Show me the Money Conference + Funding Expo 2018 | Show Me the Money Conference | 9 October 2017 | Hickory, NC, 625 7th Ave NE, Hickory, NC 28601, USA

A RARE CONVERGENCE OF FUNDING PROVIDERS + EXPERTS IN ASHEVILLE
The Show Me the Money 2017 Conference + Funding Expo is a two-day event providing access to the most innovative tools, training, and connections needed to secure funding for businesses, non-profits, or community development projects.

ATTEND BREAKOUT SESSIONS AROUND OUR 5 TRACK TOPICS
• Start-Up Business
• Business Expansions
• Investor Ready
• Non-Profit Organizations
• Cluster Focus

2017 Speakers

Sandra Dennison
Organization: SBTDC
Position: Regional Director
Track: Track A: Start-Up Funding

Russ Seagle
Organization: Sequoyah Fund
Position: Executive Director
Track: Track D: Non-Profit Organizations

Christopher Murrey
Organization: Mountain Bizworks
Position: Chief Credit Officer
Track: Track B: Business Expan

Josh Dorfman
Organization: Venture Asheville & Asheville Angels
Position: Director of Entrepreneurship
Track: Investor Ready

Pat Latta
Organization: ACT Advisors
Position: Associate Wealth Advisor
Track: Track A: Start-Up Fundin

Ryan Coffield
Organization: Van Winkle Law Firm
Position: Attorney
Track: Track A: Start-Up Funding

Jeff Staudinger
Organization: City of Asheville
Position: Community Development Director
Track: Track D: Non-Profit Organizations

Todd Alston
Organization: SBTDC
Position: Business Counselor
Track: Track B: Business Expansions

Tonya Snider
Organization: Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Position: Business Development Officer
Track: Track B: Business E

Ryan Moody
Organization: SunTrust Bank
Position: First Vice President, Commercial Banking
Track: Track A: Start-Up Funding

Stephen Poland
Organization: 1x1 Media, A-B Tech Community College
Position: Director, Embedded Entrepreneur
Track: Track

Janelle Wienke
Organization: Asheville Area Arts Council
Position: Grants Manager
Track: Track D: Non-Profit Organizatio

Chris Reedy
Organization: NC BioNetwork
Position: Director, Industry Training for Food, Beverages and Natural Products
Track: Track E: Cluster Focus

Pam Hysong
Organization: USDA
Position: Area Director

Megan Robinson
Organization: The Collider
Position: Executive Director
Track: Track E: Cluster Focus

Dr. David Jones
Organization: Lenoir Rhyne University
Position: Chair of Charles M. Snipes School of Business and Economics
Track: Track B: Business Expansions

Jennifer Pickering
Organization: LEAF
Position: Founder and Executive Director
Track: Track D: Non-Profit Organization

Dr. Susan Clark Muntean
Organization: UNC-Asheville
Position: Entrepreneurship Professor
Track: Track A: Start-Up Businesses

Timothy Montgomery
Organization: Redwood Valuation Partners
Position: Director, CFA
Track: Track C: Investor Ready

Mark Goldstein
Organization: Communication Mark
Position: President and CEO
Track: Track D: Non-Profit Organizations

Dr. Arthur Salido
Organization: Western Carolina University
Position: Executive Director
Track: Track E: Cluster Focus

Thom Ruhe
Organization: NC IDEA
Position: CEO
Track: Keynote

Jack Studer
Organization:Chattanooga Renaissance Fund
Position: Co-Founder
Track: Track C: Investor Ready

Dr. Jonathan Snover
Organization: NC Biotechnology Center
Position: Executive Director of Western NC
Track: Track E: Cluster Focus

Keynote: Josh Jacobson
Organization: Next Stage Consulting
Position: Managing Director
Track: Keynote

Rebecca Crandall
Organization: McGuire, Wood and Bissette
Position: Attorney
Track: Track C: Investor Ready

Lacy Cross
Organization: Entegra Bank
Position: Commercial Banker
Track: Track A: Start-Up Funding

Tom Mock
Organization: Asheville SCORE
Position: Chairman
Track: Track A: Start-Up Businesses

Ron Elmore
Organization: SBTDC
Position: Business Counselor
Track: Track C: Investor Ready

Mark Sorrells
Organization: GoldenLEAF Foundation
Position: Senior Vice President
Track: Track D: Non-Profit Organizations

Charlie Jackson
Organization: Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project
Position: Executive Director
Track: Track D: Non-Profit Organizations

Angie Chandler
Organization: Blue Ridge National Heritage Area
Position: Executive Director
Track: Track D: Non-Profit Organizations

