Clay will discuss risks that entrepreneurs commonly encounter when starting a company, including:
Business Base Camp is an interactive two-hour workshop that helps vet the feasibility of your business idea. The first part of the workshop focuses on the fundamental things you need to know before starting any business. The second part of the workshop uses the Business Model Canvas to look at your idea from may different perspectives in order to give you the tools you need do determine whether or not it will be successful.
Speaker(s): Will Fowler, Steve Miller
Separate registration required. Sign up here: https://goo.gl/m7WxVu
Join Code for America innovators, OpenCounter, to learn about how they developed a tool for Santa Cruz and scaled their business to serve cities across the U.S., and hear from the City of Boise team using this tool to help Boise’s startups launch.
B Corps & Beers Social
RSVP with Facebook event here
Come celebrate the inaugural Boise Startup Week by grabbing a free frosty brew! We'll be pouring some limited-release New Belgium beers (including a collaboration with fellow B-Corp Ben & Jerry's). Further support business as a force for good by grabbing a scrumptious, local dinner from Boise Fry Company's food truck which will be onsite.
Meet some of Idaho's leading B Corps and learn more about how understanding your company's social & environmental impact can increase your bottom line. Treefort, Oliver Russell, Flynner Homes, Happy Family, Prosperity Organic Foods will be on site to talk about using business as a force for good.
B Corps are changing the way businesses impact the world for good. Learn more about B Corps here: https:// www.bcorporation.net/Get a basic overview of trademarking and patent basics and then stick around for one-on-one conversations and a Q&A.
Can I raise money? From where? How do I find an investor?
Get answers to the questions that haunt entrepreneurs and more.This seminar features venture professionals giving you the best advice and up-to-date information on what entrepreneurs need to successfully raise money. The presentation will include an extensive Q&A session with the speakers. The seminar will discuss current trends, the basics of the fundraising process, finding the right investor for you, and how to raise capital from the perspective of a seasoned entrepreneur and an investor.
Presenters:
David Politis - The David Politis Company
Jerry Henley - Sorenson Capital
Leif Elgethun - Retrolux, LLC
Matt McKinlay - Advanced CFO Solutions
Topic: Story of the company’s journey
- Grinding to find product/ market fit and resonance
- Coping with stress and work/ life balance issues
- Finding the strength to persevere
- Stories of funding challenges. Bootstrap, Angel investment, VC pursuit
Topic: Idaho’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, past, present and future.
The Idaho Virtual Reality Council provides an opportunity for VR and AR enthusiasts and evangelists at every level to participate, learn, and network with industry experts. Featuring a variety of experiences that allow attendees to explore what’s next in the worlds of virtual reality, augmented reality and technology, IVRC proves that the most unexpected discoveries happen when diverse topics and people come together.
IMMERSE-A-THON AWARDSWhat is an “IMMERSE-A-THON”? Think Hackathon for VR / AR with cooler prizes. The 2016 Immerse-A-Thon will take place October 14th - 16th and the winners will be announced at the October 19th VR Bash, reaping some amazing prizes.
VIPs:
Mark Cranney, Andreessen Horowitz#1 Early-Stage Investor in the World (Oculus, Facebook, Twitter)
Hardie Tankersley, SilverDraft, Reality Fabrication, Previously Fox TV!st VR Emmy Award for Sleepy Hollow (Fox)
HTC Vive Executives: Jason Ray and Brian LoweUnity Team
In Partnership With: STEMbus, University of Idaho, Boise State University, Idaho Game Developers, SilverDraft, Boise Startup Week, VYNYL, VRigami, Villusion Studios, 360 Immersive, Wire Stone, Immerse-a-thon, and more!
Beginners welcome! Participants will be introduced to the Unity game engine while learning about workflows and functions most used by the best game studios. During this training, participants will learn about many of the various systems and tools Unity provides for the development of games.
Intro to Unity Workshop topics:
- Workflow general work
- Unity scripting
- The graphics pipeline
- Global Illumination (GI)
- Physically based rendering (PBR)
- Physical Audio Animation (Mecanim)
Preparation:
Before arriving, participants must install the latest stable version of Unity, which for now is 5.3.5 (please do not install the beta due to changes in characteristics and instability). In addition, participants must open Unity at least once before Roadshow - internet needed the first time the software is opened. It is also advised to carry a mouse.
Workshop:
Who: Anyone interested in learning how to use Unity to develop games and interactive applications.
What: Learn how to create a 3D game from start to finish using Unity in this practical workshop by the Unity Field Engineer
What to bring: Laptop and charger. * Users of Mac OS X 10.6.5 must have or higher installed to use Unity 5 *; will receive a trial key Unity Pro and the download link to the event. Your ticket registration; printed or on your phone.
EXACT ROOM: Boise State Library, 2nd Floor
Participants: CEOs of budding startups that are at least 1 year into the journey
Topic: Story of the company’s journey
- Grinding to find product/ market fit and resonance
- Coping with stress and work/ life balance issues
- Finding the strength to persevere
- Stories of funding challenges. Bootstrap, Angel investment, VC pursuit
- How we achieved product/ market fit to establish resonance/relevance & lift
- To pivot or not to pivot? How our initial vision changed and what we did to get there
- Overview of funding history and tips to getting funded
- How to cope with the stress trials & tribulations of life as a startup CEO
Len joined Madrona in January 2010. He is interested in analytics systems that radically transform economics for big industries, and consumer products that change the way we see, hear, feel and sense life. “There are some amazing companies developing systems that could dramatically change the way products are marketed and sold. Billions are spent marketing through the internet, retail, sales forces and e-commerce. Measuring, optimizing and attributing performance will be as important to the future of marketing as was the change wireless technology made to the communication industry. Healthcare and education will be next.”
He most enjoys working with entrepreneurs on building their teams to last and scale. “I have 16 years of experience working at companies and have made some great decisions and meaningful mistakes. It’s worth learning from both.”
His areas of expertise are:
Marketing Technologies
Enterprise Infrastructure
Internet Marketplaces
Digital Media
Consumer Devices
Topic: What are the qualities you (as a VC) look for in a strong founding/ leadership team?
Tour Boise State University's Computer Science Center at City Center Plaza
Join faculty from the Boise State University Department of Computer Science to tour their new home in the center of downtown at City Center Plaza. It just opened in September, 2016. See a state-of-the-art CS learning environment, and hear about the department's research and graduate programs which include a Master's in Computer Science and a PhD in Computing with emphases in Computer Science, Cybersecurity and Computational Science & Engineering.
Depart from Boise State U. Venture College (5 minute walk, 20 minute tour)
People will be in groups of 20 (100 max)
Bradlee Frazer is a member of the firm’s business and finance group and chairs the firm’s Internet and intellectual property group. In addition to emphasizing and focusing on all facets of Internet law, Intellectual Property law, and Information Technology law, Mr. Frazer is also involved with related transactional work and litigation.
Mr. Frazer has written extensively on matters of Internet and intellectual property law and is also an active blogger on similar topics at http://internetlawyer.blogspot.com. He is a frequent speaker on internet, intellectual property, and computer law topics and a guest lecturer at Boise State University and Northwest Nazarene University on intellectual property law and Internet ethics.
This is a drop-in office hours event and does not require separate registration.
INTERESTED IN MOTORCYCLES & ROBOTS?
Topic: Story of the company’s journey
- How they achieved product/ market fit to establish resonance/relevance & lift
- To pivot or not to pivot? How their initial vision changed and what we did to get there
- Overview of funding history and tips to getting funded
- How to cope with the stress trials & tribulations of life as a startup CEO