Hear from CoverMyMeds' CEO, Matt Scantland, about how their people-first culture helped them grow from start up into Ohio's biggest success story, and how their billion dollar acquisition is a launchpad for more big things for the company and its mission of helping patients. Matt will speak to these topics in a one-on-one interview with Mary Yost from Columbus CEO magazine. Matt Scantland is Co-Founder and CEO of CoverMyMeds, the nation’s largest electronic prior authorization platform.
One of the most important things a startup needs is capital to get started, accelerate growth, and to help build a sustainable business. Understanding when to raise money for your startup and whom to go to for capital is a question every entrepreneur needs to know. Hear from a diverse panel of investors across the entire spectrum of investing ranging from angel investor to private equity investor.
Anthony Reynolds
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Anthony Reynolds is the co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer for Refill, a technology start-up offering premier on-demand alcohol delivery service. In addition to direct-to-consumer deliveries, Refill is actively targeting in-seat delivery opportunities in professional and collegiate stadiums and recently signed a partnership with the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets.
Reynolds left his job at JP Morgan in early 2016 to follow his dreams of being an entrepreneur. In less than 10 months, he went from personally filling phone orders to managing a rapidly expanding start-up and having discussions with entities at the highest level of sport and commerce.
While at JP Morgan, Reynolds worked in the Asset Management Department, engaging with Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds, Investment Firms and ultra-high net worth clients. A member of the United States Air Force for six years, Reynolds was a member of the Intelligence Community where he maintained a Top Secret Defense Department Clearance and was awarded the Air Force Achievement Medal. He was deployed to Afghanistan, Qatar and Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Reynolds is a native of Columbus, Ohio and a graduate of Bishop Hartley High School where he played football and wrestled.
Christine (Chris) Shirer
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JoinMyTable Founder Chris Shirer drew on her 17-year relationships in the restaurant and hospitality space to define the JoinMyTable concept. Her digital agency, Madison + Fifth, works with several high profile Columbus, Ohio-based restaurant groups. She has assembled a dream team of senior, visionary leaders in the restaurant and payments transaction space on her advisory board and counts Cameron Mitchell, leader of the $300-million dollar Cameron Mitchell Restaurants group as a seed stage investor. Chris completed Rev1 Ventures’ Concept Academy in May 2015 and was one of forty companies in a field of 600 engaged to move forward for potential investment that year. Her development team, Catalyst Partners, is located in the Rev1 incubator.
Chris is a branding and digital marketing expert whose experience is best applied to questions around developing a brand identity, identifying and confirming target markets and managing multi-disciplinary teams (creative and development) in the product development life cycle.
Dan Charna
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Dan started his entrepreneurial career cutting grass at age 12. He worked through high school at various restaurant operations and decided to make a career out of food receiving his business degree from R.I.T. with a focus on Hospitality Management. After receiving his MBA from Ashland University, Dan bought a restaurant operation in Columbus, Ohio which, with his partners, morphed in Glory Foods, Inc., a CPG company focused on food targeted to the African American community. Upon the successful sale and transition period, Dan decided to leave Glory Foods and share his experiences with students. He excepted a position at Ohio Wesleyan University where he teaches management courses in marketing, entrepreneurship, and finance.
Emily Denholm
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JP Morgan Chase
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Lisa Brown
(Marketing Mentorship)
JP Morgan Chase
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You've got your deck firmed up--but now you need to know HOW to pitch it. Hear how CrossChx has successfully raised 4 rounds of capital and learn their tips for raising capital from inside and outside of Ohio.
We know small business owners and entrepreneurs of color encounter barriers to entry into the startup world. This panel highlights the work local organizations are doing to help startups gain access to capital, shed light on some of the challenges startups face when seeking loans and capital, and provide recommendations on how to overcome these barriers.
Fueling the discussion is a JPMorgan Chase Institute report, “Cash is King: Flows, Balances and Buffer Days”, that explores the financial lives of small business owners.
