2014 OFC INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM April 10-13, 2014 | W Atlanta Midtown PRESENTED BY MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENTS Dear Sir or Madam, Thank you for your interest in becoming a sponsor of the Opportunity Funding Corporation’s (OFC) Annual Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) on April 10-13, 2014 in Atlanta, GA. As a new division of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), OFC has a 40-year history of developing minority businesses in the United States with a focus on developing strategies for attracting capital, as well as nurturing the creation of a new class of professional African-American entrepreneurs. As an OFC partner, you will have the opportunity to meet and network with more than 100 of the best and brightest entrepreneurial students from our participating schools. Supporting the OFC Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program is a rewarding opportunity that directly connects your business with HBCU students who will become successful entrepreneurs and business leaders. Our annual Innovation and Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition is designed to provide collegiate entrepreneurs a real-world experience that includes conceiving a business idea, writing a business plan, and presenting those plans to a panel of judges. We also invite business school deans and faculty members to participate in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship seminar. A primary objective is to infuse entrepreneurship into the curriculum of HBCUs. As a sponsor, you will have access to student resumes and the opportunity to interview students for internship and permanent, full-time employment opportunities. You will experience first-hand the wonderful accomplishments that these students have made during their academic career and hear their personal stories. Sponsorship is a crucial aspect of our success. We work hand-in-hand with our sponsors, who provide invaluable support and extend our capabilities beyond previous limits. The generosity of our sponsors enables OFC to continue to bridge the entrepreneurial gap. The following pages will provide you with more information about how you can support the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program. As TMCF embarks upon its 27th year, your support will enable us to continue our legacy of nurturing the next generation of entrepreneurs and business leaders. We, as a team, are extremely proud to support our students and welcome your partnership. We look forward to seeing you at the 2014 OFC Innovation and Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition. Thank you in advance for your time and consideration. Sincerely, Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. President and CEO Thurgood Marshall College Fund M. Scott Lilly President Opportunity Funding Corporation 1 2014 OFC INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM April 10-13, 2014 | W Atlanta Midtown SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ABOUT TMCF AND OFC ABOUT THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE FUND The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) is named for the U.S. Supreme Court’s first AfricanAmerican justice. Established in 1987, TMCF supports and represents nearly 300,000 students attending its 47 member-schools that include public Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), medical schools and law schools. TMCF helps students with a clear intention and the motivation to succeed and acquire a high-quality college education at an affordable cost. TMCF also efficiently connects high performing, world-ready students with top tier employment opportunitiesaccess that students or employers might not have on their own. Through its scholarships and programs, TMCF plays a key role in preparing the leaders of tomorrow. TMCF is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, charitable organization.For more information about TMCF and its initiatives, visit: thurgoodmarshallcollegefund.org. THE HISTORY OF OPPORTUNITY FUNDING CORPORATION (OFC) The Opportunity Funding Corporation (OFC) was created in 1970 to facilitate the ownership of for-profit business entities by minorities and other disadvantaged persons through provision of investment capital. At inception, OFC’s primary mission was to be a risk taker, which tested various models for the stimulation of minority business development. The United States Office of Economic Opportunity, under President Richard Nixon’s administration, funded OFC in the amount of $7 million. OFC Governor David Hertz and the late John G. Gloster, a former Atlanta bank executive and OFC official, presented the OFC concept directly to President Nixon. Subsequently, OFC was spun out of the federal government during the Carter administration as a not-for-profit organization. The Opportunity Funding Corporation (OFC) has made a significant impact on closing the African American “entrepreneurship gap” by playing a key role in developing successful US-based minority businesses, like BET and Radio One, over the past 40 years. By utilizing guarantees, direct loans and equity investments, OFC generated over $66 million in capital for over 184 minority owned companies in 35 states. Through equity investments in financial intermediaries such as OFC, Inc., Syndicated Communications, Inc., and S&L Acquisition Company, Inc., OFC has generated another $200 million in financings from banks, insurance companies, venture