April 28, 2008. NoCoEntre.Net Inaugural Meetup

The first NoCoEntre.Net Meetup

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Introductions of all 45 attendees
-What's your passion?
-What could you contribute to the group?
-What would you like to gain from being part of the group?

Presenters:

(email address ommitted to prevent spamming--members of this meetup can contact the speaker directly using the links in the Members list; other can forward requests to contact via the Meetup organizers)

Gailmarie Kimmel, Director
Local Living Economy (LLE) Project
970.692.1443
www.BeLocalNC.org

Gailmarie presented a vision for the local economy by development of local businesses. She offered successful models in other communities and pointed to resources for conceiving strategies for implementation. She suggested that developments within the community like the Univercity Program will enable and leverage local development concepts. She recognized the importance of NoCoEntre.Net, the meetup and the role of local entrepreurs and asked all for help in successful implementation of economic development.


Amanda Renzi
Founder, Steppe-by-Steppe
www.steppe-by-steppe.com
720-284-8158

Amand presented the conceptual outline of a seed germination product. She showed a need, advantages, and follow-on possibilities. She asked for help with proof of concept and prototype development.


Kevin Buecher-Executive Director, Old Town Art Wall Community
Owner, Power On
970.405.8654

Serial entrepreneur Kevin Buecher presented on building a national business coaching franchise focusing on the power of holistic branding and the Triple Bottom Line. In moving forward he is hosting a large community art project and learning from the area's best minds. He is looking for experts in business coaching, branding and theTriple Bottom Line.


Joe Pawelski
Aerodye Energy

Small-scale, distributed butanol biofuel production using agricultural biomass. A combination of microbes carries out multiple biochemical conversions in a single reaction vessel.
He is looking for R&D support.


30 minutes of networking concluded the meeting.

Next meeting: Second NoCoEntre.Net Meetup