MONTHLY CHANCE MEETINGS
August 1, 2022, 5 - 7 pm @The Alpine Civic Center
121 US-89, Alpine
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Sometimes all you need is the right connection and a little inspiration. Well, what are you waiting for? Find both at our free monthly networking event. You never know...
As a Teton regional nonprofit, Silicon Couloir views Alpine, WY as an essential part of our service area and community. Please join us for our very first Chance Meetings at the Alpine Civic Center on Monday, August 1st from 5-7 pm to celebrate our Alpine entrepreneurs. Hear elevator pitches from the founders of Blaze Controller, DMOS Collective, ILLA, Melvin Brewing, Mountainist, and The Worm Cowboy. Enjoy a complimentary beer from Melvin Brewing, and pursue the goods and services these ventures offer.
NEWS AND NOTES
PITCH DAY FINALIST SELECTED
Silicon Couloir’s 11th Annual Pitch Day will be held on Wednesday, October 19th from 5 - 8 PM MDT at the Center for the Arts in Jackson, WY. Pitch Day, which is free and open to the public, is a chance to be inspired by your entrepreneurial neighbors and learn about the latest up-and-coming companies in the Teton region.
It was another tough year for the selection committee. Following excellent pitches from all of our applicants, the committee winnowed it down to six finalists. Silicon Couloir is proud to announce the following diverse and compelling group of regional ventures.
Avant is a reusable packaging service for corporations and residential consumers. Avant replaces common single use packaging with assets with more durable packaging that can be reused up to 1,000 times and is priced below the cost of single use.
Beyond Efficiency is a team of progressive engineers and architects empowering people to create enduring human-centered buildings. Beyond Efficiency provides building consulting, research, program, and policy development services, which are leverages to create knowledge products to scale solutions and accelerate impact.
Naughty Fruit uses natural dehydration techniques that preserve the nutritional qualities of fresh fruit, we bring convenient, travel-ready snack.
Remo Health is a virtual care provider offering comprehensive, accessible dementia care. All in one place.
Rinord builds an intentionally designed system of high performance outdoor apparel that helps you thrive in dynamic environments all year round.
Sego Ski Co. is a ski manufacturer based in Victor, Idaho. Sego Skis offers the best in hand-made big mountain, twin tip, powder, and all-mountain skis.
JULY VISIONARY VENTURES: CHOSE THE RIGHT BUSINESS STRUCTURE
After months of hard work, you finally have a product or service tested diligently with market research and a launch plan. Now comes the time to officially register your business. State registration requires a designated structure, a decision that should be made based on the goals of the founder. Will you be a solopreneur or are there multiple partners? Are loans needed from financial institutions? Do you plan to go public someday? The answers to these and other questions can help guide you in choosing the appropriate structure. In this column we look at the most common types of for profit companies and how each influences business operations, ability to raise funds, taxation, and personal liability.
WELCOME TO NEW TRUSTEE VIJAY KARIA
A warm welcome to Vijay Karia, our newest Silicon Couloir Trustee. Thank you Vijay for your generous commitment to supporting entrepreneurship in the Teton region.
Vijay Karia is a seasoned technology executive with 15+ years of experience in data, web, mobile, software, and hardware development. He currently serves as the Chief Digital Officer for Connect America, North America’s largest provider of digital health and safety for seniors. He is responsible for leading the product roadmap, new product development and innovation efforts for the company.
Before joining Connect America, Vijay served as the Director of Technology and PMO at KGB, a private equity company that has built some of the most well-known brands in the United Kingdom and France. During Vijay’s tenure at KGB, he helped develop a growth strategy, launched new consumer products in the United States and Europe as well as constructed and managed teams to implement data infrastructure and platform architecture. While at KGB, he also managed engineering, project management, data warehousing, and global product management teams in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Switzerland and the Philippines. Prior to KGB, Vijay served as a Product Manager at the New York Stock Exchange, where he was responsible for successfully replacing critical alerting systems on the NYSE trading floor.
Before his career in technology, Vijay was a professional tennis player on the men’s ATP circuit. Vijay also holds a BSBA degree from Boston University Questrom School of Business, and has studied Computer Science at NYU.
SEGO SKI CO. JOINS TEAMS
We're pleased to welcome Sego Ski Co. into our TEAMS program. TEAMS powered by volunteer mentors, accelerate the development of entrepreneurs. Each selected venture is assigned a team of 3-5 mentors with one lead mentor. This group of mentors meets in person with the company founder for 90-minute sessions. Meetings are on an as-needed basis, are cost-free, and center on an agenda provided by the entrepreneur.
DMOS NAMED A SEMI-FINALIST IN SEMA LAUNCH PAD 2022
DMOS has been named one of fifteen semi-finalists in the 10th annual SEMA Launch Pad 2022 competition. The fifteen semifinalists were chosen from a vast array of applicants who presented impressive sales pitches, interactive demonstrations, amazing product innovations, and answered tough questions from four massively successful industry leaders serving as this year’s Launch Pad judging panel.
Each semifinalist will receive a one-year SEMA membership, and a complimentary booth in the SEMA Launch Pad Pavilion at the 2022 SEMA Show in November in Las Vegas.
Five finalists, who will be announced later this year, will advance to pitch their products live to the audience at the 2022 SEMA Show, where they will compete for a grand prize with a total value of up to $92,000.
Susan Pieper, CEO of DMOS Collective, a SEMA semi-finalist, lined up with
the other contestants.
LEARN MORE ABOUT SILICON COULOIR
HAVE NEWS TO SHARE?
As always, please feel free to send news of your company's press, events, successes, and milestones to Gary@siliconcouloir.com and we'll do our best to feature them in our newsletters!
ARE YOU A COMMUNITY CARETAKER?
Silicon Couloir strengthens our Teton regional community by empowering the entrepreneurial ecosystem. More than just business development, we believe in enriching our community character and enhancing our mountain town culture. Help us support business pioneers in the Tetons by becoming a community caretaker!
To offer your time or talent, please email us at Gary@siliconcouloir.com.