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Thursday, Sept 24, 2009
Veterans Memorial Building, Clovis, California
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8:30-9:00 |
| Registration & Networking
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| 9:00-9:20 |
| Welcome & Event Overview | |
Speaker |
| Ashley Swearengin, Mayor, City of Fresno
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Speaker |
| Harry Armstrong, Mayor, City of Clovis
Dr. Bill Covino, Provost,
California State University, Fresno
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Day
Moderator |
| Dr. Tim Stearns, Executive Director,
Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship,
California State University, Fresno | |
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| TOP |
9:20-10:20 |
| Panel Discussion:
Bulletproofing Your Business to Ride Out the Downturn
Come and listen as successful CEO’s, bankers and private equity professionals provide their top 10 things you need to do to ensure your business can survive the economic downturn and thrive going into 2010. | |
Moderator |
| Riley Walter, Walter Wilhelm Law Group |
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Panelists |
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Perry DeLuca, KeyBanc Capital Markets
Dan Doyle, Central Valley Community Bank
Will Lyles, Lyles Diversified
Ed McNulty, Central Valley Fund
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Sponsor |
| U.S. Bank | |
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10:20-10:30 |
| Break | |
Sponsor |
| City of Clovis | |
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| TOP |
10:30-11:00 |
| Keynote Address:
"Entrepreneurship and Private Capital; Lessons for the Central Valley and California" Meg Whitman's Vision for Positive Change in the Golden State
Meg Whitman, former eBay CEO and candidate for California Governor | |
Introduction |
| Brad Triebsch, Central Valley Fund | |
Sponsor |
| Bank of the Sierra |
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| 11:00-12:00 |
| Panel Discussion:
How to
Raise Investment Capital
How do Central Valley entrepreneurs raise professional capital? A panel of venture capitalists, angel investors, investment bankers and turnaround specialists will discuss hat they look for when evaluating companies for investment. | |
| Moderator |
| Jose Blanco, Central Valley Fund | |
| Panelists |
| Steve Bell, Keiretsu Forum
David Blumberg, Blumberg Capital
Joe Hudson, One Earth Capital
Brian Kerester, Glaucon Capital
Bill Roeser, Paragon Consulting
Keith Spears, Hamilton Lane | |
| Sponsor |
| KeyBanc Capital Markets | |
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12:00-1:00 |
| Lunch and Networking with Keynote Speaker:
“Can California be Fixed?”
John Chiang, California State Controller
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| Introduction |
| Brad Triebsch, Central Valley Fund | |
Sponsor |
| Central Valley Fund | |
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1:15-2:00 |
| Panel Discussion:
The Central Valley Economy
The Central Valley economy has taken many shots recently
with the mortgage meltdown and studies contending we are the “Appalachia of the West”. Come hear an expert panel discuss what they see as the challenges and opportunities for the Central Valley economy for the next 24 months.
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Moderator |
| Ed McNulty, Central Valley Fund | |
Panelists |
| Lon Hatamiya, Economist/Former Secretary of Commerce/ Navigant Consulting
Tony Oliveira, Economist/CalPERS Finance Committee Chair
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| Sponsor |
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Hamilton Lane |
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| TOP |
2:00-2:15 |
| Break |
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Sponsor |
| HansonBridgett | |
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2:15-3:45 |
| Valley Entrepreneur Showcase
See the Valley’s best and brightest entrepreneurs present
to investors for the chance to earn “Best in Show” and an
opportunity to present to the Keiretsu Forum in the San
Francisco Bay Area. | |
Moderator |
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Michael Summers, Lyles Center for
Innovation and Entrepreneurship | |
Panelists |
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Steve Bell, Keiretsu Forum
Jose Blanco, Central Valley Fund
David Blumberg, Blumberg Capital
Douglas Bosley, GreenbergTraurig
Perry DeLuca, KeyBanc Capital Markets
Joe Hudson, One Earth Capital
Brian Kerester, Glaucon Capital
Ed McNulty, Central Valley Fund
Bill Roeser, Paragon Consulting
Keith Spears, Hamilton Lane
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Presenting
Companies |
| Intelligent Farm Machinery (IFM)
Soil Topography Information (STI)
Emediance
Clickco
SeniorCare Organizational Systems (SOS) | |
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| TOP |
| 4:00-5:00 |
| Wine and Cheese Reception | |
| Sponsor |
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E. & J.Gallo Winery |
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