TechPoint’s Entrepreneur Bootcamp - GROWTH STAGE STARTUPSPresented by Ice Miller and Sponsored by Milestone Advisors and FirstPerson

EVENT AGENDA

7:30 AM – 8:30 AM – Registration and Interaction

8:45 AM – Welcome Remarks by Mike Langellier of TechPoint and John Wechsler of Launch Fishers

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM - Stories from the Trenches: The Rise of Flat12 Bierwerks featuring Sean O'Connor of Flat12 and

Kristine Danz of Ice Miller

How Flat12 Bierwerks evolved from a crazy startup idea into one of the hottest local breweries in Indy. You’ll be

shocked at how many interesting similarities there are between starting a beer company and starting a software firm

or other tech startups.

● Fundraising

● Buying out a co-founder

● Product Considerations & Marketing

● Creating a board: who picked and why

● Regulations and licensing

● Distribution channels

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM – Morning Break

10:15 AM – 11:00 AM - Mock Investor Negotiation featuring Kristine Danz and Haley Altman of Ice Miller

Watch the experts step into the roles of investor and startup and show you what to do and what not to do.

11:00 AM – 11:15 AM - Protecting Yourself vs. Protecting the Business featuring Haley Altman of Ice Miller

In startups there is a fuzzy line between the entrepreneur and the business. Learn how to protect yourself while also

protecting your business.

11:15 AM – 11:30 AM - Employment Law: The Simple Do and Don’t Do List featuring Ryan Poor of Ice Miller

Hiring employees versus independent contractors and other tricky startup employment law issues.

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM - Hiring Talent: From Interviews to Onboarding featuring Jenny Banner and Deb Hunter of

FirstPerson

Making the right hires and building your team is critical, so how do you avoid making the wrong hires?

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM – Lunch

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM - Preparing for Funding: How Diagnotes Attracted Capital featuring Marc Kleinman of Diagnotes

and Jim Schulz of Milestone Advisors

Asking the right questions to arrive at the right answers and fund the growth of your startup.

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM - Inc. 500 Rapid Growth Panel featuring Rich Rella of BidPal, Jeremy Dearringer of Digital

Relevance, and John Maler of LeadJen - moderated by Tom Walsh of Ice Miller

Discussion of the major factors that led to three Indy tech firms making the Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Companies in

America list.

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM - Investors Panel featuring Don Aquilano of Allos Ventures, Doug Conner of Periculum Capital, and

Mike Fitzgerald of Gravity Ventures - moderated by Mike Langellier of TechPoint

Hear from actual growth-stage investors and learn what makes them say “YES” to funding a startup.

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM - Ask the Experts

Small-group and one-on-one time with our subject matter experts for Q&A, insights and growth-stage direction.

Most everyone listed as a speaker on the agenda will also be participating in the Ask the Experts session.

4:45 PM – 5:30 PM – Afternoon Reception