Grinspoon, Garvey & Young Entrepreneurship Conference

Grinspoon, Garvey & Young
Entrepreneurship Conference

Friday, November 6, 2015
8:15 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
MassMutual Center, Springfield, MA

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

8:15 a.m. to 9 a.m. -- Registration, Entrepreneur Exhibits & Opportunities

9 a.m. to 9:10 a.m. -- Welcoming Remarks

9:10 a.m. to 10 a.m. -- Team Challenge: Campus Tech Solutions

10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. --Break & Entrepreneur Exhibits & Opportunities

10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. -- Breakout Session 1:

• Epic Stories from Grinspoon Award Winners
  
  
• Pitch Camp
  
  
• Shark Tank
  
  
• The Lightening Round: Idea Jam and Speed Networking
  
  
• Social Entrepreneurship – People, Planet, Profits
  
  

11:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. -- Break & Entrepreneur Exhibits/Opportunities

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. -- Breakout Session 2:

• Epic Stories from Grinspoon Award Winners
  
  
• Pitch Camp
  
  
• Shark Tank
  
  
• Shark Tank (Advanced for students who have experience pitching their business idea)
  
  
• Social Entrepreneurship – People, Planet, Profits

12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. -- Lunch & Keynote Speaker, Jess Lauren, Founder,

Olive Natural Beauty

Jess Lauren, founder of Olive Natural Beauty, has developed a certified organic and 100% all natural skincare line that focuses on the moisturizing and anti-aging benefits of extra virgin olive oil. The product line and proprietary formula balances the purest form of extra virgin olive oil with the highest quality active organic ingredients to produce an effective and truly safe method to care for your skin.

Based in Easthampton, MA, Olive has generated over a quarter million in revenue for 2015-2016 and will be sold in 30+ retailers in two countries. In addition, Olive has already solidified 404k units in POs for 2015 & 2016. Olive is 100% women-owned and was started with under $1000 with no additional investment.

In 2015, Jess was the first-place winner of $35,000 in the inaugural Valley Venture Mentors Business Accelerator Program. She grew up in Western Massachusetts, and attended Amherst Regional High School, graduating with a Bachelors in Marketing & Advertising from Emerson College in Boston, MA

www.olivenaturalbeauty.com facebook.com/olivenaturalbeauty @OliveBeauty

1:45 p.m. to 2 p.m. -- Morning Competition Winner Announcements,

Raffle and Close

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Special Thanks To This Year's Sponsors:

Gold Sponsors - UMass Amherst Isenberg MBA;

Harold Grinspoon Charitable Foundation

Silver Sponsor - Bueno Y Sano

Bronze Sponsors - AAA Pioneer Valley; Northwestern Mutual; Springfield Venture Fund