capital companies and others for literally hundreds of additional small business concerns. In 2013, Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) acquired OFC, merging the two organizations with TMCF becoming the parent organization. The merger was a perfect match because both organizations share a similar mission of providing service to the HBCU community, particularly in the area of talent identification. One of TMCF’s core strengths is identifying the most talented HBCU students and introducing them to some of the world’s largest and most well-known employers. OFC, while continuing its efforts to enhance the entrepreneurship curriculum within public and private HBCUs, will now focus on identifying the most promising future entrepreneurs and introducing them to potential investors and very successful entrepreneurs. With the appointment of Scott Lilly as OFC’s first President, the OFC ’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program can now reach more students and ensure the HBCU community does its part to guarantee that there is a talented and diverse pipeline of future entrepreneurs. 2 2014 OFC INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM April 10-13, 2014 | W Atlanta Midtown SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ABOUT THE PROGRAM ABOUT THE INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM Started in 2000, the Opportunity Funding Corporation (OFC) Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program has made a huge impact on entrepreneurship program development at HBCU’s over the last twelve years. Entrepreneurs are key to the American enterprise and now that OFC is a new division of TMCF, TMCF will ensure the HBCU community does its part to guarantee that there is a talented and diverse pipeline of future entrepreneurs. THE PROGRAM HAS THREE COMPONENTS: I. Business Plan Competition Each year, each participating school conducts an internal competition on business plan development and business pitch presentation. The winner of each school’s internal competition then comes to Atlanta for a national competition named, The OFC Venture Challenge. The Challenge provides entrepreneurial opportunities and experiences to students and allows them to apply classroomlearned conceptual & theoretical knowledge. II. HBCU Dean/Faculty Development Seminar Each year, Business School Deans and Campus Faculty Members are invited to the host city for an intensive seminar conducted by leading entrepreneurship scholars and practitioners from around the country; the objective is to infuse entrepreneurship into the campus curriculum. III. TMCF Entrepreneurial Development Program TMCF will partner with the Gallup Organization to launch the first entrepreneurial talent assessment program for HBCUs. This unique approach of marrying science with the spirit of entrepreneurship is a key differentiator from other programs and the focus is to identify a student’s entrepreneurial talents and strengths to create jobs that will fuel our economy. 3 2014 OFC INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM April 10-13, 2014 | W Atlanta Midtown SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES SPONSORSHIP LEVELS Presenting Sponsor - $150,000 Benefits Include: • Exclusive title sponsor • Premium branding throughout the hotel and web and media exposure (including social media, print, TV and radio as available) • Company name and logo on conference bags and signage • Premium sampling options • Premium speaking opportunities • 15 conference registrations • Reserved seating at meal functions • Dinner/Reception host during one function at conference • Student resume database access for three (3) recruiters • Student Gallup Entrepreneurial Strength Assessment Access • 1 Recruitment booth/space • 1 Interview Room space (can also be utilized as company meeting/office) President Sponsor - $75,000 Benefits Include: • Premium web and media exposure • Premium print and digital signage options • Premium sampling options • Select speaking opportunities • 10 conference registrations • Reserved seating at meal functions • Student resume database access for two (2) recruiters • Student Gallup Entrepreneurial Strength Assessment Access • 1 Recruitment booth/space Executive Sponsor - $50,000 Benefits Include: • Web and media exposure • Premium print and digital signage • Sampling options • 8 conference registrations • Company branding and career readiness workshop options • Student resume database access for one (1) recruiter • Student Gallup Entrepreneurial Strength Assessment Access • 1 Recruitment Fair booth Partner Sponsor - $25,000 Benefits Include: • Web and media exposure • Print and digital signage • Sampling options • 5 conference registrations • Student resume database access for one (1) recruiter • Student Gallup Entrepreneurial Strength Assessment Access • 1 Recruitment Fair booth • Seating for up to 5 guests at the awards banquet 4 2014 OFC INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM April 10-13, 2014 | W Atlanta Midtown SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES SPONSORSHIP LEVELS CONT’D Gold Sponsor - $10,000 Benefits Include: • Web and media exposure • Print and digital signage • Sampling options • 2 conference registrations • Student resume database access for one (1) recruiter • Seating for up to 2 guests at the awards banquet Silver Sponsor - $5,000 Benefits Include: • Web and media exposure • Print and digital signage • Sampling options • 1 conference registration • Student