Social media can be a cost-effective, impactful way to promote your business, and you hold the key to social media success. When executed correctly, it can help grown your business and increase your visibility in the market. Learn how to harness this marketing tool to meet your growth goals and elevate your brand during this keynote presentation by one of Columbus' most well-versed social media strategists.
You may know your customer and your concept perfectly. But besides capital, what other skills, technologies or connections are needed to turn your vision to reality, and how do you find them? Listen to two companies tell their stories of finding the missing pieces to solve their biggest challenges and hear from leaders in Ohio’s entrepreneurial support network about resources you may not have thought of.
All major industries have been transformed by technology over the last 20 years….innovative technology and a new way of thinking has entered many niches of financial services over the past few years backed by billions of dollars of venture capital to help spur its own industry---FINTECH. Hear from a panel that includes a fintech entrepreneur and the CTO of the leading bank in the world to understand the opportunities in fintech for startups, traditional financial services companies, and most importantly the consumers.
IP based startups transition some of the most cutting edge research and technologies into successful companies. This panel looks at the role of IP in startups/commercialization and focuses on experiences from those that have done this and legal lessons when working with an IP-based startup.
Christine (Chris) Shirer
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JoinMyTable Founder Chris Shirer drew on her 17-year relationships in the restaurant and hospitality space to define the JoinMyTable concept. Her digital agency, Madison + Fifth, works with several high profile Columbus, Ohio-based restaurant groups. She has assembled a dream team of senior, visionary leaders in the restaurant and payments transaction space on her advisory board and counts Cameron Mitchell, leader of the $300-million dollar Cameron Mitchell Restaurants group as a seed stage investor. Chris completed Rev1 Ventures’ Concept Academy in May 2015 and was one of forty companies in a field of 600 engaged to move forward for potential investment that year. Her development team, Catalyst Partners, is located in the Rev1 incubator.
Chris is a branding and digital marketing expert whose experience is best applied to questions around developing a brand identity, identifying and confirming target markets and managing multi-disciplinary teams (creative and development) in the product development life cycle.
Anthony Reynolds
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Anthony Reynolds is the co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer for Refill, a technology start-up offering premier on-demand alcohol delivery service. In addition to direct-to-consumer deliveries, Refill is actively targeting in-seat delivery opportunities in professional and collegiate stadiums and recently signed a partnership with the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets.
Reynolds left his job at JP Morgan in early 2016 to follow his dreams of being an entrepreneur. In less than 10 months, he went from personally filling phone orders to managing a rapidly expanding start-up and having discussions with entities at the highest level of sport and commerce.
While at JP Morgan, Reynolds worked in the Asset Management Department, engaging with Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds, Investment Firms and ultra-high net worth clients. A member of the United States Air Force for six years, Reynolds was a member of the Intelligence Community where he maintained a Top Secret Defense Department Clearance and was awarded the Air Force Achievement Medal. He was deployed to Afghanistan, Qatar and Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Reynolds is a native of Columbus, Ohio and a graduate of Bishop Hartley High School where he played football and wrestled.
Dan Finkelman
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Dan is an independent consultant/investor working under the banner of Mulberry Street Partners. Dan is a senior, seasoned executive with 35 years of experience as a both a Consultant and C-Level executive with Alliance Data (NYSE:ADS), L-Brands (NYSE:LTD), Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH) and McKinsey & Company. Dan has focused his career on growth planning and execution, marketing (consumer, business-to-business, loyalty, and customer relationship management), and strategy development in the consumer, retail, and consumer financial services sectors. Dan graduated with honors in History and Economics and Phi Beta Kappa from Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa in 1977 and was graduated a Baker Scholar from the Harvard Graduate School of Business in 1981.
Dan is a member of the Board of Directors of Excell Marketing & Procurement, Headcount Corporation, Seen Digital Media, and Clarivoy. He is currently the Chair of the Board at MentorcliQ, LLC. Dan also serves on the Board of The Works - Central Ohio's Museum of History, Art, and Technology.