Jeanne Milliken Bonds
Organization: Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Position: Regional Community Development and Community Engagement Team Leader
Track: Track B: Business Expansions

Tyler Garrison
Organization: Regeneration Station
Position: Owner
Track: Track B: Business Expansions

Carol Peppe Hewitt
Organization: Slow Money NC
Position: Co-Founder
Track: Track E: Cluster Focus

Hunter Goossmann
Organization: ERC Broadband
Position: Executive Director and CEO
Track: Track E: Cluster Focus

Bruce Roberts
Organization: CFG Investment Bank
Position: Founder and CEO
Track: Track C: Investor Ready

Tom Ryan
Organization: Supportedly.com and Start100 Fund
Position: CEO and General Partner
Track: Track B: Business Expansions

Ryan Jaskot
Organization: Mountain BizWorks
Position: Small Business Lender
Track: Track A: Start-Up Businesses

Kelly Foster
Organization: Mountain Bizworks
Position: Small Business Lender
Track: Track A: Start-Up Funding

Emily Breedlove
Organization: Innovative Economies
Position: Co-Founder
Track: Track E: Cluster Focus

Smithson Mills
Organization: Blue Ridge Food Ventures
Position: Executive Director
Track: Track E: Cluster Focus

Dr. Lisa Fournier
Organization: Lenoir-Rhyne University
Position: Director, Social Entrepreneurship and Non-Profit Management
Track: Track A: Start-Up Businesses

Oby Morgan
Organization: Capital at Play magazine
Position: Publisher/Founder
Track: Track A: Start-Up Funding

Patrick Doran
Organization: Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Position: Vice President of Business Development
Track: Track E: Cluster Focus

Jeffrey Scott
Organization: Silicon Hollar, Start-Up High Country
Position: Co-Founder
Track: Track E: Cluster Focus

Bruce Arrington
Organization: Carolina Farm Credit
Position: Commercial Agriculture Loan Officer
Track: Track E: Cluster Focus

Nathan Ramsey
Organization: Land of Sky Regional Council
Position: Mountain Area Business Development Board Director
Track: Track E: Cluster Focus

Katie Crumpler
Organization: NC Community Foundation
Position: Western Regional Director
Track: Track D: Non-Profit Organizations

Julia Blankenship
Organization: Bank of America
Position: Senior Business Relationship Manager
Track: Track B: Business Expansions

Michael Palermo
Organization: Palermo Law
Position: Owner, Attorney
Track: Track B: Business Expansions

Jane Hatley,
Organization: Self Help Credit Unions
Position: WNC Regional Director
Track: Track A: Start-Up Funding

Andrew Crosson
Organization: Rural Support Partners
Position: Director of Regional Initiatives
Track: Track D: Non-Profit Organizations

Jill Sparks
Organization: A-B Tech Community College
Position: Executive Director of Small Business Center & Incubator
Track: Track A: Start-Up Funding

Emily Edmonds
Organization: NCSU Center for Environmental Farming Systems
Position: NC Growing Together Project Extension & Outreach Program Manager
Track: Track E: Cluster Focu

Tommy Dennison
Organization: PNC Bank
Position: Business Development Officer
Track: Track B: Business Expansions

2017 Sponsors

• Capital at Play
• Real Entrepreneuership
• North Carolina Biotechnology Center
• PNC / CFO
• Western Carolina University
• 1x1 Media
• The Collider
• Mountain Bizworks
• Score Ashville
• Slowmoney, NC
• Self-Help Credit Union
• Federal Reserved Bank of Richmond
• Asheville Angels
• Copmtroller of the Curreny
• FDIC
• Chattanooha
• Workforce
• Leaf Community Arts
• Van Winkle Law Firm
• Entegra Bank
• Suntrust
• Asheville Area Arts Council
• Palermo Law Firm
• Western Women's Business Center
• Mcguire Woodd & Bissette Law Firm
• ScaleUp WNC
• Venture Asheville
• Bank of America
• Communication Mark
• SBIR STTR
• Sequoyah Fund
• Golden Leaf Foundation
• North Carolina Community Foundation
• SBTDC
• Next Stage Consulting
• The Rural Center
• Land of Sky
• NCWorks Commission
• NC Economic Development Partnership
• CFG Investment Banking
• Blue Ridge Food Ventures
• Center for Graduate Studies of Ashville
• ABTech Community College
• CEFS
• ERC
• Small Town Ventures
• BlueRidge
• Carolina Small Business
• Silicon Hollar
• Cherokee
• Farm Credit Carolina
• Redwood Valuation partners
• StartUp High Country
• Talent jam
• PNC Bank