resume database access for one (1) recruiter 5 2014 OFC INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM April 10-13, 2014 | W Atlanta Midtown SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES EXCLUSIVE SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES TMCF Entrepreneurship Development Program Sponsor - $50,000 Official partner of a unique one of kind program, which utilizes the Gallup Entrepreneurial StrengthsFinder (ESF) Assessment tool to support Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in delivering entrepreneurship education and programs. The assessment tool will support the identification and education of future entrepreneurs emerging from HBCUs—a population traditionally underserved by the entrepreneurial community. Two-thousand assessments will be administered and data will be analyzed to evaluate entrepreneurial profiles of HBCU students across the country. Welcome Networking Reception - $25,000 Branding rights to the kick-off reception, where participants, faculty, advisors, and sponsors will have an opportunity to network with each other prior to the start of the competition. Companies will have additional access to top students, and students will have the opportunity for one-toone interaction with recruiters and other company representatives. As a sponsor you receive two conference registrations; select sampling options, and customized collateral branding options. Technology Sponsor - $20,000 Exclusive partner to cover technology utilized during the conference. Company’s paraphernalia and colors displayed throughout each business plan presentation room for the duration of the conference. As the digital sponsor, receive prominent signage in each room (provided by sponsor), two conference registrations, select sampling options, and company name listed on the OFC & TMCF website and conference agenda. Registration Area Sponsor - $15,000 Branding rights of the registration area, company signage, paraphernalia and colors (provided by sponsor) displayed throughout the entire area for the duration of the conference. As registration area sponsor, receive two conference registrations; select sampling options, and customized collateral branding options. ON-SITE CUSTOM PARTNERSHIPS Opportunities available for sponsors to support the conference and market your company in the areas below: • A irline Partner • G round Transportation Sponsor • Judge Gift Sponsor CONFERENCE REGISTRATION Individual Conference Registration - $500 (as of 1/15/14) Additional attendees beyond amount allotted in the sponsorship package are subject to an additional fee. Benefits include access to all presentations and meals functions and a conference bag and materials. Fee must be paid at the time of registration. 6 2014 OFC INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM April 10-13, 2014 | W Atlanta Midtown SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES SAMPLE OF PAST SPONSORS 7 2014 OFC INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM April 10-13, 2014 | W Atlanta Midtown SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jim Clifton – TMCF Chairman Chief Executive Officer Gallup Racquel Oden Managing Director Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Claire Babineaux-Fontenot Senior Vice President and Chief Tax Officer Walmart Stores, Inc. Neil A. Simmons Vice President, Decision Support and Budgeting Altria Client Services Gary Bettman Commissioner National Hockey League David J. Stern Former Commissioner National Basketball Association Samuel J. Boyd, Jr. Chief Investment Officer & Director of Program Development U.S. Small Business Administration; Investment & Innovation Division Dmitri Stockton President & CEO GE Asset Management Dr. William E. Cox President & CEO Diverse: Issues In Higher Education Paul W. Sweeney, Jr., Esq. Administrative Partner K&L Gates LLP Hardy Dorsey President Dorsey Management Group Betty Thompson Executive Vice President Booz Allen Hamilton Robert Engel Co-Head, Investment Banking & Capital Markets Wells Fargo Kevin Walling Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resource Officer The Hershey Company John Esposito President SPI North America Ken Wilcox – TMCF Treasurer Executive Vice President of Sales & Customer Experience Republic Services, Inc. Thomas Harvey Sr. Vice President Service Assurance AT&T Services, Inc. Non-Voting Members of the Board Nehl Horton Chief Public Affairs and Communications Officer MillerCoors Naomi Hudson Senior Director, Labor Relations Southwest Airlines Co. Arthur Jackson, Jr. Vice President, General Administration Costco Wholesale Curt Kolcun Vice President, US Public Sector Microsoft Corporation Dr. Ronald Mason, Jr. President Southern University System Charles Merinoff Chairman and Chief Executive Officer The Charmer Sunbelt Group 8 2014 OFC INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM April 10-13, 2014 | W Atlanta Midtown SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Virgis Colbert – Chairman Emeritus Executive Vice President, Worldwide Operations (Retired) Senior Advisor MillerCoors Lt. General Arthur J. Gregg – Director Emeritus U.S. Army (Ret.) Dr. N. Joyce Payne Sr. International Affairs and STEM Advisor to the President Thurgood Marshall College Fund Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. – President & CEO Thurgood Marshall College Fund Thank You! WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT Together We Can Change the World . . . 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