| Time |
Topic |
Speaker's Name |
8:00 – 8:30 AM |
Continental Breakfast |
|
8:30 – 8:45 AM |
Welcome and About NCIIA |
|
8:45 – 9:45 AM |
What is Technology Entrepreneurship Anyway?
Is Technology Entrepreneurship for You? |
|
9:45 –10:00 AM |
Break |
|
10:00 – 10:45 AM |
Idea Validation and Opportunity Assessment |
|
10:45 – 11:30 AM |
Marketing and Sales for Early Stage Companies |
Don McMurtry ‘86, Former VP Sales, Research In Motion/Blackberry
|
11:30–12:15 PM
|
Issues in Intellectual Property Licensing |
|
Panel on uses, benefits, do’s, don’ts
|
|
12:15 –1:15 PM
|
Lunch |
|
Networking Opportunities |
|
1:15–2:00 PM |
Building the Team |
|
2:00–2:45 PM |
The perfect business plan, slide show, & "elevator speech" |
|
2:45–3:00 PM |
Break |
|
3:00–4:00 PM |
Finding the Money |
|
Panel discussion - different types of Investors
|
|
4:00 –4:15 PM |
Closing Remarks |
|
4:15–5:15 PM |
Adjourn
|
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