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9:00 am Keynote Panel –founder stories from Launch Minnesota regions

Eric Hokuf-Aircorps Aviation
Aneela Idnani -HabitAware
Beth Fynbo -Busy Baby
Tom Spaniol-ZenLord Pro

Moderated by Neil Linschied, University of Minnesota Extension

9:40 am Break

9:45 am Breakout sessions

• • • • Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Indian Country (Minnesota Indigenous Business Alliance, Pamela Standing)

      • Online Training Resources for Entrepreneurs in Minnesota ( Min-Corps, Carla Pavone)

      • Creative Rural Broadband Development Funding Strategies ( Office of the Comptroller of Currency, Tim Herwig)

10:20 am Break

10:25 am Breakout networking mixer

10:40 am Break

10:45 am Breakout sessions

• • • • Developing Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Across Minnesota: Launch Minnesota’s Regional Hubs (Meg Steuer, Dave Hengel, Mike Hahn, Larry Hosch, and Shannan Harris and moderated by Neela Mollgaard, Launch Minnesota)

      • Piensa como un Investigador: Innovating the Community Approach to Develop Latino Businesses (HACER, Rodolfo Gutierrez and Juan Pablo Higuere Forero)

      • Enterprise Academy: Building local economies from within (Initiative Foundation, Abdi Daisane and Jeff Wig)

11:25 am Break

11:30 am Keynote - Andrea Stordahl- The story of Minnesota Rust

12:30 pm Closing

Thank you to our generous event sponsors!!