including the award-winning Innovation City podcast and the Hustle To Scale documentary, which was licensed by PBS for distribution.
Leigh-Ann previously served as Chair of the American Bar Association Coalition on Racial & Ethnic Justice. She holds executive certificates from Harvard Business School, INSEAD and Columbia Business School as well as a J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law.
She was raised in Vancouver, Canada and has traveled to more than 50 countries to date.
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The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center is a 501c(3) public charity whose mission it is to make entrepreneurship accessible to all. We deliver world-class resources and mentoring to enable every entrepreneur across the globe to realize their maximum potential. Please join us and make your gift to ensure these transformative programs may continue to reach the underserved.

All Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least 48 hours in advance of this event; please send an email to webinarhost@thecenter.nasdaq.org with the subject header ACCOMMODATION REQUEST. For assistance with registration or other technical difficulties, please contact anna.vanmaanen@thecenter.nasdaq.org

[:en]Inside the Mind of a Venture Capital Investor[:]
2023-01-05 13:00 - 14:00
About this event

1 hour
Mobile eTicket

Less than 1% of businesses that are considered by venture capital investors actually end up getting funded. Of course, this does not imply that the rest of these businesses are not worthy ventures, but it does beg the question: why are these businesses not securing venture capital? The answer may lie with venture capital investors themselves, and the strategies they’re utilizing to reach their own goals. Join us for an insightful session with Ben Narasin, Founder and General Partner at Tenacity Venture Capital, to gain a deeper understanding of the way venture capital investors make decisions.
Key Takeaways:

How to determine if it is the right time to seek out VC investment
How to identify the right VC investor for you and your business
The factors VC investors look at when evaluating prospective companies

OUR SPECIAL GUEST

Ben Narasin
Founder and General Partner at Tenacity Venture Capital
Ben Narasin is the founder and general partner of Tenacity Venture Capital, a pre-series A venture capital fund. Narasin founded Tenacity after spinning out from NEA in 2021. He has been a VC for more than 15 years and started one of the first institutional seed funds in 2007 as President of Triple Point Ventures. He was an entrepreneur for 25 years before that and took his company Fashionmall.com from a napkin sketch in 1993 to an IPO in 1999 without any venture capital. Narasin has also done freelance writing on venture investing, technology, food, wine and travel since 2007.

The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center is a 501c(3) public charity whose mission it is to make entrepreneurship accessible to all. We deliver world-class resources and mentoring to enable every entrepreneur across the globe to realize their maximum potential. Please join us and make your gift to ensure these transformative programs may continue to reach the underserved.

All Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least 48 hours in advance of this event; please send an email to webinarhost@thecenter.nasdaq.org with the subject header ACCOMMODATION REQUEST. For assistance with registration or other technical difficulties, please contact anna.vanmaanen@thecenter.nasdaq.org

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[:en]PROFESSIONAL CONNECTIONS NETWORKING[:]
2023-01-05 12:00 - 13:00
Event Details
We may be physically apart, but this community is coming together to connect on professional needs. This intentional networking session is facilitated by The Coven Team and we ask you to bring forth what you may be seeking or offering … whether it be a specific role or job, skills development, resume writing or even negotiation! Our networking sessions have the goal of connecting you to our broad network and beyond! and will help you get to know your fellow members.

Additional Information
To know more about upcoming events, visit The Coven Website.

Special Instructions
Please click the Event link below to complete the registration on the Coven website.

[:en]1 MILLION CUPS MINNEAPOLIS - SAINT PAUL (ONLINE)[:]
2022-12-28 09:00 - 10:00
Event Details
Each Wednesday morning, entrepreneurs around the country gather to share a (virtual) cup of coffee and present their latest ideas!

Additional Information
Join us at Impact Hub for the MSP Chapter of 1MC. Two entrepreneurs will share their venture to gather ideas, feedback and support from the community.
Click here to learn more.

