Agenda

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Breakfast Session: Practical Entrepreneurship Lecture

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• Presider: Tammie Hall, Director of NC HUB 8:00 a.m. – 8:05 a.m.

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Topic: An Equitable Recovery through Entrepreneurship 8:05 a.m. – 8:50 a.m.

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• Dr. Henry McCoy, NCCU Professor of Entrepreneurship

 

Welcome

 

• Presider: Tammie Hall, Director of NC HUB 8:50 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

 

Morning Plenary

 

Introduction of the Governor 9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.

• Secretary Cashwell

 

Governor’s Address: 9:10 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

• Honorable Governor Roy Cooper

 

 

Panel Session: 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Title: State of Play for Underestimated Entrepreneurs (4 participants)

Facilitator: Anita Brown-Graham

• ·Bill Bynum, CEO of Hope Credit Union

• ·Melissa Bradley, Founder of 1863 Ventures

• ·Jim Casselberry, Chief Investment Officer of 4S Bay Partners

• ·Huntley Garriott, President at Live Oak Bank

 

 

Concurrent Work sessions 10:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m.

 

Three Breakout Sessions

 

Working Session One: Access to Capital: The Right Capital at the Right Time

Facilitator: Talib Graves-Manns, Founder of Knox St Studios/ Co-founder of ResilNC

• ·Daisy Magnus-Aryitey, Ice House Program Director at NC IDEA (Operating Grants)

• ·Kenny Flowers, Asst Secretary of Rural Dev at NC Commerce (Building Reuse Grants)

• ·David Sharpe, UP Fund (Contract Finance)

• ·Dr. Shante' Williams, Black Pearl Global Investments (Pre-Seed to Seed stage VC)

 

 

Working Session Two: Contract Academy: Selling to Government and Corporate Supply Chains

Facilitator: Wilson Lester, CEO of Access Center/Co-Founder of ResilNC

• ·Dominique Milton, President & CEO of CVMSDC – Supplier Needs

• ·Jeremy Collins, Broadband Initiatives/Governor’s Initiatives

• ·Tunya Smith, Director of DOT Office of Civil Rights

• ·Denisha Harris, President of NC M/WBE Coordinators’ Network

 

 

ESO Executives-Only Session: Building A Pipeline of Entrepreneurial Talent

Facilitator: Karen LeVert, CEO, Southeast TechInventures (or Jeanne Milliken-Bonds)

• ·Thomas Stith, NC Community College President, former SBA NC State Director

• ·Thom Rhue, President of NC IDEA (BEC/Ice House Entrepreneurs Program)

 

Closing Plenary

 

Reconvene, Reflections and Intro 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Presider: Tammie Hall, Director of NC HUB (Brandy Bynum Dawson), Session Reflections (quick interpretations from the experts):

• One: Kevin Dick, Carolina Small Biz (established CDFI)

• Two: Kevin Price, IMED (and new CDFI)

• ESOs: Micah Gilmer (MRBF/Frontline Solutions)

• Political Will: Commissioner Nimasheena Burns, Durham County

 

 

Lunch Session: A Chat b/w the Secretary and the Executive 12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Topic: Be the Change: Finding Opportunity Where Others See Risk

• Facilitator: Soledad O’Brien

• ·Secretary Machelle Sanders, NC Secretary of Commerce

• ·Janice Bryant Howroyd, CEO of The ActOne Group

 

 

Thanks, Appreciations, Next Steps and Close Out 12:45 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

• Presider: Tammie Hall, Director of NC HUB

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