Please register by 8 pm, Thu June 11. By 9 pm, we’ll send you a link to access LIVESTREAM. Excel can perform so many analytical tasks such as determining mode to median to mean, organizing data through pivot tables or VLOOKUPs, and displaying results in bar or line charts. Excel, though, can do so much more -- including robust segmenting approaches. In this talk, Dr. Michael Levin will describe a few of these segmenting approaches
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Please register by 8 pm, Thu June 18. By 9 pm, we’ll send you a link to access LIVESTREAM. When you learn to anticipate and cooperate with the stages of your life, leadership, and business, you'll never get stuck in a valley or dip longer than necessary. This event is designed especially for ambitious professionals determined to get the most our of their potential to lead and succeed! Chris McAlister is a speaker, author and
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Please register by 8 pm, Thu June 25. By 9 pm, we’ll send you a link to access LIVESTREAM.   Today, it’s not enough for companies to just make good products or have the best service. They must stand for something. People support brands who share their values. More often than not, those values include environmental sustainability. But in a world where everything is “green,” “eco,” and “earth-friendly,” how do companies stand out? Brands can't
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Register by 9 pm Tue July 7.  At 10 pm, we’ll send you a link to access the LIVESTREAM. A diverse business is defined multiple ways. If you are a member of a minority or economically disadvantaged group  -- or you're a woman, an LGBTQ-identifying individual, or a veteran -- you may be eligible to obtain a diversity classification for your business. We invite you to join attorney Jasmin Hurley, as she walks through the
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Please register by 9 pm, Thu July 16. At about 10 pm, we’ll send you a link to access the LIVESTREAM. Lisa Messner and Ann Martin have seen it all when it comes to financial statements of early stage companies. In this TIGER Talk, they will review the Top 10 “Ut-Ohs!” they find when reviewing Balance Sheets and Income Statements. They will walk you through what to do, steps to avoid pitfalls, and give some
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Angel investing can be ideal for many startups looking for funding and a champion. Join John Huston, a founding member of Ohio TechAngel Funds (OTAF), and Parker MacDonell, Managing Director of Ohio TechAngel Funds for a discussion about one of the largest angel groups in the U.S. OTAF invests in highly promising, Ohio-based companies in IT, advanced materials, and life sciences. More than 300 high net worth, accredited investors have joined one or more of
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Please register by 9 pm, Tue July 21. By 10 pm, we’ll send you a link to access LIVESTREAM. In this TIGER Talk, you'll hear from three speakers pursuing different, yet connected career paths. During this talk we will learn about the approach Michael Redd has taken to venture investing and how he's been making a difference in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.  We'll learn how Danny Ortiz has channeled his drive and passion is
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Please register by 9 pm, Thu July 23. By 10 pm, we’ll send you a link to access LIVESTREAM. In this TIGER Talk, our presenter Ryan Frederick will touch on three sections of his new book, The Founder’s Manual: A Guidebook for Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur. These are: Founder FLOW, Product FLOW, and Startup FLOW.  Ryan will cover some counter-intuitive principles that can help every entrepreneur and increase their odds of success. Ryan Frederick is
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Please register by 9 pm, Tue July 28. By 10 pm, we’ll send you a link to access LIVESTREAM. In this TIGER Talk, our presenter Graham Allison will take the mystery out of Opportunity Zones and show you how to unlock the benefits as you learn about in this once-in-a-generation tax incentive. Graham will cover the basics and then drill down to help you determine how you can use this instrument to create wealth and
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Please register by 9 pm, Thu July 30. By 10 pm, we’ll send you a link to access LIVESTREAM. Whether we use Excel, Google Sheets, PowerPoint, Google Data Studio, Tableau, R, some other platform, or (most likely) some combination of platforms, at the end of the day, in business, a core mechanism we use for communicating with our stakeholders is data visualization. The difference between an excellent visualization and a mediocre one can easily be
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Please register by 9 pm, Thu Aug 13. By 10 pm, we’ll send you a link to access LIVESTREAM. Every business should aspire to tie its work back to revenue influenced by marketing activities. This can be easier to do for some activities vs. others.  In this session, you will learn how to associate most of your marketing efforts with revenue. For businesses with limited resources, directly measuring the success of marketing campaigns is critical.
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Please register by 9 pm, Tue Aug 25. By 10 pm, we’ll send you a link to access LIVESTREAM. In 2020, many of our old ways of doing business suddenly no longer work. As business leaders, our options are to adapt and grow -or- to just accept business losses as inevitable and give in to the challenges created by our COVID-19 world. Even when we're faced with life-changing health and safety restrictions that affect both
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Please register by 9 pm, Thu Aug 27. By 10 pm, we’ll send you a link to access LIVESTREAM. In 2019, $9.5 Billion in economic impact was generated in the state of Georgia by the film and television industry.  And, that created Billions more downstream in positive cash-flow for the state economy overall. So, why can't Ohio can build its own film industry and turn Columbus into the Hollywood of the Midwest?  Building Ohio's creative
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