9:15am-10:30am: Panel 1 – Raising Funds for
your Startup
Grants – Nicole Hollway, General Manager, St. Louis Beacon
Advertising – Diane Alverio, Founder Latino News Network
10:45am-12:00pm: Panel 2 –Making Your
Startup Work
Strategic Partnering – Michele Kayal, Co-Founder, American Food Roots
Bringing in Revenue – Jeanne Pinder, CEO & Founder, ClearHealthCosts.com
E-Products – Laura Fraser, Rachel Greenfeld, Co-Founder, SheBooks
12:00pm: Keynote
Understanding and Engaging Your Online Audience – Vanessa Fox, Author, “Marketing in the Age of Google,” Creator of Google Webmaster Central, Founder and CEO, Nine by Blue.
1:30pm-2:45pm: Panel 3 – Digital Tools for the Media Entrepreneur
Using and Tracking Social Media for the Media Entrepreneur – Mandy Jenkins, Interactives Editor, Digital First Media
10 Tools for any Digital Entrepreneurs’ Toolkit – Jody Brannon, Editor, Next America on National Journal at Atlantic Media
Media Entrepreneurs: 5 Things to Do and 5 Things to Avoid. Takeaways from Working on Two Startups. Ju-Don Roberts, Digital Strategist and Startup Advisor
