Thursday,
March 4, 2004 |
(Student
Center Ballroom) |
2:00-2:30 p.m. |
Registration |
2:30-2:45 p.m. |
Welcome (47MB)
Tim Kessel, DSU Lecturer of Business |
2:45-3:15 p.m. |
"Energizing
Entrepreneurs in the 21st Century" (62MB)
Don
Macke - Center for Rural Entrepreneurship
Introduction: Tim Kessel, DSU Lecturer
of Business |
3:15-4:00 p.m. |
"Incubating
Small Business" (58MB)
Jim
Jenkins Spring Creek Management Inc
Introduction: Debora Dragseth,
DSU Assistant Professor of Business
|
4:00-5:00 p.m. |
"Myths
and Misconceptions of eBusiness" (61MB)
Steve
Hannah, Northern Great Plains, Inc.
Introduction: Karen Heth,
DSU Assistant Professor of Business
|
5:00-6:00 p.m. |
Social/Reception |
6:00-7:30 p.m. |
Dinner and Keynote Speaker
|
"Entrepreneurial
Startup Challenges" (38MB)
Jim Jenkins Spring Creek Management Inc
Introduction: Debora Dragseth, DSU Assistant Professor of Business |
|
Friday, March 5, 2004 |
(Student
Center Ballroom) |
8:00-8:30 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
8:30-9:00 a.m. |
Welcome,
Opening Comments (47MB)
Dr. Lee Vickers, President, Dickinson State University
Senator Kent Conrad (via video)
Senator Byron Dorgan (via video) |
9:00-9:45 a.m. |
"Jenkins'
10 Rules for Entrepreneurs" (71MB)
Jim Jenkins Spring Creek Management Inc
Introduction: Debora Dragseth, DSU Lecturer of Business
|
9:45-10:00 a.m. |
Introduction
of Breakout Session Speakers (15MB) |
Diane Allmendinger, Mayor of Dodge, North Dakota
Introduction: Scott Hanson, DSU Assistant Professor of Accounting |
Delore Zimmerman, CEO Praxis, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Introduction: Kostas Voutsas, DSU Assistant Professor of Business |
Dean Hildebrand, North Dakota Game and Fish Department
Introduction: G. Knude Swensen, DSU Associate
Professor of Business |
Steve Hannah, Northern
Great Plains, Inc.
Introduction: Roger Kilwein, DSU Chair, Department of Business and Management
, Associate Professor of Business |
10:00-10:15 a.m. |
Break |
10:15-11:00 a.m. |
"Technology in Startup Companies" -
Ballroom 116
Steve Hannah, Northern Great Plains,
Inc. |
"Entrepreneurial
Programs" -
Room 18 (63MB)
Delore Zimmerman, CEO Praxis, Grand
Forks, North Dakota |
11:00-11:45 a.m. |
"Youth
Experience = Lifetime Success" -
Ballroom 116 (80MB)
Dean Hildebrand, North Dakota Game
and Fish Department |
"Empowering People" - Room 18
Diane Allmendinger, Mayor of Dodge,
North Dakota |
11:45-12:00 a.m. |
Break |
12:00-1:15 p.m. |
Team
Leaders Recap of Breakout Sessions (9MB)
Facilitator: Don Macke- Center for Rural Entrepreneurship |
Five
by Five Luncheon (79MB)
Regional Panel Discussion |