[:en]Stop Selling and Start Scaling[:]
2022-12-21 13:00 - 14:00
About this event

As a CEO, what is your role in sales? How do you know when it’s time to build a sales organization? How do you make it easy to be your customer? When do you go from selling to scaling? In this fireside chat with Alice Heiman, Chief Sales Energizer and Strategist, these questions and more will be answered. You will learn how to tackle lack of sales, pipeline development, underperforming salespeople, and how to design around the customer journey.
Key Takeaways:

Understand your role in sales.
Ways to scale sales.
Make it easy to be your customer.

OUR SPECIAL GUEST

Alice Heiman
Chief Sales Energizer, Sales Strategies for CEOs with Alice Heiman
As Chief Sales Energizer, Alice is internationally known for her expertise in elevating sales to increase valuation for companies with a B2B sale that have exceptional growth potential. Spending her time strategizing with CEOs, company leaders and their sales leadership to build the strategies that find new business and grow existing accounts is her passion. Her clients love her spirit and the way she energizes their sales organization. She’s the host of the popular podcast, Sales Talk for CEOs. Alice dedicates time to local entrepreneurs by teaching at the University of Nevada in the entrepreneurship minor which she helped inspire. Alice also serves on the board of several growing companies to energize and elevate their sales. When she is not guiding CEOs to elevate their sales, she can be found hanging out with her family, walking, snow skiing, sailing in Lake Tahoe, volunteering in the community, or reading a book in her backyard.

The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center is a 501c(3) public charity whose mission it is to make entrepreneurship accessible to all. We deliver world-class resources and mentoring to enable every entrepreneur across the globe to realize their maximum potential. Please join us and make your gift to ensure these transformative programs may continue to reach the underserved.

All Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least 48 hours in advance of this event; please send an email to webinarhost@thecenter.nasdaq.org with the subject header ACCOMMODATION REQUEST. For assistance with registration or other technical difficulties, please contact anna.vanmaanen@thecenter.nasdaq.org

[:en]Storyselling strategies For B2B entrepreneurs[:]
2022-12-16 13:00 - 14:00
About this event

In the past businesses made sales to buyers who had no access to information and so buyers trusted the data that was provided by sellers through their pitches, product spiels and glossy brochures. And then the Internet happened, and the Knowledge Economy was born. Buyers could now do their own research, undertake deeper due diligence, and begin to discern those relevant sellers from irrelevant ones . By rediscovering the power of STORY for SELLING, those who want to connect, convert and create change in their buyers world more effectively, are now able to tap into this under-rated resource. The B2BSTORYSELLING Circles will help you market your influence so that you can more profitably and confidently influence your market. This will help entrepreneurs to connect, build trust, sell change and win more business
Key Takeaways:

Understand the foundations of a relevant sales story
Identify the 3 types of story that differentiate you from every other seller
Learn how to tell stories that win the business.

OUR SPECIAL GUESTS

Bernadette McClelland
Sales Leadership & Storyselling Speaker
Companies hire Bernadette McClelland because of her thought leadership around sales leadership and StorySelling.
Combining an executive career in Corporate Australia, a penchant for human behaviour and a natural storytelling style, she delivers powerful strategies to businesses so they can connect and convert more economic opportunities.
She has proudly coached Harvard MBA students on their sales enablement curriculum, been the Master Asia Pacific coach for Anthony Robbins across twelve countries and had two of her five books endorsed by the legendary author, Brian Tracey. In addition, has recently been granted a Green Card as an ‘Alien of Exceptional Ability in the field of Sales Leadership’ by the USCIS and now a resident of the USA.
Having been named in the Top 50 Speakers globally by Top Sales World, she has shared ideas on sales leadership, strategic story and mindset and spoken on stages from the UK to Paris to Portugal, Atlanta to Alice Springs, Sydney to Chicago, New Delhi, New Zealand and New York City, Bangkok to Brisbane, and Melbourne to Minneapolis.
Her articles have been featured in The Age, BRW, India Economic Times, Jeweller Magazine and Australian Financial Review and she has also been awarded one of the Top 35 Most Influential Women in Sales Globally. A high content, warm and direct speaker who walks her talk, you will be remembering her relevant insights and humour well after you leave the event.

