June 6thSchedule
8:00 – 8:30amRegistration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 9:15amBUILDING AND MANAGING A CASH FLOW PROFORMA
Gary Hirshberg and Andy Whitman (Managing Partner, 2X Consumer Products Growth Partners) will provide a practical hands-on presentation of the hard-learned basics of how to project and manage your cash needs
9:15 -10:45amFINANCING YOUR BUSINESS I
Panelists: Elliot Begoun (founder of the Intertwine Group), Kate Danaher (Sr. Director, Integrated Capital, RSF Social Finance), Nick Giannuzzi, (partner and founder of The Giannuzzi Group, LLP), Ceyl Prinster, (President and CEO of Colorado Enterprise Fund), angel investor Walter Robb, (Principal, Stonewall Robb and former Co-CEO, Whole Foods Market)Tom Spier (Founder, Boulder Food Group) and Andy Whitman
Case 1: TBD
Case 2: TBD
10:45 – 11:00amBreak
11:00 – 12:30pmFINANCING YOUR BUSINESS II
Case 3: TBD
Case 4: TBD
12:30 – 1:45pmLunch and “How I Built This” Speakers: Andrew Abraham, Founder/CEO of Orgain and Madeline Haydon, Founder/CEO of nutpods with Q&A
1:45 – 3:30pmPOSITIONING YOUR BRAND STORY I
Panelists: Bob Burke (Principal, Natural Products Consulting LLC), Bill Creelman (CEO, Spindrift), Leslie Freeman & Dagny Scott (co-principals Fearless Unlimited)
Case 1: TBD
Case 2: TBD
3:30 – 4:00pmBreak
4:00 – 5:30pmPOSITIONING YOUR BRAND STORY II
Case 3: TBD
Case 4: TBD
5:30 – 6.00pmFree Time
6.00 – 7:00pmNetworking Cocktails
7:00 – 9.30pmDinner with “Tales from the Trenches” Speakers:
Bill Creelman, CEO, Spindrift and Seth Goldman, Co-Founder Honest Tea and Executive Chairman, Beyond Meat will share the inside storiesof how they built their firms