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4/7/2016 ITEN April Newsletter http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1102737360145&ca=61fd8335-091e-47b5-b1b3-e90f853ea054 1/5 ITEN: Catalyst for Tech Startups Developing tech ventures Enabling venture funding Requiring neither payment nor equity ITEN Newsletter April 2016 Featured Event from ITEN April 14th 2nd Thursday at Venture Cafe Discussion with General Dynamics on Opportunities for Small Tech Firms 5:30 6:30 pm Join ITEN on Thursday April 14th in the Havanna Room at Venture Café for a dynamic discussion with Julien Rossboon of General Dynamics, a global aerospace and defense company. Learn about how General Dynamics works with innovative tech companies to fulfill contracts with the federal government. Joining the conversation as well will be Kevin Wilson, Regional Director of the Small Business Development Center in St. Louis . Kevin will talk about preparing small companies for taking advantage of these opportunities as well as discuss an exciting upcoming event in June for tech companies to meet with General Dynamics directly. Come see us in the Havana Room from 5:306:30pm. Office Hours with ITEN Mentors 3:007:00PM (sign up links coming soon) ITEN Graduates Two More Companies from the Mock Angel Program ITEN has two more Mock Angel graduate companies to add to its roster. Sitting Duck Advertising and Deck Commerce have passed both the rigor of the Mock Angel pitch presentation review as well as completing a due diligence process for investors. ITEN has notified its investor networks that Sitting Duck and D eck Commerce are worthy of serious consideration and review. Sitting Duck Advertising is a revolutionary digital advertising display located in high traffic public restrooms, which creates an addressable and targeted advertising ecosystem for viewers and advertisers alike.Sitting Duck's display not only provides advertising clients with an uninterrupted and targeted medium for their company's message, but also encourages interaction by giving the viewers a convenient shelf to place their personal belongings. Through their digital model, Sitting Duck will be capable of wirelessly managing their advertisements to target a specific audience through real time data collection, product locations and other variables to reach their client's ideal viewers. "We knew that we had a captive audience and a proven business model with our previous print ad model, and our digital platform is going to close the gaps in scalability and full value to our venues and advertising partners. We're bringing IoT to the bathroom in a secure and valuable way, and everyone is winning in the end." Stated Brian Lord, President and CEO of Sitting Duck Advertising. Deck Commerce was started in 1998 as Deck Internet Solutions. They were a services company focused on their passion to solve business problems related to eCommerce by leveraging technology. In 2015

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      ITEN:  Catalyst for Tech Startups                                Developing tech ventures      Enabling venture funding      Requiring neither payment nor equity

                                                                       

                                                                                                      ITEN Newsletter April 2016                                                                                                           

Featured Event fromITEN 

 April 14th 2nd Thursdayat Venture Cafe

 

Discussion with General Dynamics on

Opportunities for Small Tech Firms

 5:30 ­ 6:30 pm  

Join ITEN on Thursday April 14th in the

Havanna Room at Venture Café for a

dynamic discussion with Julien Rossboon of

General Dynamics, a global aerospace and

defense company.  Learn about how

General Dynamics works with innovative

tech companies to fulfill contracts with the

federal government. 

 

Joining the conversation as well will be

Kevin Wilson, Regional Director of the

Small Business Development Center

in St. Louis. Kevin will talk about

preparing small companies for taking

advantage of these opportunities as well as

discuss an exciting upcoming event in June

for tech companies to meet with General

Dynamics directly.

 

Come see us in the Havana Room from

5:30­6:30pm.  

Office Hours with ITEN Mentors

3:00­7:00PM

(sign up links coming soon)

  

ITEN Graduates Two More Companies from theMock Angel Program

ITEN has two more Mock Angel graduate companies to add to its roster.  Sitting Duck

Advertising and Deck Commerce have passed both the rigor of the Mock Angel pitch

presentation review as well as completing a due diligence process for investors. ITEN has

notified its investor networks that Sitting Duck and D

eck Commerce are worthy of serious consideration and review.  