Tina Fisher
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Technology e-commerce entrepreneur Tina Fisher is the Co-Founder & CEO of Modalist. Modalist is an innovative multi-vendor e-marketplace for designer fashion. Thousands of designers and stores all in one place. We allow our retail partners to drive more sales. Also, Modalist shoppers love that they no longer have to browse multiple websites to find their favorite designers and the fashion they love. Shoppers can also follow their favorite designers which will allow them to receive curated product feeds based on the designers and style tastemakers they love!
Prior to launching Modalist, Fisher founded Italian Fashion ecommerce site, L’Italia and served as their CEO. L’Italia provided an invaluable course in all facets of online retail and became the genesis of the Modalist concept. Tina also serves on several non-profit boards. She is an active member of several Angel Capital Groups including OTAF, X-Squared Angels & The ACA - a collective of accredited angel investors.
Emily Denholm
(Marketing Mentorship)
JP Morgan Chase
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Lisa Brown
(Marketing Mentorship)
JP Morgan Chase
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Bryan Brzozowski
(Finance & Business Banking)
JP Morgan Chase
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Benny Samuel
(Finance & Business Banking)
JP Morgan Chase
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The startup world is full of risks. Hear from two legal experts on the daily dilemmas facing start-ups in highly regulated industries. In this peer-to-peer conversation, Liz Maag and Kevin McGill will talk about the importance of planning for and mitigating risks at their start-ups.
Startups commonly face rapid fluctuations during growth; one day you don't have enough people to do the work and the next day you have too many. Hear from Beam founder Alex Frommeyer about how his company experienced rapid growth after cutting back.
It's always a heated debate: should you outsource or bring in-house? This discussion will be just that--an active debate between two strong believers on either side of the topic of outsourcing. Learn the Pros and Cons of insourcing versus outsourcing technology development from entrepreneurs who have had to live with their decisions--and why they're so staunch in their beliefs.
People will be your most important asset. Learn how to find and recruit highly skilled and educated talent for all of your different business functions. Staff up and scale up!
Jonathan Poma, founder and CEO of Rocket Code, pulls back the curtain on the company's story of growth. After starting as "glorified freelance" in 2014, Rocket Code doubled its revenue every year since pulling in $1.2M in 2015.
Now the company aims to hire 30 new employees over a two-year period, but it hasn't come without its struggles.
Jonathan will speak about the importance of hiring (and firing), the value of focus, company culture, pitfalls avoided and not avoided, and more. Join us for this raw insight into Jonathan and Rocket Code's journey.
As your company grows, keeping the great culture that helped you succeed becomes more challenging. Hear the best practices incorporated by a large corporation and a fast-growing startup to help ensure that they kept their employees inspired, happy, and productive.
When starting a company it's important to know the laws and regulations around hiring procedures and staffing. This workshop will provide an overview of what you need to know.
Christine (Chris) Shirer
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JoinMyTable Founder Chris Shirer drew on her 17-year relationships in the restaurant and hospitality space to define the JoinMyTable concept. Her digital agency, Madison + Fifth, works with several high profile Columbus, Ohio-based restaurant groups. She has assembled a dream team of senior, visionary leaders in the restaurant and payments transaction space on her advisory board and counts Cameron Mitchell, leader of the $300-million dollar Cameron Mitchell Restaurants group as a seed stage investor. Chris completed Rev1 Ventures’ Concept Academy in May 2015 and was one of forty companies in a field of 600 engaged to move forward for potential investment that year. Her development team, Catalyst Partners, is located in the Rev1 incubator.
Chris is a branding and digital marketing expert whose experience is best applied to questions around developing a brand identity, identifying and confirming target markets and managing multi-disciplinary teams (creative and development) in the product development life cycle.
Dinesh Dhamija
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An entrepreneur, innovator, technologist, and educator with worldwide experience, Dinesh is passionate about solving complex problems and creating practical commercial solutions. His unique blend of business and technology experience, disciplined execution, creative thinking, and ability to bring people together has enabled him to take many successful technology products to market, all the way from concept to launch. He has been able to scale the success of these products by building integrations and strong partnerships with global technology corporations and their ecosystems. Dinesh’s strengths include strategy, technology, innovation, architecture, and research & development.