The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center is a 501c(3) public charity whose mission it is to make entrepreneurship accessible to all. We deliver world-class resources and mentoring to enable every entrepreneur across the globe to realize their maximum potential. Please join us and make your gift to ensure these transformative programs may continue to reach the underserved.

All Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least 48 hours in advance of this event; please send an email to webinarhost@thecenter.nasdaq.org with the subject header ACCOMMODATION REQUEST. For assistance with registration or other technical difficulties, please contact anna.vanmaanen@thecenter.nasdaq.org

[:en]2022 Winter IPO Bootcamp[:]
2022-12-14 11:00 - 15:00
About this event

Join fellow Founders, CEOs, CFOs, General Counsels and their teams at this exclusive webinar designed to help private companies better understand the process behind an initial public offering. The market volatility seen in 2022 has slowed the IPO market down, giving companies thinking about listing more time to prepare and strategize. Our experts will share – how to prepare, ways to avoid pitfalls, and strategies for a successful transition to being a public company.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This IPO Bootcamp is intended for any executive who is involved in devising and/or executing an IPO – from CEO, CFO, COO, CTO, Chief Counsel, General Counsel – to leaders and the teams who are responsible for identifying and managing an IPO.
Space is limited; please RSVP to ensure your spot!
AGENDA
9:00AM – 9:30AM – IPO Market Update & Analysis by Bank of the West BNP Paribas
9:30AM – 10:30AM – Preparing for and staying on track for your IPO
This panel will cover:

How readiness is the key to success
Getting the timing right
Tips and strategies on how to ensure you are on the right path

10:30 AM-10:35AM – BREAK
10:35AM-11:40 AM – Executing your IPO
This panel will cover:

Company requirements required to IPO
What are the advantages/disadvantages to virtual roadshows?
How should pre-IPO companies think about investor engagement?
Are direct listings still a consideration for tech companies?
The best practices for managing an IPO deal team

11:40 AM-11:45AM – BREAK
11:45AM-1:00 PM – Achieving Success as a New Public Company
This panel will cover:

Case studies of successful IPOs
Keeping a clean balance sheet during a delay in a public offering
Closing the books in a mostly still virtual world
Learning from process issues identified by the challenges created by COVID-19
Being productive during a delay – enhance skills and processes required for public companies

*Please use the same zoom link across all the panels

The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center is a 501c(3) public charity whose mission it is to make entrepreneurship accessible to all. We deliver world-class resources and mentoring to enable every entrepreneur across the globe to realize their maximum potential. Please join us and make your gift to ensure these transformative programs may continue to reach the underserved.

All Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least 48 hours in advance of this event; please send an email to webinarhost@thecenter.nasdaq.org with the subject header ACCOMMODATION REQUEST. For assistance with registration or other technical difficulties, please contact anna.vanmaanen@thecenter.nasdaq.org

[:en]Future Media: How to Brand like a Hip Hop Empire[:]
2022-12-13 14:00 - 15:00
About this event

Branding is a way for businesses to communicate their purpose and value by acknowledging and addressing the needs of existing and prospective consumers through messaging, design, and experience. There are endless possibilities when developing a branding strategy, which begs the question: what is the best way to brand your business offering in a way that will reach your target market and turn them into loyal customers? Join us for an exciting session with Lauren deLisa Coleman as she reveals the lessons she’s learned working with clients like Jay-Z to develop multi-million dollar brands.
Key Takeaways:

The components needed to build a strong branding strategy
How to communicate your brand message without breaking the bank
How to evolve with the needs of your consumers

