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Advanced Entrepreneurship Seminar I, January
22-24, 2010
Theme: Growing and Marketing a New Venture
NOTE: This schedule is subject to change
Friday, January 22, 2010
6:00-8:00pm Don Gaumer, Course
Introduction & Life as a Financial Advisor
Saturday, January 23, 2010
8:00-10:00 Pat Barkey,
Understanding the Entrepreneurial Economic Climate
10:00-Noon Tim Wynne, Entrepreneurial
sales strategies and tactics
12:00-1:00 Lunch break
1:00-3:30 Becky Reno,
The City Brew Coffee Story/Franchising
Shane Ott, Kampgrounds of America Inc.
3:30-4:00 Students drive to Big Sky
Brewing Company
4:00-5:30 Bjorn Nabozney, Creative
Marketing and Brewery Tour
Sunday, January 24, 2010
9:00-10:30 Steve Anderson,
Managing your employees and Acquiring
and Growing an Existing Venture
10:30-12:00 Don Gaumer, A Business
Turnaround
Seminar I: Speaker Profiles
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Name:
Steve Anderson
Education:
University of Wisconsin (MBA)
Current Business:
Artisan Doors of Montana
Business Notes
A well-known consumer products executive
and global business leader, Mr. Anderson
has held key roles for $7 billion Bass and
$2 billion Bausch & Lomb during the past
twenty years. Most recently, he was CEO
(Asia Pacific) for Bass Brewers. He has
successfully developed and executed growth
strategies on a local, regional, and
global basis for leading consumer brands
such as Bass Ale, Ray Ban, and Renu.
Reflecting his entrepreneurial nature,
Steve established a private investment
group, Timeless, LLC. This company,
together with other investors, has
invested $20 million in new businesses.
Recently, Mr. Anderson took majority
ownership in a small niche high-end
specialty wood products company in
Northwest Montana and is building this
business into a global leader. He has
also invested in two other northwest
companies with high potential and in
mentoring their CEO’s as present.
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Name:
Pat Barkey
Education: University of Michigan (BA, PhD)
Current Organization: Surgical Principals, Inc.
Business Notes
Patrick
Barkey became director of the BBER in July 2008, after
serving as director of health care research since April
2007. He has been involved with economic forecasting and
health care policy research for twenty-four years, both in
the private and public sector. He served previously as
Director of the Bureau of Business Research at Ball State
University in Indiana for fourteen years, overseeing and
participating in a wide variety of projects in labor market
research, and state and regional economic policy issues. He
attended the University of Michigan, receiving a B.A. ('79)
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Name:
Don Gaumer
Education: University of Montana
(MBA), Plymouth State University (BS)
Current Organization: Independent
Consultant
Business Notes
Donald Gaumer received his MBA from the
University of Montana in 1983. He worked
for several years in commercial banking
concentrating in problem loan and work out
situations. In 1986 he started with Sun
Mountain Sports, a small manufacturer in
the golf business. During his eighteen
years with the company worked in all
facets of management as the company has
grew to become a powerful force in its
industry. For the past two years Mr.
Gaumer has been working as a strategic
consultant and is currently leading a
startup / early stage enterprise located
in Boston. Throughout his career Mr.
Gaumer has been involved with numerous
acquisitions and divestitures. He has also
led several successful financial
restructurings using traditional bank
financing and privately placed financing.
Gaumer has been an instructor for various
professional groups since 1984. His
teaching experience includes professional
seminars, Western CPE and The University
of Montana. |
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Name:
Bjorn Nabozney
Education: University of Montana
(BS in Business Administration)
Current Business:
Co-founder, Big Sky Brewing Company
Business Notes
Bjorn is one of the founders of Big Sky
Brewing Company (BSBC). He wrote the
business plan for BSBC while earning his
degree at the University of Montana's
School of Business Administration. Bjorn's
responsibilities at BSBC include marketing
and new product development. However,
Bjorn has been known to wear many hats for
BSBC, having plumbed the entire facility
in which the company now resides. Bjorn
is also a frequent guest speaker at the
Business School and a generous supporter
of many campus and community activities.
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Name: Becky Reno
Current Business: President and Chief Executive Officer, City
Brew Coffee, Cool River Coffee Roasters and City Vineyard
Business Notes
Becky's first business, Video Library Stores, Inc.,
began with one retail store front in Billings, Montana in
1980. Twenty-three years later the company had
expanded to include 15 retail stores doing business in
Montana and a wholesale division doing business in 14 states
including Alaska. Becky sold the business in 2003 to
Movie Gallery, the 2nd largest video chain by store count in
the United States. In 1998 Becky started City Brew Coffee,
growing to 7 retail locations and 2 kiosk drive-thru
locations. She also founded City Vineyard Fine Wines,
a fine wine retail store with a beverage license for hosting
wine tasting. Becky was named the Montana Business Woman of
the Year in 1997 and current serves as the Vice Chairman of
the Board of Directors for Saint Vincent Hospital and
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Name:
Tim Wynne
Education: University of Montana (BS inBusiness
Administration)
Current Organization: Surgical Principals, Inc.
Business Notes
Tim is
currently involved in his third startup company. His first
company, Horizon Medical Technologies, was sold in 1999 to
Tucson Medical, now LXU Healthcare, which he co-founded.
His current company, Surgical Principals (SPI), was founded
in 2001 and has annual sales of over $10 million. SPI
markets leading edge surgical products to hospitals and
surgical centers in the western United States. This past
spring SPI expanded further east into the states of Texas,
Oklahoma and Louisiana. Tim recently acquired a 50%
interest in a NY-based distribution company and is active in
commercial real estate. His most recent building
renovation will soon be home to a 42,000 square foot drag
racing and muscle car museum featuring over 100 collector
and drag cars. |
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