SEC and University of Houston Entrepreneurship Event

The SEC’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation and Fort Worth Regional Office are partnering with the University of Houston C.T. Bauer College of Business for an event focused on entrepreneurship, capital raising, and leveraging diversity, equity and inclusion. Panelists include entrepreneurs and former alumni. Register today to join.

Agenda

• Stories from Entrepreneurs: Three Sessions Presented by the SEC and Bauer College of Business

• [+]1 – 1:50 p.m. | Starting and Growing a Healthy Business: Exploring Funding Pathways

  Julie Davis of the SEC will moderate a panel with four entrepreneurs sharing how they started and grew their businesses, both with and without outside funding.

  Moderator:

  • Julie Davis, Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation

  Panelists:

  • Misti Buard, Brand Appetit
  • Mason Lucich, Insu Health Design
  • Shannette Prince, Africa on My Back
  • Alejandro Sanoja, Latinpresarios

• [+]2 – 2:50 p.m. | The GRIND pays off | From the Garage to Shark Tank and Beyond with Thomas Fields, CEO at GRIND Interactive, Inc.

  RED Labs alumnus Thomas Field of GRIND Basketball talks with the SEC’s David Peavler about his entrepreneurial journey from creating a revolutionary portable basketball shooting machine to securing venture capital support, appearing on Shark Tank, and now running a growing business.

  Moderator:

  • David Peavler, SEC Fort Worth Regional Office

  Speaker:

  • Thomas Field, GRIND Basketball

• [+]3 – 3:50 p.m. | Leveraging Houston Diversity: How Our Tech Ecosystem is Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

  Kelly McCormick from RED Labs at University of Houston will moderate a panel about how Houston’s tech ecosystem embraces diversity and uses it as an asset to grow strong businesses.

  Moderator:

  • Kelly McCormick, RED Labs, University of Houston

  Panelists:

  • Ashley Dewalt, DivInc
  • Grace Rodriguez, Impact Hub Houston
  • Denise Hamilton, WatchHerWork