OUR SPECIAL GUEST

Lauren deLisa Coleman
Multi-Media Futurist, Author, Speaker, and Entrepreneur
Multi-Media Futurist, Author, Speaker, and Entrepreneur; Lauren is an expert at deciphering and forecasting power trends, innovation, and public sentiment within the intersection of popular culture & emerging tech – Artificial Intelligence, 5G, Web 3 – and the impact of such on business and governance – with a unique focus on Millennials+ as well as diverse demographics. She helps brands and politicos understand how to create messaging and content that better resonates with today’s tech-savvy, pop culture Millennials consumers/constituents and influential demographics of color by providing forecast & insight into cultural trends, attitudes, and behavior as it all intersects with emerging tech usage, that is, Future Media.
Through the lens of what she calls “the rise of the leaderful”; a cultural shift exemplified by a new spirit of increased individual empowerment via a decentralized, networked, Future-Media driven era, she provides a unique voice as a visionary. Her work is based on her team’s micro-sociology research, her books “Rise of the Smartpower Class”(Amazon Best: “New Media Studies”), and the 2016 update of that book, “America’s Most Wanted: The Millennial”, and via her background as a successful, international digital entrepreneur previously collaborating with clients from Snoop Dogg to Microsoft leveraging content strategy, pop culture trends, and technology through her previous startup, Punch Media Group as well as an MTV Networks vet.
She is the current founder of Lnk Agency, a diversified concept marketing, and media production company fostering innovation in marketing and communications strategy with ventures integrating music, film, post-cable television, technology, politics for the new GenZ/Millennial tech class, and DEI initiatives and counts as its clients companies from WarnerMedia (now WarnerMedia Discovery) to Microsoft.
A massive proponent of supporting the new majority in the powerful realm of Future Media, Lauren also recently launched an innovative non-profit and movement entitled GameChange to ensure that this new area is inclusive of a variety of top minds from diverse demographics.
She is at work on a new AI-driven media company and speaks professionally on the above via Leading Authorities agency.
Lauren is an alum of Columbia University and is currently pursuing studies at Harvard Business School.

The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center is a 501c(3) public charity whose mission it is to make entrepreneurship accessible to all. We deliver world-class resources and mentoring to enable every entrepreneur across the globe to realize their maximum potential. Please join us and make your gift to ensure these transformative programs may continue to reach the underserved.

All Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least 48 hours in advance of this event; please send an email to webinarhost@thecenter.nasdaq.org with the subject header ACCOMMODATION REQUEST. For assistance with registration or other technical difficulties, please contact anna.vanmaanen@thecenter.nasdaq.org

[:en]TAX BASICS 101[:]
2022-12-07 11:00 - 13:00
Event Details
Keep your business out of trouble with the IRS
No one wants a “friendly” letter from the IRS. Taxes are an important part of starting a business and it’s not as difficult as you think! But where do you start?
How should I set up my business: as a sole proprietor, LLC, corporation, or partnership? What can I deduct and how do I track my expenses? How do I report my business income and expenses?
This webinar will answer all of these questions and more!

Additional Information
To know more about upcoming events visit SCORE Twin Cities website.

[:en]GROWING YOUR BUSINESS WITH A CRM[:]
2022-12-06 12:00 - 13:30
Event Details
This is for business owners who are looking to get organized and gain insights into how prospects and customers are engaging with your marketing, sales, and service efforts.
We will dig into what a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tool is and the habits and processes that complement the technology. We will look at what structures are needed in order to attract more prospects, engage and convert more leads, and delight your customers.

Additional Information
To know more about upcoming events visit SCORE Twin Cities website.

[:en]WORK OF ART: BUSINESS PLAN ESSENTIALS[:]
2022-12-03 13:00 - 15:30
Event Details
Learn how to prepare a simple business plan, in arts-friendly language, to help you organize all the various aspects of your artistic practice and make informed business decisions. Collaborator: Springboard for the Arts. Funded by Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Additional Information
If you have questions, contact Zaraawar Mistry at 651-789-2282 or zaraawar@springboardforthearts.org.

Special Instructions

The link to the live online discussion will be emailed to registrants in advance. If you’re new to Zoom.

[:en]How to Navigate Venture Capital for First Time Founders[:]
2022-11-30 13:00 - 14:00
When and where

Date and time

Wed, November 30, 2022, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST

Location

Online

About this event

There are many pathways to finance a business, and it can be difficult to know where to start as a first-time founder. One thing is certain though: VC continues to be a major catalyst for growth across global economies and attracts attention from major media outlets. This session will give you the knowledge needed to make an informed decision about whether VC might be the right pathway for financing your own business as well as explain the ins and outs of how to properly navigate this form of capital. You will also learn how women and founders from underrepresented backgrounds can break down the systemic barriers to entry to this form of capital. Chitra Anand is an accomplished marketing executive, “intrapreneur,” and has helped business leaders across the globe grow.

