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Hellgate High School graduate Lisa Stone, CEO and Founder of BlogHer to Keynote Montana Innovation and Entrepreneurship Day in Missoula, June 21

Hellgate High School graduate Lisa Stone will return to Montana on June 21 to share her story about her rise to the top of the online media world, and inspire other Montana entrepreneurs at a day-long event built around networking innovators, inventors, start-ups, and investors. Among her many professional accolades, Lisa was named one of the seven most powerful people in new media by Forbes in 2009. In 2011, she and her partners were awarded the PepsiCo Women’s Inspiration Award. BlogHer (http://www.blogher.com) currently reaches more than 40 million people around the world. Today, her company has become a strategic marketing channel for global brands.

Montana Innovation and Entrepreneur Day will be held June 21, in the Gallagher Business School at the University of Montana. The speaker roster also includes Dr. Jakki Mohr, a renowned expert in marketing high technology products, Dr. Cameron Lawrence speaking on innovation for 21st century business education, Diane Smith and Lou Fontana (who received his MBA from UM) with the AvailTVN success story, Jason Kiely of Rivertop Renewables, Rob Irizarry formerly with Right Now Technologies, and many others. The event will be hosted by local entrepreneur and innovator Elke Grovertsen of Mamalode, and Jeremy Brown with international business law and information property protection firm, Dorsey & Whitney. Dr. Alex Philp, whose companies TerraEchos, Inc. and GCS Research have recently made headlines for groundbreaking partnerships with IBM and major venture capital gains, will give the day’s closing comments.

For a full agenda and registration go to: http://www.innovatemontana.com/event-registration/.

This event is being sponsored the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, Dorsey&Whitney, Mammalode, GCS Research, Missoula Events, the Flathead Beacon, SkyTics and the University of Montana School of Business.

On Friday morning June 22, 2012, internationally known angel investor Bill Payne will offer a seminar on Financing a High-Impact Venture: Creating Wealth and Jobs for Montana. The seminar will be held at the downtown Holiday Inn in Missoula. Registration for this event can also be found at: http://www.innovatemontana.com/event-registration/.

For more information, contact Liz Marchi at [email protected].

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