Detroit Startup Week 2019: Full Schedule

9:00am EDT

(Lear - 2nd Floor) SPECIAL PROGRAM - Raising Investment

Join us several lighting talks:

Raffaele Mautone - Making investors love you
Skip Simms - Roadmap for first-time Michigan fundraisers
Neil Kane - Raising from friends and family

Speakers

Skip Simms

Senior Vice President, Ann Arbor SPARK

As Senior Vice President of Ann Arbor SPARK, Skip works with technology start-up and early stage companies. He focuses on preparing start-ups for equity fund raising.He is the Managing Member of the for-profit Michigan Angel Fund which investsin Michigan based technology companies... Read More →

Neil Kane

Neil Kane, the quintessential serial entrepreneur, is a leading authority on technology commercialization, entrepreneurship and innovation. He is currently the Director of Undergraduate Entrepreneurship at Michigan State University, and he is the former co-Executive Director of the Illinois Technology Enterprise Center at Argonne National Laboratory and was Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Illinois and Northern Illinois University. He has been the CEO of startup companies in areas as diverse as... Read More →

Raffaele Mautone

CEO & Founder, AaDya Security

Wednesday June 19, 2019 9:00am - 10:30am EDT
Lear Innovation Center - 2nd Floor 119 State St, Detroit, MI 48226, USA

Finance, Entrepreneurship

Experience Level & Session Sty... Intermediate, Lightning Talks

10:00am EDT

(Lear - 2nd Floor) SPECIAL PROGRAM - Raising Investment & Joining Accelerators

Speakers

Paul Jaques

Director of Student & Community Engagement, Spartan Innovations

Fares Ksebati

Monica Wheat

Tapan Kataria

Tim Parker

Tim Parker is president of Grand Angels and the Michigan Capital Network. Grand Angels is one of Michigan’s most active and consistent investment organizations whose objective is to build world-class companies and entrepreneurial talent through investment and mentoring. Tim oversees... Read More →

Wednesday June 19, 2019 10:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Lear Innovation Center - 2nd Floor 119 State St, Detroit, MI 48226, USA

Finance, Entrepreneurship

Experience Level & Session Sty... Lightning Talks, Intermediate

2:00pm EDT

(Lear - 2nd Floor) SPECIAL PROGRAM - Raising Investment

Joe Johnson - How we left Shark Tank with $700K
Adam Zientarski - Moving forward without funding
Jake Cohen & Jon Triest - VC Firms 101 for Funders

Speakers

Jon Triest

Ludlow Ventures, Founder & Managing Partner

Jonathon is the founder and managing partner of Ludlow Ventures and Sandwich Fund. Prior to launching Ludlow, Jonathon worked as creative director for New York’s Discovery Productions. He founded and operated Triest Group, a design firm with a deep UI/UX focus. In addition to his... Read More →

Joe Johnson

CEO, VADE Nutrition

Adam Zientarski

Jake Cohen

Wednesday June 19, 2019 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Lear Innovation Center - 2nd Floor 119 State St, Detroit, MI 48226, USA

Finance, Entrepreneurship

Experience Level & Session Sty... Intermediate, Lightning Talks

7:00pm EDT

(213 West Wing) Capital Readiness and Access to Funding

Many entrepreneurs need funding to either start or grow a business. It is not unusual for these individuals to put all their hopes for financial resources into one basket – traditional bank loans. Too often business owners are unaware of the various funding options that exists. In addition, they are unsure of their ability to qualify for funding and may be too intimidated to contact alternative lenders to learn how they may benefit from available programs. In this timely discussion with Dr. Nicole Farmer, Grand Innovation's Executive Director and Founder of LifeLine Business Consulting Services, entrepreneurs will not only gain knowledge of grants, crowd-funding, micro-lending, and traditional lending, but they will be guided through an actual loan application checklist to help determine what it takes to be considered "capital ready."

Speakers

Dr. Nicole S. Farmer

Executive Director, Grand Innovation

When she was 14 years old, she gave birth to her son in a group home setting, and as overwhelming as that seems, it did not hold back Dr Nicole Farmer. “I was living an impoverished life as a single teenage mom, battling homelessness and hunger, but my hunger for my success outweighed... Read More →

Wednesday June 19, 2019 7:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Durfee Innovation Society - Classroom 4 2470 Collingwood St, Detroit, MI 48206, USA

Finance, Entrepreneurship

Experience Level & Session Sty... All Levels, Workshop