By attending this session, you will learn:

How Venture Capital works, and if it’s the right capital pathway for your business
The Pros and Cons of VC
How to approach venture capitalists in an effective way
The long-term implications and responsibilities once you do raise from a VC

OUR SPECIAL GUEST

Dr. Chitra Anand

Dr. Chitra Anand is an award winning communications & marketing executive. With over 20 years in the technology industry, she has spent time as the Chief Brand and Communications Officer for Microsoft Canada, Director of Marketing at TELUS Corporation and Director of Operations at Open Text.
Projects she guided at Microsoft and TELUS have been awarded IABC Gold Quill Awards, Canadian Public Relations Society Awards of Excellence, the Corporate IT Hero award by the Information Technology Association of Canada and the Business for the Arts Awards.
Her focus is on advisory mandates which have relevance in the Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) and Social Impact arenas, with particular emphasis on the Technology and Healthcare verticals.
Anand is at the forefront of an important new movement in the workplace: intrapreneurship. Intrapreneurs are the people within your organization who possess an entrepreneurial spirit, driving innovation, creative thinking, and new ideas.
She has keynoted several events, AGM’s and conferences where her talks reveal how to foster the spirit of entrepreneurship within organizations, how to stay on the cutting edge of market trends, technology, and consumer behaviour. Her writing has been featured in the Globe and Mail and the Huffington Post and teaches several courses at Humber and Sheridan College. Chitra has authored a book; The Green House Approach, How to Cultivate Deliberate Innovation in Organizations which is now available on Amazon. This book is now a main source of reading for the Forbes School of Business MBA program.
In 2022 Anand was name a Change Maker by the Globe and Mail, Canada’s leading National Newspaper, highlighting 50 prominent leaders who are bold and innovative, based on their ideas, accomplishments and impact.
Chitra Anand has been named as a “bridge builder” for women in tech by the A-list; a yearly publication that features 50 prominent Indo-Canadians who through various career and community efforts have helped foster relations between Canada and India.

Anand has an MBA from The Kellogg School of Management and completed her Doctorate at Bradford University in the UK.
Please visit – http://chitraanand.com/

The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center is a 501c(3) public charity whose mission it is to make entrepreneurship accessible to all. We deliver world-class resources and mentoring to enable every entrepreneur across the globe to realize their maximum potential. Please join us and make your gift to ensure these transformative programs may continue to reach the underserved.

All Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least 48 hours in advance of this event; please send an email to webinarhost@thecenter.nasdaq.org with the subject header ACCOMMODATION REQUEST. For assistance with registration or other technical difficulties, please contact anna.vanmaanen@thecenter.nasdaq.org

[:en]1 MILLION CUPS MINNEAPOLIS - SAINT PAUL (ONLINE)[:]
2022-11-23 09:00 - 10:00
Event Details
Each Wednesday morning, entrepreneurs around the country gather to share a (virtual) cup of coffee and present their latest ideas!

Additional Information
Join us at Impact Hub for the MSP Chapter of 1MC. Two entrepreneurs will share their venture to gather ideas, feedback and support from the community.
Click here to learn more.

Special Instructions
Please click ‘Learn More’ above to attend this event.
Fees: No Cost

[:en]WORK OF ART: FUNDING, FOR RURAL ARTISTS[:]
2022-11-22 18:00 - 20:30
Event Details
Learn how to think creatively about diversifying your funding streams by exploring traditional and new models for generating value, resources, and revenue.

Additional Information
If you have questions, contact Dominic Facio at 218-998-4037 or dominic@springboardforthearts.org.
Learn more about Springboard for the Arts.

Special Instructions
Please click “Reserve Ticket” above and complete the registration on Springboard for the Arts events website to join the workshop.
Cost: Free
This workshop will be held on Zoom. It will not be recorded.

