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OSU’s Craig Watters Delivers Entrepreneurship in a Backpack
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Craig Watters circles the globe. His journey may take him to Pakistan or India before he stops to form rings in Africa. Along the way, the Director of Oklahoma State University’s new Riata Institute for Global Social Entrepreneurship connects individuals to technologies uniquely suited to their communities and cultures. “I like what I do because it gets to the heart of what I think entrepreneurship should be,” he says. The rings in Africa are an ideal example of that connection.
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Presented by Insperity
May 8th, 2019
Oklahoma History Center
Honoring Chickasaw Nation
Keynote Speaker
Piyush Patel |
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Thank you to our dessert sponsor.
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What have you missed at OVF?
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Short Presentation
Ben Schwarz
Goggle Auctions
Founder, CEO
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Goggle Auctions is a virtual reality application hosting live, weekly auto auctions empowering car dealerships and other wholesale used vehicle purchasers to purchase pre-owned vehicles from the convenience of their own office through an intelligent, immersive, and engaging live auction experience in a VR headset.
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OVF NMember Highlight
Ryan Cargill
i2E, Inc.
Vice President of Business Development
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Ryan Cargill is vice president of business development for i2E, a venture capital fund that provides growth capital to earl-stage companies in Oklahoma. Over the past year i2E has raised more than $10 million for early-stage companies in Oklahoma through a combination of deal specific co-investment and a new privately managed venture fund. Ryan’s role is to manage all investor related efforts including fundraising and the creation of new strategic partnerships.
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Chairman's Perspective
Brad Rickelman
Meridian Technology Center
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What a pleasure to have our Lt. Governor Matt Pinnell speak to the Oklahoma Venture Forum in March. While we are focused day in and out improving the ecosystem for entrepreneurs in Oklahoma, it is heartening to have our government’s highest positions filled with entrepreneurs. I also appreciate your taking the time to complete our survey for the forum.
Hopefully, I was not conspicuous in my absence. I was awarded a fellowship to travel to Thailand by the US Department of State. We were working on improving entrepreneurship education in their vocational college business incubators (much like I work within the Oklahoma Department of CareerTech).
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OVF 2018-2019 Events Calendar
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Speaker Series Lunches
April 10, 2019
Chairman's Award for Economic Impact Presented by Insperity
May 8th, 2019
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OVF After Hours
April 4th - Project 3810
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