i2 Passport Events

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Each meeting runs from 5:30pm to 7:00pm. Check-in with the E-Club team at the meeting to make sure you receive credit for attending. Receive 600 Visa Stamp Credits for each meeting, up to five meetings. Join meetings via Zoom here. 

Meeting dates:

Feb 22nd

March 8th

March 15th

March 22nd

March 29th

April 5th

April 12th

April 19th

Each meeting runs from roughly 6:00pm to 7:30pm. Be sure to check in with the meeting host and let them know you're part of i2 Passport. If you can't stay for the full meeting, let the meeting host know ahead of time. Must stay for majority of meeting to receive VSCs. Dates of meetings: 2/24, 3/10, 3/24, and 4/14. Click to join meetings: https://unh.zoom.us/j/93695360239

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Must register via Eventbrite to receive virtual event link. 

“The Legal Basics: A First-Timer’s Kit”

Join Jamie Baker of Pierce Atwood, PLC as he outlines the legal essentials of what you need when you have an idea or want to launch a company.

Incorporations, patents, partnership agreements, NDA’s… what are they and when do you need them? An essential seminar for anyone who thinks they have an idea they want to grow!

Jamie provides individual legal consulting to some of UNH student and alumni companies and Pierce Atwood is the sponsor of the ECenter’s Summer Seed Grant

$10 gift card to a local restaurant will be awarded to each UNH student attendee. Attendance will be verified at the event and gift cards will be distributed after via email. Please confirm the email address where you would like to receive your gift card is the email you use to register for this event.

UNH student attendees will be entered into a raffle to win one of two $15 gift cards!

The event is virtual and will be recorded.

A day filled with young marketing professionals and industry leaders educating and empowering students in the world of business. Register here. Agenda here.

You must RSVP via Eventbrite to receive the Zoom link for the Speaker Series.

UNH student attendees will be entered to win one of two $15 gift card to Hayden Sports.

Sponsored by Lake Street Advisors

About the event:

Back-to-back Stories from UNH Alumni

Jerome DuBois ’96 and “Concrete Foundations: the Lessons Learned During a Career of Startups” / Toby Ripsom ’01 and “The Entrepreneurial Highs and Lows of Growing a Cannabis Company in Colorado”

"I never designed my life for entrepreneurship, but when it found me, I was ready. Since then I've learned that hard and fast mindsets, goals and plans, rarely prove the final destination. I enrolled at UNH with far flung hopes of skiing in the Olympics, when I graduated I set out for a career in Silicon Valley. None of this came to be, but the skills to seize and execute on the opportunities that did, crafted a life to exceed my youthful dreams, through industries that didn't exist." - Toby Ripsom

About the speakers:

Mr. Toby Ripsom '01 is currently the CEO of Avér Skin a cannabinoid-driven skin care firm. Prior to Avér, in 2014 Mr. Ripsom co-founded Colorado's first wholesale cultivation and current market leading luxury flower purveyor since 2014, Veritas Fine Cannabis. Prior to Cannabis, Mr. Ripsom held several roles in the real estate development and private equity sectors specializing in the Mountain West geography and resort town / golf development.At Avér, in addition to general leadership and firm-wide managerial oversight, he is currently overseeing production and launch for early 2021. Avér is leading the industry in empirical efficacy of cannabinoid usage on the skin; it's initial launch portfolio consists of a hydrating night crème, pain crème, and wound healing balm. At Veritas Fine Cannabis, Toby actively advises the brand on finance, legal, strategy and expansion. In 2019, Veritas Fine Cannabis contracted with Cookies Enterprises, a California-based flower brand, as their exclusive Colorado cultivator and distributor. Between the two offerings, across a handful of SKU's, Veritas & Cookies are regarded as the connoisseurs choice of cannabis in Colorado and command most of the top shelf real estate across the state, while selling roughly 40,000 units/week. Though artisanal in nature Veritas entities currently own/lease over 70,000 square feet of cultivation in Denver with a constant eye on new acquisitions and further expansion markets. They employ over 125 employees in Colorado to conduct their cultivation and production largely by hand to consistently deliver the highest quality products known to the consumer.

Mr. Jerome Dubois '96 is Co-Founder/Co-CEO at 6 River Systems, a Shopify company. He is responsible for all go-to-market functions including product strategy, marketing, sales, sales operations, solutions, and customer success activities. Prior to 6RS, Jerome was leading Business Development initiatives at Amazon, and on the leadership team at Kiva Systems (Amazon Robotics). He is a frequent presenter at industry conferences and university guest lecturer, and has over 25 years of experience in supply chain technology. Jerome received an MBA from Northeastern University in Supply Chain and Finance and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire.