[:en]Extreme User Research for Startups with Vincent Chang[:]
2022-11-17 13:00 - 14:00
About this event

At the end of the day, it’s all about your Product. Too often, companies build products and services focused on feature sets to beat the competition, instead of listening more to users. User research is a critical component of the product development cycle, but rarely do founders, product managers or engineers go out into the field—relying instead on generic focus groups, click data and surveys.

What is extreme user testing, and how can entrepreneurs employ it to gain a unique advantage? Special guest Vincent Chang, Head of Culture at SmartNews, Inc. and Center Advisory Board Member, will share his journey of extreme user testing across 26 US States—where he met with small town factory workers, farmers and even presidential candidates—and how these insights lead to winning product features for SmartNews and its millions of users.
You will learn:

Why venturing outside of your home with field research creates a competitive advantage
How to get strangers to give you candid and useful feedback (and how to avoid useless feedback)
How to take this feedback and rapidly test it in your product

OUR SPECIAL GUEST

Vincent Chang
Head of Culture at SmartNews, Inc.
Center Advisory Board Member

The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center is a 501c(3) public charity whose mission it is to make entrepreneurship accessible to all. We deliver world-class resources and mentoring to enable every entrepreneur across the globe to realize their maximum potential. Please join us and make your gift to ensure these transformative programs may continue to reach the underserved.

All Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least 48 hours in advance of this event; please send an email to webinarhost@thecenter.nasdaq.org with the subject header ACCOMMODATION REQUEST. For assistance with registration or other technical difficulties, please contact zooey.raveau@thecenter.nasdaq.org

[:en]How to Find and Close More Deals: Sales for Startups[:]
2022-11-16 13:00 - 14:00
When and where

Date and time

Wed, November 16, 2022, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST

Location

Online

About this event

Every business needs sales to drive operation and eventually growth, and knowing the right way to approach conversations with potential consumers will surely set you and your business up for success. But how do we find these opportunities in the first place, and what can we do as entrepreneurs to ensure that we close the deal? Join us and special guest Mayra Ceja of the Business Development and Partnerships team at Hubspot to learn about the dos and don’ts of selling and how you can implement these ideas into your own sales strategy for your business.
Key Takeaways

How to find promising sales opportunities
The most important things to avoid during sales dealings
How to ultimately close the deal

OUR SPECIAL GUEST

Mayra Ceja
Mayra Ceja is on a mission to help startups grow and scale. She is a marketing and sales expert and leads Business development at Hubspot. Prior, she was a venture capitalist and has invested in 21 startups.
Received her MBA from Wharton and BA from Princeton University. She also host a podcast Venture Unplugged.

The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center is a 501c(3) public charity whose mission it is to make entrepreneurship accessible to all. We deliver world-class resources and mentoring to enable every entrepreneur across the globe to realize their maximum potential. Please join us and make your gift to ensure these transformative programs may continue to reach the underserved.

All Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least 48 hours in advance of this event; please send an email to webinarhost@thecenter.nasdaq.org with the subject header ACCOMMODATION REQUEST. For assistance with registration or other technical difficulties, please contact anna.vanmaanen@thecenter.nasdaq.org

[:en]ART-TRAIN INDIVIDUAL ARTIST TRAINING[:]
2022-11-15 13:00 - 16:00
Event Details
The free Art-Train Individual Artist Training is for artists who are interested in building on their existing skills to collaborate in and with their communities through their local agencies, non-profits, and arts councils. Artists will deepen practices around creative problem solving, equitable community engagement, and creating arts-based strategies to address recovery efforts.
After taking a synchronous virtual training, artists receive one year of ongoing virtual support through an online resource library and optional bi-weekly group coaching rooms with Art-Train staff, experts and an expanding network of peers (every other Thursday).
The goal of this training is to help artists identify how they can contribute to equitable recovery & rebuilding by a) understanding and advocating for local artists’ role in community and economic development, and b) by building their skills in equitable collaboration.
We will share ways to engage and influence the agencies and organizations that are eligible to receive and deploy American Rescue Plan block grants (allocated to every City, County, State and Tribal Territory in the US) to create programming that engages local artists in recovery.

