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About Extreme TourThe Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour (EET)

brings the country’s top young entrepreneurs to college campuses to spread the entrepreneurial mindset.

The tour is visiting campuses across the country with half-day events, and will be stopping at our campus!

Students from ALL academic disciplines are invited to learn to leverage and benefit from the entrepreneurial mindset in this increasingly global world!

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Type Who Content Time

Event Introduction EET & School Representative

Intro to event, entrepreneurship, speakers, and corporate partners

3:00 – 3:15pm

Inspirational Keynote

Successful YoungEntrepreneur

‘How they did it’ story with lessons learned

3:15 – 3:45pm

NetworkingBreak&Exhibits

3:45 – 4:00pm

Dream Action Workshop

EET Dream creation with action plan and accountability.

4:00 – 5:00pm

Speed NetworkingContest

EET Attendees share their ideas with each other and partner up

5:00 – 5:30pm

Networking w/ Food & Exhibits

5:30 – 5:45pm

Extreme Entrepreneur Panel

EET Moderator,Student & AlumniEntrepreneurs

Panelists choose 1-2 questions to answer and open up for questions

6:00 – 7:00pm

Event Agenda

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Inspirational Keynote

Provided by one of the country’s top young entrepreneurs (see slide 15), this keynote will inspire your students to take action on their dreams. The content of the keynote includes:

• An inspiring and relatable story where the speaker shares the ups and downs of his or her journey and how exactly he or she became so successful.

• Lessons learned and take-aways that students can apply to their life.

Schools have the option to approve an outline of the speaker’s talk.

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Networking Breaks

Breaks are an opportunity for attendees to:

• Visit the exhibit hall• Network with each other• Eat food

The exhibit hall is an opportunity showcase:

• Successful student & local entrepreneurs• Employers interested in recruiting entrepreneurial students• Local resources that could help attendees• Local sponsors

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Dream Action Workshop

This explosive program inspires students to leverage the power of youth and empowers them to begin their journey by asking themselves fundamental life questions they may have never asked themselves before. It is an interactive program where students identify and develop their core aspirations and share them with each other.

By the end of the program, students will have a specific action plan that will take them down the road of passion, purpose, and prosperity!

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Speed Networking

Force attendees out of their comfort zone in a fun way with speed networking. On one side of a table are students with ideas or operational businesses who are looking for partners and on the other side are students with no idea who are looking for partners.

Students rotate through ten two-minute pitches. The individual with the most connections wins an award.

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Extreme Entrepreneurship Panel

The Extreme Entrepreneurship Panel is an informal event where attendees connect with successful entrepreneurs on a personal level. Panelists include any combination of the following:

• Inspirational keynote speaker• EET co-founder• Local entrepreneur• Student entrepreneur• Alumni entrepreneur

Attendees are exposedto different view pointson how to achievesuccess beforegraduating and learn about the peoplebehind the stories.

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The Message

The event’s message is both inspirational and informational and is intended for all students whether they’re studying business or liberal arts.

The keynote speakers blend both success and youth so that students relate to and apply what they’re saying.

By the end of the event, attendees understand that entrepreneurship is a mindset that can be applied to starting a business and/or taking a job. Furthermore, attendees will understand that this mindset is a powerful force with impacts on job creation, innovation, philanthropy, and peace.

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Entrepreneurship Today

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One in every six young men and one in every 18 women ages 18 to 24 is involved in starting or running a new business (Source: GEM survey by the London

Business School and Babson College)

Some 2,100 schools now offer coursework in entrepreneurship, up from just 380 in 1990. (Source: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation)

Of every 10 high school and college-age students, between 6 and 7 of them aspire to start a business of their own (Source: Seeds of Success: Youth and Entrepreneurship)

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Network of Entrepreneurs

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Randal Pinkett 32 Rhodes Scholar, Apprentice Winner, and serial entrepreneur.

Joshua Newman 25 Successful Serial Entrepreneur, Raised millions tens of millions of dollars for various companies

Vic Sarjoo 27 Money Manager with $80 million under management

Rahim Fazal 25 Sold $1.5 million company while in high school

Devi Sridhar 22 Youngest American Rhodes Scholar Ever

Bryan Sims 23 Founder/CEO of Brass Media and Brass/CU Magazine

Ryan Allis 22 CEO of company with $1+ million in revenue

Adam Witty 24 Founder/CEO of Advantage Media Group, Advantage Networks, TicketAdvantage

And many more…

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About the FoundersMichael Simmons and Sheena Lindahl are the co-founders of the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour and were recently recognized by Business Week as one the top 25 Entrepreneurs under 25 and recognized on the AOL home and in USA Today.

