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Launch 603

Launch 603

    Are you a new startup, or thinking about starting a business in NH?


    Accelerate your startup at this informative half-day event. Gain priceless information and gather vital resources through panel discussions, breakout sessions, keynote speaker and networking, all focused on helping startups launch and grow their business.

    We will also recognize the 10 startup stars, as featured in the July issue of Business NH Magazine.

    Online registration is now closed, tickets will be available at the door.

     

    Schedule of Events

    8:30 a.m.      Arrive and Networking
    9 a.m.           Welcome Remarks and Startup Stars Recognition
    9:30 a.m.      Full Group Panel: Startup 101
    10:10 a.m.    Breakout Sessions (Tales from the Trenches or Financing Your Startup)
    10:40 a.m.    Break and Networking
    10:55 a.m.    Full Group Panel: Available Resources for Startups
    11:30 a.m.    Breakout Sessions (Hiring Employees or Marketing your Startup)
    12 p.m.         Lunch
    12:20 p.m.    Keynote Speaker
    1p.m.            Event Concludes

    Keynote Speaker

    Bill Aulet, Author of Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup and Disciplined Entrepreneurship Workbook, Ethernet Inventors Professor of the Practice of Entrepreneurship at the MIT Sloan School of Management and managing director at the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship serving all of MIT for the past 15 years.

     

     

    Available Resources Panelists:

    • Chris Walkley, Senior VP Commercial Banker and Team Leader, Bank of NH
    • Kyla Brustin, North & Central Regional Director, NH Small Business Development Center
    • Julie Demers, Executive Director, NH Tech Alliance
    • Chandra Reber, Director, Center for Women & Enterprise 
    Heather Turner, Co-Chair and Event Manager, SCORE Granite Region

    Startup 101 Panelists:

    • Adam Coughlin, Co-Founder, CMO and managing partner, York IE 
    Julie Glosner, Southern Regional Director, NH Small Business Development Center
    Nathan Pascarella, Director, Hypertherm Ventures and NH Tech Alliance Board Member
    Emily Penaskovic, Corporate Attorney, Sheehan Phinney

    Tales from the Trenches Breakout Session:

    • Josh Velasquez, Founder, Shire's Naturals
    • Amy LaBelle, Founder and Winemaker, LaBelle Winery
    • Joe Whitten, CEO and Co-Founder, Apparel Impact

    Financing Your Startup Breakout Session:

    • Katie Reid, VP Commercial Banker, Bank of NH
    Amy K. Bassett, district director, NH District Office, U.S. Small Business Administration
    Liz Hitchcock, principal, Orbit Group
    Edward Miles, Seacoast Regional Director, NH Small Business Development Center
    Jamie Simchik, co-founder, Launch NH
    Latonya Wallace, NH Community Loan Fund Director of Community Relations and vice chair of The Business Alliance for People of Color

    Marketing Your Startup Breakout Session:

    • Mackenzie Fraser, Senior VP, EVR Advertising
    • Rachel Ballatori, Founder and CEO, Mill & Co.
    • Stephanie McLaughlin, Principal, Savoir Faire Marketing

    Hiring Your First Employees Breakout Session:

    • Andrea Chatfield, Attorney, Sheehan Phinney
    Alison Milioto, Founder and Consultant, Blue Lion

    *Panelists and topics are subject to change

    Launch 603 Sponsors

     

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    Where

    Grappone Conference Center
    70 Constitution Ave
    Concord, NH 03301