Columbus

March 31 - April 2, 2017

CCAD MindMarket

Events / Columbus 2017

Overview

110+

participants at the event

60+

new ideas pitched

14

teams presented

92%

of participants surveyed rated event support, check-ins and mentorship as effective

100%

of participants surveyed rated their overall experience as “Good” (23%), “Great” (54%) or “Changed My Life” (23%) – with 0% indicating it was “Not Good”, or even “Okay”

100%

of teams received post-event resources (including marketing, law, accounting, software)


Schedule

Friday - March 31

5:00pm
Doors Open
5:30pm
Dinner & networking (don't miss this!)
6:00pm
Friday night begins! We'll cover everything you need to know, let you pitch, vote on top ideas & form teams for the weekend
10:30pm
Wrap up!
10:45pm
Facilities close

Saturday - April 1

9:00am
Doors open & breakfast to start the day!
11:00am
Morning business/mentors arrive
12:45pm
Community updates - circle up and discuss progress
1:00pm
Lunch
3:00pm
Afternoon Mentors arrive
6:00pm
Dinner sponsored by Rev1
10:30pm
Wrap up!
10:45pm
Facilities close

Sunday - April 2

9:00am
Doors open + breakfast to start the day
10:00am
Business/mentors arrive + community updates
12:00pm
Lunch
1:30pm
Pitch practice
3:00pm
Presentation tech check
4:00pm
Dinner
4:45pm
MindMarket Closes/Move to Canzani Auditorium
5:00pm
Community arrives at Canzani + final presentations
8:00pm
Judging and awards
8:30pm
Wrap up and celebrate
8:45pm
Facilities close

Judges

Jen Bowden

Director of Social Impact, IGS

Jen Bowden is the Director of Social Impact for the IGS Family of Companies, where she works to carry forward the company’s purpose of building a meaningful energy future together. In this role, she’s responsible for investments into the communities where IGS does business including philanthropic investments, volunteerism, sustainability and diversity, equity and inclusion. Additionally, she has ... Read More »

Tony Wells

The Tony R. Wells Foundation

Check back soon for more about Tony.  

Jerry Dannemiller

VP, Strategic Communications and Marketing, United Way of Central Ohio

Jerry Dannemiller is United Way of Central Ohio’s Vice President of Strategic Communications and Marketing. In his role, Jerry leads a team committed to raising awareness and engagement year-round through campaigns and events focused on United Way’s work of improving lives, strengthening our community, and helping people build pathways out of poverty. Prior to his joining United Way of Central ... Read More »

Mentors

Doug Ulman

President / CEO at Pelotonia

In his role as president and chief executive officer, Doug Ulman oversees the strategic vision and direction of Pelotonia and also serves as an advisor to The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute. Doug is a three-time cancer survivor and globally recognized cancer advocate. After overcoming chondrosarcoma during his sophomore ... Read More »

Leah McDougald

Design Research & Strategy

A Design Strategist with a focus on experience research. Ten years of gathering and translating consumer insights to improve human and design interaction on both emotional and functional levels. Leah provides the voice of the user within the innovation process to promote positive interactions where people live, work and play. She helps key stakeholders to achieve alignment for successful business strategies ... Read More »

Calvin Cooper

Associate, NCT Ventures

Calvin is an associate on the NCT Ventures investment team and focuses on identifying and evaluating new investment opportunities. He specializes in raising capital, market research and intelligence, due diligence, and portfolio management. Prior to joining the NCT family, Calvin served in an executive role at OMSDC where he conducted the merger due diligence and integration of two regional organizations. ... Read More »

Mackenzie King

Director of Design Research and Insight Translation, Lextant

Mackenzie believes in customer led innovation and has worked with clients across industries to help them integrate their customers' voices in their innovation process from the fuzzy front end of a business challenge to co-creating a design strategy or business model, to iteration and implementation. She has engaged physicians to design smart devices that integrate into complex hospital informatics ... Read More »

David Ciccone

Sr. Assistant Vice President Community Impact, United Way of Central Ohio

David Ciccone is a Sr. Assistant Vice President of Community Impact at United Way of Central Ohio. Mr. Ciccone facilitates planning and process to guide the structure and role of Community Impact investment as part of UWCO's strategic organizational framework. He manages cross functional projects and activities designed to support UWCO's work related to poverty reduction. This includes facilitating ... Read More »

Joe DeLoss

Social Entrepreneur, Chicken Fryer

Joe, who also founded FreshBox, now serves as Founder and Head Fryer at Hot Chicken Takeover. HTC provides second-chance employment and skills training while teaching adventurous Columbus residents a thing or two about spicy chicken.