Michael Simmons, is an award-winning entrepreneur and theauthor of the bestselling book,The Student Success Manifesto.

Sheena Lindahl, is the authorof The Student SuccessManifesto Workbook and wasformerly a senior associate atGreenHills Ventures, an earlystage venture capital firm.

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About the Material

The Student Success Manifesto, helps students think entrepreneurially about their life. It has received rave reviews from students, educators, professionals, media, and celebrities including Mark Victor Hansen, Stephen Covey, and Paul Orfalea (Founder, Kinkos).

The Student Success Manifesto Workbook inspires and educates students on how to plan, prioritize, and pursue their own vision. Students who finish the workbook will complete a life plan, the equivalent of a business plan for one’s life.

The Event Workbook is glossy magazine for the event that includes a list of speakers, activities covered in the workshop, and resources.

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History EET officially launched in the fall of 2006 at 10

schools. The events were a huge success.

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Press EET was recognized across the following media

in the fall of 2006:

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CBS News (WFRV) TV

Wisconsin Technology Network Online

Oshkosh Northwestern Newspaper

Appleton Post Crescent Newspaper

The Appalachian Newspaper

Appalachian State University News

Newspaper

Akron Beacon Journal Newspaper

Stater Online Newspaper

ABS News (WQOW) TV

NBC News (WEAU) TV

The Spectator News

Leader Telegram News

MarketPlace Magazine Magazine

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I thought it was a wonderful event, and we plan on bringing it back. Harold Bell, Director of Career Planning & Development, Spelman College

It has really been an awesome experience working with the Extreme Tour. They have been very easy to work with, and they’ve made the experience go very smooth without any complications. Julie Messing, Coordinator of Entrepreneurship, Kent State University College of Business

Sheena and Michael are professional and inspiring. The tour is an enjoyable, valuable, and educational experience for all. Bring it to your school! Amy Pietsch, Director, Venture Center, Fox Valley Technical College

What Other Schools Are Saying

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It was very enjoyable to see people our age doing great things new and giving us insight on how to get there. – Jordan Day This event helped me realize how much more I could accomplish through using these simple principles. – Aaron Diamond

I learned how you should do what you love no matter the amount of money you make. – James Stanley

Very inspirational, full of great advice. Enjoyed the speakers’ experiences! – Sherry Murphy

What Students Are Saying

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• Knowledge/InspirationEET features prominent young entrepreneurs who have truly “walked the talk”. In addition, EET provides a high level learning environment with real knowledge transfer between entrepreneurs and instructors and student attendees.

• Life Plan (Business Plan for One’s Life)At the conclusion of the days event, every student attendee will have an abbreviated Life Plan to take home. This plan will provide tactical steps to keep students focused on their ultimate vision for success.

• EET Workbook & Give-AwaysStudents receive a complimentary copy of Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour workbook along with valuable give-aways.

• Online Community Students receive complimentary access to the JourneyPage

online support community where they can connect with and support one another in achieving their goals well beyond the event’s conclusion.

What Students Receive

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• EET School Marketing Summits

Your school will be invited to join EET for a series of 3 conference call seminars regarding the promotion of EET at your campus. EET’s marketing and publicity team will provide tips, ideas, and resources to help you promote EET on-campus.

• Media Inclusion GuaranteeA customized press release is created and then sent to local media with multiple follow ups. Furthermore, you school’s name and logo will appear and be mentioned in all tour press releases and interviews with the media.

• Website / InternetYour school will be featured at ExtremeTour.org with a direct link to your school’s web-site.

• Online Intranet with Resources Your school will receive access to marketing best practice reports and

templates, sponsorship templates, and overall best practices from others schools.

• Co-Branded RSVP SystemYour school will receive a unique URL where students can RSVP at.Furthermore, you will receive the email address of all those who RSVP for or attend the event.

• Two Speakers & MCEET provides three speakers. One will serve as the keynote, one will serve as the workshop facilitator, and one will serve as the event MC.

What Schools Receive

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