Additional Information
Training technology requirements
Trainings require stable internet connection as they will take place virtually over zoom. Registrants will be invited to attend with cameras on throughout and ideally have a microphone. Out of respect for the experience of all registrations, we request that participants commit to the full 3-hour training.
To know more, click here.

Special Instructions
Please click ” Reserve Ticket” above to register for this online event.
Fee: No Cost.
Online Platform: Meetings are designed to be a collaborative event with all participants being able to turn on their video and audio, and see who else is in attendance. This session will not be recorded. This event will be captioned using AI generated live transcription.

[:en]Virtual AAPI Business Summit[:]
2022-11-14 09:00 - 16:30
Join us for this free virtual event featuring engaging presentations, inspirational lounge chats, and workshops led by experts. This unique opportunity is designed to give you the skills, tools, and resources you need to grow and sustain your business.
We look forward to seeing you soon.
Jin Chen, Chinese Chamber of Commerce – Minnesota, Executive Director
jin@caccmn.org
John B. Yang, Hmong Chamber of Commerce – Minnesota, Board Chair
john@vizionseo.com
Ange Hwang, Asian Media Access
angehwang@amamedia.org
Poh Lin Khoo, Khoo Consulting, CEO
plk@khooconsulting.com
The event includes 4 tracks focused on these key areas:
Business Communication and Marketing
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
The Government Contract and Business Certification Process
Small Business Financial Management and Investment Trends
Panels and discussion topics may include:
Business Start-up 101
Business Financing
Unique Asian American Entrepreneurs’ Innovations and Business Trends
Asian American Investment Trends
Building an Equitable Recovery Framework for Asian American Entrepreneurs
From Essential Worker to Essential Entrepreneur: WELLNESS Economy Entrepreneurship Opportunities
Government Contracting Opportunities
E-Commerce and Marketing
The Changing Landscape for Entertainment and Hospitality Industries: How we can learn from the K-pop Industry.
The Summit is designed to support people who are interested in starting their own businesses, and for current business owners seeking to expand. The Summit focuses on equipping entrepreneurs who are AAPI immigrants and refugees.

[:en]Aspiring Entrepreneurs[:]
2022-11-08 14:00 - 15:00
When and where

Date and time

Tue, November 8, 2022, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PST

Location

Online

About this event

In this interactive session, we will explore entrepreneurship and identify your entrepreneurial inspirations through stories and activities. We will help you answer questions like, “how can entrepreneurship support my business dreams?” and “what can entrepreneurship mean for me?”
At the end of this session, you’ll be able to:

Identify your entrepreneurial inspirations and aspirations.
Explore different journeys entrepreneurs experience.
Formulate next steps to pursue curiosity and learning related to entrepreneurship.

As a participant in this session, you will get first access to the Starting Line Entrepreneur Toolkit in partnership with Airbnb. Activities included in this toolkit are designed to take you through exploratory steps to help crystalize any business ideas you have and put them into action.

OUR SPECIAL GUESTS

Kamy Taylor
Director, Milestone Circles, The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center
Kamy Twiggs Taylor has dedicated her nearly 20-year career to promoting equitable opportunities for underserved communities. She brings over a decade of experience in program leadership, including the design and implementation of programs and data evaluation. Pioneering new programs, Kamy steered growth and expansion efforts in nonprofit and corporate sectors.
Prior to joining the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center, Kamy worked with Reading Partners serving in both Executive Director and Program Director roles where she led operations, program strategy, partnership engagement, workforce development and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives. Kamy specializes in leveraging innovative strategies to propel the development of new programs, regional initiatives, and organization-spanning operations; she has a strong community focus which informs all aspects of her programmatic leadership and vision.

Pınar M. Çelik, PhD
Digital Instructional Designer
Pinar is an experienced instructional designer and dedicated edupreneur. She has over a decade long experience designing and developing learning solutions for higher education and adult education in formal and informal settings. Pinar is fluent with many delivery models including instructor-led, blended, and online. She has a master’s degree in Labor Economics and a PhD in Curriculum and Instructional Technology specializing in adult education.

The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center is a 501c(3) public charity whose mission it is to make entrepreneurship accessible to all. We deliver world-class resources and mentoring to enable every entrepreneur across the globe to realize their maximum potential. Please join us and make your gift to ensure these transformative programs may continue to reach the underserved.

All Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least 48 hours in advance of this event; please send an email to webinarhost@thecenter.nasdaq.org with the subject header ACCOMMODATION REQUEST. For assistance with registration or other technical difficulties, please contact zooey.raveau@thecenter.nasdaq.org

[:en]Rochester Winter Market[:]
2022-11-05 08:00 - 19:00
Check on the Flyer for more information.

[:en]Author in Residence: HANGRY: A Startup Journey with Mike Evans[:]
2022-11-02 14:00 - 15:00
GrubHub founder Mike Evans reveals the inside story of how a pizza craving turned into a hobby changed the way we eat.

When and where

Date and time

Wed, November 2, 2022, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PDT

Location

Online

About this event

Hungry and tired one night, Mike wanted a pizza, but getting a pizza delivered was a pain in the neck. He didn’t want to call a million restaurants to see what was open. So, as an avid coder, he created GrubHub in his spare bedroom to figure out who delivered to his apartment. Then, armed with a $140 check from his first customer and ignoring his crushing college debt he quit his job. Over the next decade, Mike grew his little delivery guide into the world’s premier online ordering website. In doing so, he entered the company of an elite few entrepreneurs to take a startup from an idea all the way to an IPO.
But it wasn’t as easy as pie. GrubHub’s journey from Mike’s bedroom to Wall Street doesn’t fit into how business schools teach entrepreneurship. In Hangry, he details step-by-step the grind of building an innovative business, with each chapter including sharp lessons for entrepreneurs and startups, that Mike learned on the fly as he piloted GrubHub’s meteoric rise by the seat of his pants. Hangry reveals a decade of 80-hour work weeks, detailed steps of how Mike garnered his first customers, his intense hunt for financing dollars, cliffhanger acquisitions, the near collapse of his marriage, a brutally difficult merger, and a pair of tumultuous quit/unquit moments, all to steer the company to become one of the most dynamic, successful, and revolutionary startups in the world. With a razor-sharp wit, Mike reveals surprising insights about how people approach food, and hard-won truths about how startups succeed—and even harder-won truths about how startups fail.
Shocking everyone, at the pinnacle of startup success, Mike leaves it all behind, quitting the company he started to bike across the United States in search of balance. But eventually, the grand vistas of America bring the lessons of the past into focus, driving the realization that for entrepreneurs a hunger for success doesn’t end, and he considers starting another company, even more ambitious than the first.

OUR SPECIAL GUEST

Mike Evans
Author, HANGRY: A Startup Journey
Mike Evans founded GrubHub in his spare bedroom and grew it into the multi-billion-dollar online food delivery colossus that is a household name. After leaving GrubHub post-IPO, he punted it all to ride his bike across the United States. His book Hangry comes out November 2022. More recently, Mike founded Fixer.com, an on-demand handyperson B-corp that trains its employees from scratch. Mike is passionate about professional and personal vision, and a strong proponent of impact businesses – for profit companies that use their power to bring about positive social change.

Matt Paget
Board Member at Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center; Founder at Extension PR
Moderator
Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center board member Matt Paget is a communications advisor to some of the world’s most innovative companies and entrepreneurs. He is co-founder of Extension PR, a Los Angeles-based agency that works with category-leading brands in the technology and consumer spaces. Prior to founding Extension in 2011, Matt worked at global agencies Rogers & Cowan and Hill & Knowlton, and began his career at Citigroup. He has previously co-chaired Auction Napa Valley and the Hospital For Special Surgery Junior Committee.

The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center is a 501c(3) public charity whose mission it is to make entrepreneurship accessible to all. We deliver world-class resources and mentoring to enable every entrepreneur across the globe to realize their maximum potential. Please join us and make your gift to ensure these transformative programs may continue to reach the underserved.

All Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least 48 hours in advance of this event; please send an email to webinarhost@thecenter.nasdaq.org with the subject header ACCOMMODATION REQUEST. For assistance with registration or other technical difficulties, please contact cody.raveau@thecenter.nasdaq.org
