3 Steps To StartUp Venture Fair
AGENDA
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
9:00-Noon
9:00am – Opening Remarks
- Rich Giersch, 3 Steps to StartUp &TechConnect WV
9:05am – Importance of Entrepreneurism to West Virginia’s Economy
- Mitch Carmichael, Secretary, WV Department of Economic Development
9:20am – Presenting Can Be Such a ‘Pitch’
- Moderator: Don Morrison, BlueTree Allied Angels
- Scott Ewing, Appalachian Investors Alliance
- Mara McFadden, Endolumik
9:45am – Watch & Learn: Pitches from WV StartUps
- Moderator: Bob Wentz, PointSquared Ventures
- Feedback: Mike Green, Mountain State Capital
- Feedback: Rich Giersch, 3 Steps to StartUp & TechConnect WV
- Presenter: August Chico, Parthian Battery Solutions
- Presenter: Anthony Abston, Legend Sneakerz
- Presenter: Anthony Garber, Easy Leash
10:35am – Role of the Investor Post-Investment
- Moderator: Larry Miller, Founder, L.H. Miller Jr. Consulting
- Kevin Combs, Country Roads Angel Network
- Matt Harbaugh, Mountain State Capital
- Michele O’Connor, WV Jobs Investment Trust
- Don Morrison, BlueTree Allied Angels
11:10am – Perspectives From the Starting Gate
- Moderator: Kyle Gillis, Iconic Air
- Ryan Snyder, Mountain Country Farms
- Zack Swartz, Joe to Go
- Luke Yingling, Analytica Legalis
- Anna Cummings, Earring Backtrack
11:45am – Closing Remarks
- Rich Giersch, 3 Steps to StartUp and TechConnect WV