FBU Boston 2015 - AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Registration, Breakfast & Networking
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM Welcome Remarks
9:10 AM - 9:30 AM What Really Matters: Creating a Product that Consumers Really Like
Rob Ehrlich, Founder and CEO, SexyPop
9:30 AM - 9:50 AM Copacking: The Entrepreneur as Operations Manager
Paul Pruett, CEO, Mediterra
9:50 AM - 10:10 AM Incubating in the Natural Channel
Tim Sperry, Founder, The Tim Sperry Group
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM Getting to Market with Brokers and Distributors
John Maggiore, Founder, Maggiore Sales & Marketing
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Networking & Sampling Bar Break
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM Mastering Sales
Lindsay Greene, Director of Sales Operations, The Chia Co.
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM 1 Mistake, 1 Success, 1 Thing I Don't Know Yet
Drew Harrington, Co-Founder, Yasso
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM Working with Supermarkets
Dena Zigun, Director of Marketing, Roche Brothers
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM Tips for Capital Raises
Brette Simon, Transactional Advisor & Attorney
12:20 PM - 12:40 PM Developing Data on a Shoestring
Scott Sanders, Senior Consultant, Simon-Kucher & Partners
12:40 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch & Networking
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Boston Resources for Food Entrepreneurs, presented by Brewing the American Dream, featuring:
  • Brewing the American Dream - Risa Sherman, Manager, Philanthropy and Cause Marketing 
  • Commonwealth Kitchen - Jen Faigel, Executive Director
  • Accion East - Ana Hammock, Vice President of Lending 
  • Interise - Bernard Johnson, Director of Programs 
2:00 PM - 2:25 PM What Really Matters: Creating a Company that Investors Really Want
Mike Burgmaier, Managing Director, Silverwood Partners
2:25 PM - 3:10 PM

Financing Types Panel featuring:

  • Finding Family Offices
    Nancy Rosenzweig, Director of M&A, Big Path Capital
  • Reaching Private Equity
    John Burns, Chief Investment Officer, Breakaway Innovation Group
  • Connecting with Angels
    Jeremy Halpern, Partner, Nutter, McClennen & Fish; Co-Founder, Edible Ventures Group
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM Loose Strings: What Entrepreneurs Forget
Paul Nardone, CEO, PopCorners
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Networking & Sampling Bar Break
4:00 PM - 4:20 PM Company Structure
Bob Burke, Founder, Natural Products Consulting Group
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM Claims and Endorsements
Justin Prochnow, Partner, Greenberg Traurig LLP
4:40 PM - 5:00 PM What Really Matters: Surviving the Life of a Food and Beverage Entrepreneur
Bill Creelman, CEO, Spindrift
Please note that event agendas are subject to change.