BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20120111T131500Z DTEND:20120111T170000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Entrepreneur Summit 1-11-12 DESCRIPTION:The Catawba County Chamber of Commerce\n\n and\n\n North Carolina Partners in Innovation \n\n present\n\n 2012 Regional Entrepreneur Summit\n\n Building Entrepreneurial Spirit\n\n \n\n This summit convenes leaders and stakeholders from throughout the Metro area who can impact the vitality of our entrepreneurial climate. This event is intended to include entrepreneurs\, corporate and civic leaders\, government and community organizations. Put your voice into the discussion to move the region's "Entrepreneurial Action Plan" forward.\n\n 8:15 am - Welcome & Opening Perspective\n\n Dr. Garrett Hinshaw\, President\, Catawba Valley Community College\n\n Dr. Jane Everson\, Chairman\, NC Partners in Innovation\n\n \n\n 8:30 am - Entrepreneurial Development is Collaboration\n\n Ted Abernathy\, Executive Director\, southern Growth Policies Board\n\n \n\n 9:00 am - Entrepreneurial communities - What Are They\, Really?\n\n Discussion facilitator: William Parrish\, Regional Director\n\n NC Small Business Technology and Development Center\n\n What does an entrepreneurial community look like? What does current research indicate to be key characteristics of entrepreneurial communities? How does our region compare? \n\n \n\n 9:45 - BREAK\n\n \n\n 10:00 am - Entrepreneurial Community Success Stories\n\n Discussion Facilitator: Ted Abernathy\n\n Specific examples of what best-in-class communities have done to nurture/enhance entrepreneurial environments\, to attract growth companies\, and to develop collaborative networks? Which of these activities are realistic and feasible for our Metro area?\n\n \n\n 10:40 am - The Funding Landscape Rules of the Game\n\n Discussion Facilitator: Bill Parrish\n\n What are the capital source needs of entrepreneurial regions? What funding sources exist for our region? What other options/alternatives are needed? Which ones make sense for our region? \n\n \n\n 11:10 am - Priorities & Next Steps\n\n Discussion Facilitator: Ted Abernathy\n\n You will help to identify Key Priorities\, Action Steps\, and the Collaborative Leadership to enable the advancement of our region's entrepreneurial development plan.\n\n \n\n 12:00 noon - C H A R G E ! ! ! (Getting on with it) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

\n The Catawba County Chamber of Commerce
\n and
\n North Carolina Partners in Innovation
\n present
\n 2012 Regional Entrepreneur Summit
\n Building Entrepreneurial Spirit
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\n This summit convenes leaders and stakeholders from throughout the Metro area who can impact the vitality of our entrepreneurial climate. \; This event \;is intended to include entrepreneurs\, corporate and civic leaders\, government and community organizations. Put your voice into the discussion to move the region'\;s "\;Entrepreneurial Action Plan"\; \; forward.

\n 8:15 am - Welcome &\; Opening Perspective
\n Dr. Garrett Hinshaw\, President\, Catawba Valley Community College
\n Dr. Jane Everson\, Chairman\, NC Partners in Innovation
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\n 8:30 am - Entrepreneurial Development is Collaboration
\n Ted Abernathy\, Executive Director\, southern Growth Policies Board
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\n 9:00 am - Entrepreneurial communities - What Are They\, Really?
\n Discussion facilitator: \; \;William Parrish\, Regional Director
\n NC Small Business Technology and Development Center
\n What does an entrepreneurial community look like? \; What does current research indicate to be key characteristics of entrepreneurial communities? \; How does \;our region compare? \;
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\n 9:45 \;- BREAK
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\n 10:00 am \; \;- \; Entrepreneurial Community Success Stories
\n Discussion Facilitator: \; Ted Abernathy
\n Specific examples of what best-in-class communities have done to nurture/enhance entrepreneurial environments\, to attract growth companies\, and to develop collaborative networks? Which of these activities are realistic and feasible for our Metro area?
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\n 10:40 am \; \;- \; The Funding Landscape &ndash\; Rules of the Game
\n Discussion Facilitator: \; Bill Parrish
\n What are the capital source needs of entrepreneurial regions? \; What funding sources exist for our region? \; What other options/alternatives are needed? \; Which ones make sense for our region? \; \;
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\n 11:10 am \; \;- \; Priorities &\; Next Steps
\n Discussion Facilitator: \; Ted Abernathy
\n You will help to identify Key Priorities\, Action Steps\, and the Collaborative Leadership to enable the advancement of our region&rsquo\;s entrepreneurial development plan.
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\n 12:00 noon \; - C \; H \; A \; R \; G \; E \; ! \; ! \; ! \; \; (Getting on with it) \;
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\n LOCATION:Crowne Plaza of Hickory 1385 Lenoir Rhyne Blvd SE Hickory NC 28602 UID:e.685.451 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260527T194543Z URL:http://members.catawbachamber.org/events/details/entrepreneur-summit-1-11-12-01-11-2012-451 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR