University of Maryland Technology Start-Up Boot Camp

Agenda

View/download the complete program from the Boot Camp, including all available slides. Individual sets appear below after each presentation listing. Click on the pictures to open video for corresponding talks.

Tracks:

  1. Developing a Great Business Plan – Don’t have a concept yet? Or have an idea but not sure what to do next? This is the track for you.

  2. Biotechnology Ventures – You’ve got encouraging early research findings for a therapeutic or a medical device. Now what? This is the track for you.

  3. Technology Ventures – You’ve got your $100 million business plan and prototype work is just underway. Now what? This is the track for you.

9:00 a.m.   Networking
9:30 a.m.  

Welcome

  • Darryll Pines, Dean, A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland
  • Dean Chang, Director, Mtech Ventures and Education; Director, Technology Advancement Program, University of Maryland
9:40 a.m.  

Here to Help! University Resources to Assist You Every Step of the Way
10:25 a.m.  

Keynote

  • UM alumnus Brian Hinman, Co-Founder and former CEO of Polycom, Inc. (NASD: PLCM), the world's leading teleconferencing company, co-founder and former President and CEO of 2Wire, provider of broadband service platforms for DSL, and now Venture Partner with Silicon Valley-based Oak Investment Partners. At the age of 22, Hinman pioneered video compression technology that has endured as standards today.

Brian Hinman
11:00 a.m.   Break

11:10 a.m.

  

 
Business Plan
 

Great Ideas: Spurring Creativity and Innovation

  • Daniel Raviv, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Florida Atlantic University
Bio
 

Where's the Money? Finding Funding for Biotechnology Ventures
High-Tech
 

Where's the Money? Funding for High-Tech Ventures

  • Craig Dye, Director of Venture Investments, Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship, Robert H. Smith School of Business
  • Dan Gordon, Director of Research, Valhalla Partners
  • Murali Nair, Lead NSF SBIR Electronics, Components and Engineering Systems Program Manager, Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships, National Science Foundation (NSF)

11:55 a.m.  

 
Business Plan
  

Writing a Great Business Plan
Bio
 

FDA Express Lane: Efficiently Navigating the FDA Approval Process
High-Tech
 

Create the Why to Buy: Marketing for High-Tech Companies and Products
12:30 p.m.   Networking Lunch
1:30 p.m.  

 
Business Plan
 

Company Formation, Operating Agreements, Employment Agreements, and Stock Plans
Bio
 

Protecting Your Biotechnology Inventions
High-Tech
 

Keep the Wolves at Bay: Firming Up Your Intellectual Property Against Competition
2:20 p.m.  

 
Business Plan
 

Perfecting Your Pitch and Presentation
Bio
 

Biotechnology Entrepreneurship: Nuances of Launching and Growing a Biotechnology Venture
High-Tech
 

High-Tech Entrepreneurship: Nuances of Launching and Growing a High-Tech Venture

  • Comments by Mark Walsh, former Board Member of Blackboard, Inc.
3:00 p.m.   $2,500 Pitch Dingman Competition:
Three student entrepreneurs with business ideas will compete for $2,500. One-minute pitch competition for $100, open to the audience.
Judges: Asher Epstein, John LaPides, Paul Ruppert, Glen Hellman, Craig Dye.
3:45 p.m.   Closing

 

 

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