Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Skiers meet in the hotel lobby for a 7:15 AM departure.  Hungry folks are invited to look for one another in the restaraunt for breakfast at about 6:30 AM.  Call John Gaudio on his cell phone, 303-870-1044, if you're running behind or lost.

Bring your own gear, or rent it on the slopes.  Each skier is responsible for his/her own costs.

Confirmed skiers include John Gaudio, Lee Devlin, Mike Hostetler, Court Rye, Rob Packard, Ron Mettler, & Bill French.

 

Drinks are on John in the hotel bar at 7:30 PM.

Sheraton Denver West 360 Union Blvd. Lakewood, CO  80228

303-987-2000

 

  

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Preliminary Schedule, subject to multiple changes :-).

8:15 AM - 8:45 AM -- Registration

8:45 AM - 9:00 AM -- Introductions and welcome, by John Gaudio

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM -- Keynote on Intellectual Property by Howard Keating, CEO of Zana Network Networking Tools for Small and Medium Businesses

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Networking.

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM -- Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Gary Lundquist of InnoSearch

10:45 AM - 11:15AM --Court Rye on Search Engine Optimization and Search Engine Marketing

11:20 AM - 12:40 PM -- Lunch in the hotel restaurant

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM -- Bill French of Myst Technology Gadgets, Gizmos, & Widgets: The Trend Toward Meaningful Web Services

1:45 PM - 2:05 PM -- Break

2:05 PM - 2:30 PM -- Les Lazar, Founder of Zoltech Model Building with 3D CAD

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM -- Nathan Seidle, Founder of Spark Fun Electronics Selling products internationally and funding company growth.

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM Bill Gates update.

3:30 PM - 3:40 PM -- Break

3:40 PM - 4:00 PM -- Gary Skinner, CTO of Electronic Solutions, Building a Zero Energy Home that was featured on the Discovery Channel, and having your company purchased by Hunter Douglas, a year later.

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM -- Steven Schmutzer, Founder of Firefly Medical - "Ten Lessons I Learned as an Entrepreneur"

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM -- Break

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM -- Mini Trade Show/Dinner time

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM -- Dinner, pick a nearby restaurant and take your favorite speaker to dinner, or grab something here and continue networking at the after hours Mini Trade show until 7:00 PM

7:00 PM - 7:45 PM -- Drinks and less formal sessions, featuring a remote presentation from Matt Trask, a status reports from Lee Devlin, quick updates from other attendees, and the drawing for our door prize!

7:45 PM - 8:15 PM -- Mike O'Neil, Founder of Integrated Alliances, on Linked In and Social Networking Tips.

8:15 PM - 8:25 PM -- Break

8:25 PM - 9:25 PM -- Dave Shaver, Founder and CTO of Neotool on Marketing and Sales

9:25 PM - 9:35 PM -- Break

9:35 PM - whenever -- Our second annual Texas Hold 'em Poker Tournament, followed by more drinks and great conversation. For his efforts in the poker game, John Gaudio III won a super high speed 4GB HP USB flash drive. This thing really screams compared with other flash devices.

Lee won this beautiful Garmin c340 GPS. It was quickly confiscated by his wife when he got home.

Other cool prizes included a MyST jacket, and several books.

Friday, March 28th, 2008

Get together at 10:30AM for Brunch in the hotel restaurant.  We leave the hotel at noon for go-cart racing, about 1:00 PM, followed by trap shooting around 3:00 PM.  If weather is a problem we'll switch to indoor skydiving.  Each participant covers the cost of his/her own activities.

Confirmed participants for the Friday afternoon events include John Gaudio, John Gaudio III, Lee Devlin, Court Rye, Rob Packard, Bill French, Dave Shaver and Andrea Shaver, Jeff Schmoyer, Brandy Evans, Leonard Zerman, Les Lazar, Mike Hostetler, Issac Davenport.

There will be informal discussions at the hotel bar from 5:00  PM until 6:30 PM.

We Leave the Hotel for Black Angus at 6:50PM.

Currently confirmed partakers of our Feast include Rob Packard, Dave and Andrea Shaver, Brandy Evans, Jack Krupansky, Lee Devlin, Court Rye, Les and Roberta Lazar, John Gaudio, John Gaudio III, Ariane Tighe and John Tighe, Jeff Schmoyer, Leonard Zerman, Susan and Christopher Smith, Vanessa Cox, Quent Johnson, Gary Skinner, Mike Hostetler, Kristie Colby, Mark and Paul Rokus, Howard Keating, Isaac Davenport, Rob McNealy, Gary Lundquist.

Dinner at Black Angus Steakhouse 7:00 PM
              375 Union Blvd. (Across from our hotel)
              Lakewood, CO 80228

              Phone: (303) 988-5753

Back to the hotel bar around 9:30 PM

Drinks and good conversation till sleep, or good sense, overcome us.

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Preliminary Schedule, subject to multiple changes :-). 

8:00 AM - 8:45 AM -- Informal Spiritual Break, all traditions are welcome to this early morning get together.

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM -- Bill French of Myst Technology, Critique of the Myst Platform's value proposition - An iPod Shuffle will be awarded to the person judged by the audience to have provided the best critique.

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM -- Break

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM -- Jeff Schmoyer - Micro Engineering Labs update

10:30 AM - 11:15 AM -- Rob McNealy Startup Story Radio

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM -- Break  (Gather bags if you're checking out.)

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM -- Rob Packard, update on Skylight Specialists, and his first million dollar sale.

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM -- Len Zerman - Small Business Accounting

12:30 PM - 12:45 PM -- Break

12:45 PM - 1:15 PM -- John Gaudio, using still and video photography for marketing, both on and off the Internet.

1:15 PM - 1:45 PM -- Wind up Entrepreneurial Disconnects, more quick reports from attendees, EntConnect 2007 Feedback, 2008 plans, and Website.

Closing by John Gaudio, tear down and informal discussion. Once the room is empty we'll get together for lunch somewhere close by.

Some people will be staying over Sunday night, and they are encouraged to hook up for informal discussions and to make dinner plans. Thanks again for joining us for EntConnect 2008!