Sitting Duck Advertising is

a revolutionary digital

advertising display located in

high traffic public restrooms,

which creates an addressable

and targeted advertising

ecosystem for viewers and

advertisers alike.Sitting Duck's display not only provides advertising clients with an

uninterrupted and targeted medium for their company's message, but also

encourages interaction by giving the viewers a convenient shelf to place their personal

belongings. Through their digital model, Sitting Duck will be capable of wirelessly managing

their advertisements to target a specific audience through real time data collection, product

locations and other variables to reach their client's ideal viewers. "We knew that we had a

captive audience and a proven business model with our previous print ad model, and our

digital platform is going to close the gaps in scalability and full value to our venues and

advertising partners. We're bringing IoT to the bathroom in a secure and valuable way, and

everyone is winning in the end." Stated Brian Lord, President and CEO of Sitting Duck

Advertising. 

Deck Commerce  was

started in 1998 as Deck Internet Solutions. They were a services company focused on their

passion to solve business problems related to eCommerce by leveraging technology. In 2015

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During Office Hours, startups will meet

one­on­one with the Mentor for a 20­30

minute slot.

Investor Roundtables: 3:30­5:00PM

at James Crutchfield Rm 

(sign up links coming soon)

During 2nd Thursday Investor Roundtable,

the featured investor/investment group will

meet with up to 5 startups during a 45

minute slot.

If you missed our March 10th 2nd

 Thursday, Click here to watch the videos.

It was a great panel discussion. 

The Power of Pivots

 

 Media EntrepreneurshipClass Mentors Needed

Professor Mark Poepsel, Ph.D. from

Southern Illinois University ­ Edwardsville is

looking for guest speakers and mentors

 who know about entrepreneurship, media

entrepreneurship in particular be able to

come to his class and discuss presentation

techniques with his students.  

 

 If you are interested in this opportunity,

please contact Professor Mark Poepsel  at 

[email protected]  or 

636.288.9475. Thanks !

 

the company re­branded and launched their flagship eCommerce platform.  Deck Commerce.

Deck Commerce is the culmination of 15+ years of experience helping companies maximize

their eCommerce potential. Engineered as a world­class transactional platform with powerful

eCommerce functionality and integration capabilities, Deck Commerce is uniquely positioned

to provide compelling value to customers, partners and employees alike.  "The ITEN Mock

Angel program has been an extremely valuable experience. Thanks to the "pitch practices"

and due diligence process, I feel much more prepared to raise money from institutional

investors. More importantly was the feedback and mentoring support from the EIR's, which

were truly insightful and helpful throughout the entire program. Starting a new technology

venture is challenging in so many ways, and thanks to the ITEN Mock Angel program I feel

prepared to take my business to the next level." Stated  Christopher Deck, President of Deck

Commerce. 

  ITEN Launches New Job Website 

ITEN is especially excited to offer you both startup companies, community and job seekers a

new platform to connect! http://www.stltechjobs.org/ is our free service to you!

 

For Job Seekers, the site offers:

A one­stop­shop to the freshest jobs on the tech and start­up market in St. Louis

region.

Exposure and education to local companies

For Companies, the site offers:

A first look at talent

A free showcase for your company

Most importantly, http://www.stltechjobs.org is very easy to use and we can help

companies and job seekers connect in ways that work best for them!

Featured jobs from www.STLtechjobs.org:

iOS Developer at Sparo Labs

Marketing Strategy Intern at GoGitri

Director of People Operations at LaunchCode

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Featured Company : Aisle411

"Google Maps Inside a Store" 

One day in 2007, the year the iPhone

launched, Aisle411 Founder and CEO

Nathan Pettyjohn was sent on a wild goose

chase inside a retail store looking for a surge

protector. He then watched another shopper

struggling with the same issue to find the

product they wanted. Right then, Nathan

had the light bulb go off with the innovative

idea to let shoppers use their mobile phones

to search for products inside the store and

have the phones relay where the products

were located. A self service product and

indoor asset locator for mobile shoppers and

users.

 

Aisle411 was formed in April 2008 to address

this common problem for shoppers. The

company built a proprietary indoor product and asset mapping platform to digitize retailer

floor plans and asset locations. A custom product search engine was created to handle the

various ways shoppers might search for a particular item indoors, including regional dialects

and malapropisms. The end result is a user experience commonly described as "Google Maps

inside a store."  FULL ARTICLE

 

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