Ida Abdalkhani

Founder, Ability to Engage

Ida is the Founder & Chief Catalyzer of Ability to Engage, Inc. Ability to Engage helps brands develop marketing communications, product ideas, brand strategies (brand personality, equity, and architecture), and consumer segmentations. The A2E team also develops and facilitates innovation sessions, strategic meetings, and team effectiveness workshops. Clients include start-up companies, international ... Read More »

Casey Borders

Java Instructor, TechElevator

Casey is currently a Java instructor at TechElevator in Columbus. He has been a professional developer for over 10 years but his love of technology goes all the way back to his father teaching him QBasic at 9 years old. Throughout his career he's had the opportunity to work in a wide variety of environments from a 10 person start-up to a Fortune 25 company and everything in between. Most recently he ... Read More »

Ryan Frederick

Principal, AWH & Director, Startup Grind Columbus & Director, i.c.Stars

Ryan Frederick has had the privilege of being part of several startups and growth companies. He has helped companies grow from inception, to viability, through to sustainability. During the evolution of these companies, Ryan as served on company boards and been instrumental in capitalization activities. He has also helped companies to expand to international markets. Ryan brings a unique blend of business ... Read More »

Dan Rockwell

Big Kitty Labs

Dan Rockwell is the cofounder of Big Kitty Labs (BKL), a digital software agency in Columbus Ohio. With over 20 years experience building and shaping technology solutions Dan is an avid futurist, strategy and ideation technology specialist. His clients include fortune 500 companies such as PG, to Honda and has helped build numerous startups in the central ohio region. Known for his passion for hustle, ... Read More »

Kwame Christian

Negotiation Coach & Consultant | Lawyer | Podcaster

Kwame a corporate attorney with a passion for using negotiation and the psychology of persuasion to help clients get the best deals possible. His TEDx Talk, Finding Confidence in Conflict, was viewed over 24,000 times in 24 hours and I also host the top negotiation podcast in the country, Negotiate Anything. The show has been downloaded over 270,000 times and is a resource for business professionals ... Read More »

Jay Clouse

Founder, Unreal Collective

Jay is a writer and entrepreneur from Columbus, Ohio. Jay fell in love with building products through his first software startup, Tixers, which was acquired in 2015. After a stint in product management at a venture-backed healthcare startup, Jay founded Unreal Collective in 2017 to combine his interests in product and community building. Unreal Collective is an online accelerator for founders ... Read More »

Alex Purtell

Accelerator Director, Lumos

Alex is a 4-time startup founder and Accelerator Director at the Lumos Accelerator, a Columbus based startup accelerator, where he is in charge of finding, funding and creating a support network for early-stage founders. He has worked as the resident growth hacker and consultant for over 80 startups and is also the head of growth and marketing at Rekovo.com - a SAAS for physical therapists that decreases ... Read More »

Kevin Mack

UI Designer/Developer, User Experience at Cardinal Solutions, Co-Organizer & Co-Founder of Columbus Web Group

Kevin Mack is a developer, designer, and consultant that is focused on creating user interfaces and user experiences for large-scaling websites. Kevin is also a co-founder and co-organizer of The Columbus Web Group where he actively participates in growing and educating the community around design, development, best practices and standards for the web. You can find him on Twitter (@nicetransition), YouTube, CodePen, ... Read More »

Emily Savors

Director of Grants Management, The Columbus Foundation

Since 1991, Emily has assisted the Foundation in carrying out its services to donors and supporting organizations, nonprofit organizations, and the community at-large. She has served as a catalyst in addressing community needs by researching, reviewing, and spearheading projects for funding consideration, and developing funding partnerships for special initiatives. Prior to joining the Foundation, ... Read More »

Justin Foley

Owner, Modern Web

Justin is a serial entrepreneur and software developer. His work ranges from large corporate software (Epic Systems), to university work at the University of Dayton where he earned his masters, to serving as the CTO of an energy reduction startup. After his experience working in the startup world he formed his own consultancy and began picking up work with startups and corporate clients in addition ... Read More »


Event Sponsors


Organizers

The ebullient Suzy Bureau (as she was referred to in TechCrunch) is dedicated to building impactful communities & products. Suzy is the Founder of GiveBackHack, an organization that helps bridge the gap between tech & social impact communities through the integration of Lean Startup/Design Thinking. GiveBackHack comes to life via a volunteer-based team of 50+ and has helped vet over 100 social ... Read More »

Louisa Lee is a Venture for America fellow and a recovering Art History major from Williams College. She has a background in startups and the non-profit space, which naturally evolved into a passion for social enterprise. She jumped onto the GiveBackHack organizing team in early 2015 and is excited to help it expand its impact across the country. She currently works on the New Products team at CoverMyMeds, ... Read More »

Edward is a designer who loves print as much as the digital world. He geeks out on maps, old posters & ephemera, typography, and behavior psychology. His curiosity and love for travel has taken him around the world, but somehow, he could not resist returning to his roots in Columbus. He's an active IxDA member and currently works at Fuse by Cardinal Health as a UX Designer.