He was a tenured Associate Professor in Engineering & Technology at Ohio University and a researcher and consultant with companies such as Cooper Industries, IBM, Accenture, Hubbell, GM, and GE Aircraft Engines. Dinesh co-founded a company that built Configure-Price-Quote (CPQ) software, serving as its CTO, Chief Strategist, and Evangelist. He built strong partnerships with companies such as Microsoft, Oracle, Infor, and SolidWorks, growing the company to over 500 customers worldwide, leading to its acquisition by Infor in 2013. At Infor, Dinesh most recently reported directly to the CEO, spearheading innovation, architecture, integration, and driving major initiatives with customers, partners, & cross-functional teams worldwide. He led the concept-to-launch delivery of Infor’s Contract Lifecycle Management solution and actively managed a pipeline of innovative solutions in manufacturing, distribution, services, and healthcare.
Dinesh is a thought leader who has delivered many national and international presentations worldwide. He has worked with many technology companies, enterprise businesses, and investors, building trusted advisor relationships and a reputation for getting things done. He built his successes by focusing on customers and market needs, with clarity on objectives and milestones, and assembling cross-functional teams that are creative and collaborative.
Gary Cao
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Mr. Ge “Gary” Cao is a senior leader in decision analytics strategies and implementation, with more than 15 years of experience in an entrepreneurial pre-IPO start-up environment and in well-established corporations. He has founded or built decision science teams in six companies in multiple industries: retail and ecommerce, healthcare (insurance, distribution, products & services), financial services (credit card, student loan), and consumer marketing and risk analytics solutions.
Gary is the head of data and advanced analytics at Express Inc. in Columbus, Ohio. Between 2012 and 2016, he was Vice President of enterprise analytics strategy at Cardinal Health, leading an enterprise-wide data and analytics initiative by working closely with stakeholders across levels and functions. From 2007 to 2012, Gary was chief analytics officer at IXI (acquired by Equifax in 2009) in McLean, Virginia. Earlier in his career, Gary served as head of data and analytics, corporate marketing at Anthem; chief analytics officer at Collegiate Funding Services Inc. (acquired by JPMorgan Chase in 2005); and various leadership roles in predictive decision analytics modeling and customer marketing strategy at Bank of America credit card business.
Gary was an advisory board member of Direct Marketing Association’s Analytics Council (2006-2012), a co-author of “The Future of Direct Marketing” (2009), and Associate Editor of DMA Analytics Journal (2012). He was a speaker and judge on multiple events related to decision analytics function and career development at Tulane University, The Ohio State University, Miami University (Oxford, Ohio), and Peking University.
Gary is a member of the Board of Directors at “naisA Global” (http://www.naisaglobal.org/), a national non-profit organization focused on mentoring and developing new leaders in Asian American community in the U.S. Gary was recognized as one of the “Top 100 under 50” Executive Leader in 2015 by Diversity MBA Magazine.
In addition to a Master’s degree in Technology Management from University of Pennsylvania, Gary holds an MBA from Tulane University, an MA in Economics from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, and a Bachelor’s degree in International Economics from Peking University.
Tina Fisher
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Technology e-commerce entrepreneur Tina Fisher is the Co-Founder & CEO of Modalist. Modalist is an innovative multi-vendor e-marketplace for designer fashion. Thousands of designers and stores all in one place. We allow our retail partners to drive more sales. Also, Modalist shoppers love that they no longer have to browse multiple websites to find their favorite designers and the fashion they love. Shoppers can also follow their favorite designers which will allow them to receive curated product feeds based on the designers and style tastemakers they love!
Prior to launching Modalist, Fisher founded Italian Fashion ecommerce site, L’Italia and served as their CEO. L’Italia provided an invaluable course in all facets of online retail and became the genesis of the Modalist concept. Tina also serves on several non-profit boards. She is an active member of several Angel Capital Groups including OTAF, X-Squared Angels & The ACA - a collective of accredited angel investors.