$10 gift card to a local restaurant will be awarded to each UNH student attendee. Attendance will be verified at the event and gift cards will be distributed after via email. Please confirm the email address where you would like to receive your gift card is the email you use to register for this event.

This event is virtual and will be recorded.

You must first apply to the Holloway Prize Competition by March 5th. Your VSCs will be uploaded once the Holloway Prize team shares second round names with the i2 Passport team. 

Hack for New Hampshire is a hackathon/ideathon in partnership with the UNH-IOL. Open to all students from all colleges and major. Must register via Eventbrite to receive virtual event link. Must attend both days of event and participate fully to receive Visa Stamp Credits. 

You must first apply to the Holloway Prize Competition by March 5th. Your VSCs will be uploaded after the Holloway team shares Bud Albin round names to the ECenter. 

Learn best practices for tackling your student debt from Director of UNH Financial Aid, Joel Carstens. 

You must register for this event via Eventbrite in advance in order to receive the Zoom link via email.

About the event:

The Surprising Sales Mindset of Successful Startup Founders

Garrett Brown and Colin Coggins, sales leaders and instructors of the University of Southern California's popular “Sales Mindset for Entrepreneurs” class, will be hosting an interactive, informative, funny, vulnerable conversation you won't want to miss.

Known for their mindset-focused approach to sales, they show how the best salespeople in the world do the opposite of what traditional sales training teaches, and prove that being a good person and good salesperson are not mutually exclusive.

In this candid discussion, they'll cover:

· How founders can generate their first customers without acting or feeling "salesy";

· How to build a sales culture you can be proud of from the very start; and

· Why the newness of your startup can be an advantage for early sales.

After their talk, they'll leave time to answer any sales questions you have about your own business. Nothing is off limits, so come prepared - this is an amazing opportunity to get their advice on your specific challenges.

Speaker Bios:

Garrett Brown began his career as a corporate lawyer representing entrepreneurs but decided to leave the law and join a tech startup that would allow him to follow his passion. His first role was selling corporate sponsorships for Fastpoint Games, an online gaming platform. He was quickly promoted to run Fastpoint’s Sales and Business Development efforts as VP of Business Development until the company was acquired. He then helped launch and scale Bitium, an enterprise software company where he served as Chief Revenue Officer until the company was acquired by Google. Garrett joined Google in a Revenue Management role where he worked with a wide variety of internal teams and learned countless lessons about the inner workings of one of the most recognizable companies in the world. He is now an active startup investor and advisor, an adjunct professor at USC's Marshall School of Business, and a founding partner of Agency18 (www.agency18growth.com), where he helps companies, build, scale, and inspire sales teams.

Colin Coggins is well-known in the tech community for his unique, process-driven approach to repeatable and scalable revenue generation models, sales IQ, emotional intelligence, and technology evangelism. He has held senior leadership roles at several emerging technology companies including SVP of Sales at Bitium (acquired by Google), Mobile Roadie (acquired by Intellectsoft), Phunware, and Results.com. After Bitium was acquired by Google, Colin went on to lead the global revenue charge as Chief Revenue Officer at Chanje Energy. He now spends a majority of his time teaching, advising, investing, and helping mission-centric companies transition to revenue-forward cultures while staying true to their purpose, as a founding partner of Agency18 (www.agency18growth.com).

$10 gift card to a local restaurant will be awarded to each attendee. Attendance will be verified at the event and gift cards will be distributed after via email. Please confirm the email address where you would like to receive your gift card is the email you use to register for this event.

Attendees will be entered to win one of two $15 Hayden Sports gift cards.

This event is virtual and will be recorded.

Uncharted: Navigating to a Sustainable Future

A timely topic for these turbulent times! Creating a sustainable future demands navigating uncharted territory to address highly complex challenges and to work across silos and sectors to develop bold, effective, sustainable solutions. Best-selling author, entrepreneur, and CEO Margaret Heffernan will draw from her latest award-nominated book, Uncharted, which highlights people and organizations who aren’t paralyzed and daunted by uncertainty. Session will include Heffernan’s keynote and dialog with business leaders.

Join event: https://unh.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_T62JgT9_T467ehz1TwPyhQ

You must first apply to the Holloway Prize by March 5th. Your VSCs will be awarded when the Holloway team provides us with your name.