Heidi loves building relationships with people and looks forward to the amazing things that can be accomplished by taking what’s "Good" and making it "Great!" She currently works as a senior SEO specialist for DSW, but also owns her own business managing digital marketing strategies for small businesses. She has worked in the digital marketing field for 7+ years.

Jim is a full-stack web and mobile software developer. Jim currently works at one of the fastest growing healthcare IT companies – CoverMyMeds. Prior to that, Jim worked at Ohio State to help bring the official mobile app for Ohio State students into reality. He is passionate about changing the world for better and always loves to learn from those around him.

Brian is a developer and tester that has moved over to managing a full-blown testing team for CoverMyMeds, one of the fastest growing healthcare IT companies. Brian brings his attention to detail to everything he does – whether organizing events or testing software. Beyond GiveBackHack, Brian is Captain for the CoverMyMeds Peloton (where he biked over 100 miles! - pfew!) – leading a team that raised ... Read More »

Alfred triumphantly frolics through life as a sophisticated charmer, performing two primary tasks: entertaining people and helping them find their passion and make their difference. Outside of his job in Fraud Strategy Analytics for Chase, Alfred fears and avoids technology and is using GiveBackHack as a method of exposure therapy. Alfred enjoys food, sports, and all things Columbus – particularly ... Read More »

In the venn diagram of web design, social enterprise, and donuts - Eileen sits smack dab in the middle. She first stumbled across GiveBackHack in 2015. She went on co-found Billion- a tournament-style crowdfunding platform for global movements, and took home first place and $4,000. After building her startup for 2 years, which resulted in raising $15,000+ through Billion to give back to local social ... Read More »

A junior at the Ohio State University, Mike is studying Accounting at the Fisher College of Business. Passionate about social enterprise, he has spent most of college investigating the social needs of Columbus communities, from volunteering at nonprofits to working on the frontiers of startups. With the student organization Alleviating Poverty through Entrepreneurship, Mike acts as internal director, ... Read More »

This spunky teen dropped out of college to launch the social enterprise, Aunt Flow. A buy-one, give-one subscription box for 100% cotton tampons and pads, the company is committed to ensuring that all humans have access to menstrual products. When not talking about menstruation, Claire is jamming out to Macklemore, teaching aerobics classes, and doodling boobs.

Mike is a software developer currently working as a UX/Front-end Engineer at Finite State, a stealth-mode IoT security company based out of Columbus, Ohio.   Outside of work, Mike spends much of his time helping to organize and grow GiveBackHack. He is passionate about the organization as he believes social enterprise provides the most solid, sustainable foundation for social change.

At different points in her life, Lauren has tried her hand at being an elementary school teacher, a graphic designer, a screenwriter, and an entrepreneur. These days, she runs her own startup-focused marketing agency while pursuing her MBA at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business. In her downtime, Lauren is the Marketing Lead for CMU's Hyperloop Team, a Columbus Startup Weekend organizer, ... Read More »

Clayton is an artist who went to business school at The Ohio State University. After living in England and California, Clayton co-founded a design and stationery brand called Little City Love, which has sent cards to more than 40 countries around the world. He's passionate about working on meaningful and important problems -- where solutions can be found at the intersection of design, strategy, and ... Read More »


Teams

Ears On
We provide a way to help disenfranchised individuals and there families in getting affordable hearing aids for them and their loved ones. We provide a recycling hearing aide service as a part of the Columbus Ohio Area.
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Bust A Move
Creating an appropriate bra for young girls with larger breasts to help keep young girls from having to quit sports because they are unsupported
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Brake the Cycle
A business model that will employ returning citizens to build bicycles that will be sold to the Columbus community
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DACA Time
DACA Time makes the DACA application process easier and more affordable. Using our secure online tool, we'll walk you through every step of the application process.
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The Friendly App
An app that helps establish which businesses in the community are LGBTQ friendly and will provide a Friendly certification for businesses to display
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My Family Nurse
App that connects nurses with families who are caring for aging family members to provide care and additional employment opportunities for nurses
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ClassVRoom
Rental program that allows schools to rent VR equipment to bring virtual field trips to low income schools
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Urban Garden Exchange
Produce exchange and donation app for urban gardeners
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OATH
Locally sourced and employed clothing company that uses environmentally friendly material
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Higher Ground Agriculture
An aquaponics closed loop system of growing vegetables faster and more organically
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Move It
Crowdsourced moving app that pairs those that have pickup trucks with those who need to move items to a new location
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Coop
Volunteer management platform
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Co-Pay It Forward
Point of Sale donation service that allows you to donate extra money when you pay your own copay. These extra funds will then pay for the co-pays of those that can’t afford them
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Cents
App that allows you to round up your purchases and donate to a charity of your choice
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