9:00 AM: Pitching Your Solution with Stefan Opsal, Sultan Ventures

This workshop is designed to help you to craft a pitch that sells your idea.

Stefan Opsal is a mentor, entrepreneur, and innovator who is passionate about building startup and technology ecosystems. He is the Director of Cloud Honolulu, an XLR8HI Team member, Venture Analyst at Sultan Ventures,  and part of the Leadership Team of Startup Grind. Originally from the state of Oregon, Stefan moved to Honolulu to study Economics at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where he graduated with honors as a member of Pi Gamma Mu. While completing his degree, Stefan served as the Team Manager for the University’s Track & Field team.

10: 00 AM: Adding Business Value to Your Solution – Hawaii Information Consortium

This introduction to adding business value is meant to help evaluate your ideas from your potential client’s perspective. Does your solution save money, increase revenues have a quick Return on Investment (ROI). Good answers to these questions, help you to get your solution implemented.

Over the past 20 years, Hawaii Information Consortium (HIC) has built more than 160 digital government services on behalf of our state, local, and federal agencies. We work with the agencies to build scalable solutions that meet all of their specific needs. Our projects often involve bringing paper forms and paperwork processes online, streamlining the workflow, and accepting online payments.

See Image for suggested parking locations – there will be no validation for participants. Some of these have flat rates for Saturday. Parking at Aloha Tower Marketplace can get expensive so please park accordingly.