Erika Feinberg40 Under 40Erika@ApexOutcomes.comApexOutcomes - Chief Marketing & Operations OfficerLetsDoThis@ASU.eduASU - Entrepreneur in Residence

East Coast: CT Public & Private School Salutatorian, then Boston University Served top brands in the tech and media industries, then dominated healthcare Built and successfully sold 3 companies Software, Digital Mktg, High-End Consulting, Healthcare, Branding, Partnerships Generated over $90 million in revenue, and built the largest DME multi-channel

merchant business in the country(Designed and Drove - Retail, eCommerce, Edu/CE/Events, Publishing, Device Distribution, SCM)

Acquired by, and worked inside a venture capital company Co-founded what’s now a large, worldwide, venture philanthropy non-profit

Patrick ArmstrongPartner, Canal PartnersDirector, Kita FoundationPatrick@CanalPartners.com

Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from University of Colorado, Boulder

Executive Education Venture Capital Certificate, U of California at Berkeley

Founded and operated Armstrong IT Services

Served Healthcare, Digital Media, Accounting and Educational Organizations

Director for the Kita Foundation and his own Armstrong Family Foundation

Very actively involved in, and on Board of Social Venture Partners, AZ non-profit

Also On The Board of SEEDS SPOT-An Incubator/Accelerator for Social Enterprises

Charlie LewisVice President, Venture DevelopmentASU, Arizona Technology Enterprises (AzTE)CLewis@azte.com

Graduated from ASU, Computer Information Systems (CIS) Founding Partner of Midas Computers in 1984

(This software tool for small retail businesses was acquired by POS Systems in 1993) General Partner for 2 AZ venture capital funds: Arris Ventures and Paradise’94 25 Years’ experience in private equity and entrepreneurial experience For 12 Years, has managed the creation and growth of more than 80 ASU spin-out

companies; 8 of which have been acquired, merged or became publicly traded Through 2015, Raised over %500 million in venture capital investment for ASU startups

and sub licensees

Vivek Kopparthi35 Under 35Co-Founder and CEO, NeoLight, LLCwww.TheNeolight.comVivek@TheNeolight.com

ASU, B.S. Electronics Engineer and Master of Science in Management

CEO and Co-Founder of Neolight, Student-Founded Venture

Neolight has won multiple awards and grants

Neolight has committed corporate partnerships that represent market validation and strategic investment

Many years’ experience in leadership positions in large companies, cutting edge research experience, as well as consulting for global corporations

Auditing, Electronics, R&D, Telecommunications, Quality

What Is Entrepreneurship?

1. Helping a person understand themselves

2. Developing Ideation Skills

3. Making Information/Edu Relevant

4. Developing Decision Making Skills

5. Developing Interpersonal/Collaboration Skills

6. Developing Articulation/Influence Skills

7. Teaching How To Develop & Build a Business

PURPOSE-Based EducationConnecting Your Super Hero Powers to the Workforce

Connecting Your Community with the School

P = Personalized and Purposeful

U = Unified and Utilitarian

R = Reality and Results Oriented

P = Practical and Project Oriented

O = Outcomes and Occupation Oriented

S = Satisfaction and Solution Oriented

E = Engaging and Educational

P = Personalized and Purposeful

• Who are you and what comes easy to you?

• What is important to you in life?Professional passion AND what you want your life to look like!

• Perfect your self-pitch – What value do you bring?

“I help invigorate mid-market businesses to next levels of success.” “I specialize in purposing resources for more optimum & streamlined success.”“I help highly motivated students to become as successful as possible.”

U = Unified and Utilitarian

• Corporate projects mix departments

• Corporate projects mix disciplines

• Collaboration skills are exercised

• Actual corporate needs are met

• What’s out there comes clear

R = Reality and Results Oriented

• Students and staff get engrossed/fully engaged

• Makes results/data real and interesting

• Builds skills and confidence

• How I can impact and…

• Why it’s relevant comes clear

P = Practical and Project Oriented

• Teachers and students master project management skills

• Involves priority setting and decision making

• Builds technology skills

• Shifts paradigm and creates a sense of corporate responsibility

O = Outcomes and Occupation Oriented

• Tough enough to choose a general occupation

• Helps students hone in on specific roles/contribution

• Actively try and experience roles within

• Sometimes possibly create new roles?

• 360 feedback opportunity

S = Satisfaction and Solution Oriented

• It’s okay if they hate it

• They have ability to explore

• Learn how to suck it up, fail, pivot

• Mastering of exploration and results skills for everyone involved - ACCOUNTABILITY

E = Engaging and Educational

• Everyone involved digs-in and learns

• Mentorship becomes mutual

• Closes gap between old and new (Ideas and People)

• Creates natural flow into best workforce match –> EDU = Facilitator

TACTICS REQUIRED = TRAIN THE TRAINERS

• Community mentors, teachers, corporate managers and staff get trained by PURPOSE experts

• Measures for success become a collaboration and fosters continuous improvement

• Articulations, project management and accountability improve on all fronts

• Productivity and happiness increases for all stakeholders involved, and then the world…

• Innovations can even get strategic investment: Everyone Wins!