November 19th Connects that Count Location:
The Waldorf Astoria Hotel, 301 Park Avenue , New York, NY
5:30pm – 7:00pm
Meet, Eat, and Greet
6:00 – 6:30pm
What to Expect from 2015 Michael Hanson, Senior Economist, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research Senior Economist, Michael Hanson will highlight the economic outlook, where is the land of milk and honey and pitfalls to avoid. Tapping into City Funds Scott M. Stringer, New York City Comptroller NYC Comptroller Stringer will discuss how municipal capital flows from city to investors and into the hands of inner city businesses.
November 20th Beyond Dollars: Achieving Sustainable Growth Location: Fortune Magazine 1271 Avenue of the Americas
Subject to change *moderator
8:30-9:00am
Breakfast & Registration
8th Floor, Auditorium
8:30am-5:40pm
The Inner City Marketplace 8th Floor, Gallery Take a stroll through the Inner City Marketplace to sample products and services by some of the program’s most notable participant companies. Meet the owners while discovering new flavors and building your contacts for business to business networking.
9:00-9:20am
More than Networking: Opening Remarks 8th Floor, Auditorium Matt Camp, President, ICIC Maria Contreras-Sweet, 24th Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration Diallo Hall, Director of Thought Leadership and Content Strategies, FORTUNE Knowledge Group Hyacinth Vassell, Director, Inner City Capital Connections, ICIC
9:20-11:20am
Only $1 Left, Investors 8th Floor, Auditorium Watch as four seasoned ICCC companies pitch their businesses to a panel of expert capital providers, “Shark Tank” style. Who gets the dollars? Investors present live feedback on stage while you weigh in with audience peers. Learn whose pitches work and whose needs a re-valuation of their company, while asking yourself whether YOU have what it takes to lure in the sharks. Hyacinth Vassell, Program Director of ICCC*, ICIC Edward Powers, Managing Director, BAML Capital Access Funds Management, LLC* Tameka Moss, Partner, NXST (Facilitator) ICCC Company Presenters Anirban Dutta, Chief Executive Officer, CompuMatrice Inc. Fernando Valentin, President & CEO, Trinity Designs Inc. Aileen Liu, CEO, HDM Systems Inc. John Reitano MD, CEO & Founder & Stephanie Reitano, Director of Product Development & Marketing, Chef & Co-Founder, Capogiro Gelato Artisans Capital Providers Andy Unanue, Managing Director, AUA Private Equity Partners Vikrant Raina, Managing Director, BV Investment Partners Patricia Kemp, Venture Partners, Oak Investment Partners Mark DiSalvo, President and CEO, Sema4 Inc.
11:20-12:20pm
Crowdfunding: Kickstarter or Non-starter 8th Floor, Auditorium Gregory White, Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Kellogg School of Management, and President & CEO, LEARN Charter School Network Where else can you go to find capital? Can alternate funding models like crowdfunding even help your business? And what makes crowdfunding different from angel investing anyhow? Learn from major lessons from the past few years as Greg White offers a comprehensive overview of crowdfunding— what it is, who target investors are, why it appeals to the entrepreneurs and investors who use this source of funding, and how your company may benefit.
12:20-1:00pm
Lunch
8th Floor, Auditorium
1:00-2:00pm
Strategy: Is Your Ocean Blue? 8th Floor, Auditorium Sonia Marciano, Clinical Full Professor of Management and Organizations, New York University Stern School of Business To reduce “head to head” competition, an organization must offer its customer a novel value proposition that delivers something that is perceived as genuinely better than what’s out there. This garners greater value capture by the company. Organizations famous for reengineering value propositions include IKEA, Cirque de Soleil, and easyJet. The emphasis of Sonia’s discussion is on the importance of defining one's market and committing to serving that market distinctly better than do others.
2:00pm-3:10pm
CEOs Uncensored 8th Floor, Auditorium Learn from the successes and challenges of CEOs and industry leaders who have grown empires out of start-ups. Despite different blueprints for success, our panelists have mapped success with their shared ingenuity and resilience. Remember, all businesses stand on the shoulders. Listen to those who’ve been around the block and back again. Chitra Nawbatt, Anchor/Correspondent, CTVS’s Business News Network and Huffington Post Columnist * David Weber, Author and President, NYC Food Truck Association Kevin Liles, Former President, Def Jam Recordings Sherman Wright, Co-founder, Commonground Rip (Abhishek) Pruisken, CEO and Co-Founder, Rip Van Wafels ~Award presentation ~
3:10-5:40pm
Hit a Home Run for Capital assigned Now it’s your turn. Participants, come prepared to pitch your company to alternative funders, debt and equity providers. Use what you’ve learned in your coaching sessions and take the plunge. Get live feedback from our experts, then go home with lots of renewed perspective on your company.
5:40-6:50pm
Connect and Cash in 2nd Floor, Time Life Conference Center Connect and reconnect with your peers, capital providers, and business experts. Prepare for networking that is focused and fun along with light food and drink.