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Technology Startup Boot Camp: Agenda
Download individual presentations and view videos below, or download the entire Boot Camp packet, in Adobe Acrobat pdf format (large file, 6.3 mb)
7:30
- 8:30
Continental breakfast and registration
8:30
Welcome:
Dr.
Nariman Farvardin, dean, A. James Clark
School of Engineering, University
of Maryland
Phil Weilerstein, executive director, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance
Download Weilerstein's presentation (pdf)
Boot Camp Introductions video (popup window, Real Player)
Event
moderators:
John May, managing partner, New
Vantage Group; and Jonathan
Aberman, principal, Fish & Richardson
P.C.
8:45
Introduction
to Entrepreneurship in the Greater Baltimore/Washington Metropolitan
Area:
Dr.
David Barbe, executive director, Maryland
Technology Enterprise Institute;
and Scott Magids, director, Technology Advancement Program
Download Barbe's presentation (pdf)
Introduction to Entrepreneurship in the Region video (popup window, Real Player)
9:05
Is Technology Entrepreneurship for You?
Rich
Harris, managing director, SpaceVest;
and Jeffrey
Lehrer, partner, Gray Cary
Download Harris/Lehrer presentation (pdf)
Is Technology Entrepreneurship for You? video (popup window, Real Player)
9:45
Break
10:05
Incredible
idea…or Real Business
- Idea validation and initial evaluation
- Defining needs and developing products/services to fill them
- Identifying your customers and actually selling "the stuff"
Scott Laughlin, director of strategic planning, LM&O Advertising; and Marissa Levin, CEO, Information Experts
Download Laughlin's presentation (pdf);
Download Levin's presentation (pdf)
Incredible Idea; Selling the Stuff video (popup window, Real Player)
11:15
Lunch
12:45
Building the Team(s)- Finding the RIGHT "Friends"
- Management Team, Board of Advisors, Board of Directors, Mentor(s), Service Providers (Attorneys, Accountants, Consultants)
Erik Org, senior associate, Techno Venture Management; and Robert Cerbone, associate, Telecommunications Development Fund
Download Org/Cerbone presentation (pdf)
Building Teams video (popup window, Real Player) -- warning -- some light audio
1:20
Intellectual Property(IP) and Licensing (in and out)
- Defining/protecting intellectual property
- Licensing
Joseph Colaianni, principal, Fish & Richardson P.C., and Joseph Key, associate, Fish & Richardson P.C.
Download Colaianni/Key presentation (pdf)
IP/Licensing video (popup window, Real Player)
1:50
The "perfect" business plan, slide show & "elevator
speech"
Chris Canterella, business development director and new venture team leader, Ernst & Young LLP
Download Canteralla's presentation (pdf)
Perfect Business Plan, Slide Show & Elevator Speech video (popup window, Real Player) -- warning -- some light audio
2:20
Finding the money panel
Chris Canterella, Ernst & Young LLP; Michael Sheridan, general partner, Mohr, Davidow Ventures; Rich Harris, managing director, SpaceVest; Mark Grovic, managing director, New Markets Growth Fund
Finding the Money panel video (popup window, Real Player)
3:10
Entrepreneur Panel
Rohit Kumar, co-founder, Spatial Software Solutions; Michael Ohadi, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Advanced Thermal and Environmental Concepts, Inc.; Mark Anstey, president, DataStream Conversion Services LLC; and Jeffery Payne, President, CEO and Co-founder, Cigital
Entrepreneur Panel video (popup window, Real Player)
4:00
Conference
ends
