Fall 2006 Series

Course One Protecting Intellectual Property Sponsors

Nov 30 2006 Patent, Trademarks, Copyrights Myers Bigel

Trade secrets

Legal structures

Spring 2007 Series

Course Two “You have an idea, now what?” NC Biotech

Jan 30 2007 Market assessment & research Center

Identifying venture opportunities

Protection of the idea

Technology & business feasibility checklist

Course Three Early financial sources and assessment NC Eastern

Mar 27 2007 Term sheets & Capitalization Region

Loans, Grants, and Angels

Budgeting short–term and long-term

Milestones and building value

Innov8r Series

Course Four Building a prototype and technical assessment NC Eastern

Industrial designer Region

Plastics & medical devices

Metals

Software & service systems

Course Five Stage 2 of Market Assessment

Customer input & testing

Production and costing

Distribution

Pricing

Course Six Building a team and finishing the BP

Recruiting and HR

Stock options

Management and organization plan

Creating an Executive Summary

Course Seven Equity investment & deal structure

Valuing a business

Return on investment

Presentations and finding money

Course Eight Strategies for Launch

Start a business or partner

Expand a business

Sell IP

Licensing