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Business Fundamentals for Scientists: November Workshops Posted: 01 Nov 2019 05:36 AM PDT A series of hands-on workshops developed collaboratively by UM Ventures, Mtech, and Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship for UMD faculty and graduate students to present business concepts and skills, startup resources and how to take advantage of them, legal issues surrounding startups and many other practical know-how. FREE for all UMD faculty, staff, and students. Location: Diamondback Garage, 7878 Diamondback Drive, College Park, MD Market Research Databases at UMD: How and Where Trying to figure out size of your market, competition, industry analysis can be a daunting task. University of Maryland Libraries offers free subscriptions to many databases on broad business topics, such as industry reports, company information, demographics and statistics, marketing, finance and investment and many others. Lily Griner, a long-time Business Librarian, will teach how to access and use these resources. Presenter: Lily Griner, UMD Libraries When: November 4, 10-11 AM, REGISTER Business Development 101 for Startups Without sales your startup cannot claim success. How to achieve this important milestone? Learn from serial entrepreneur and CEO of Airgility how to do business development for a startup. Presenter: Pramod Rajea, CEO, Airgility When: November 8, 10-11 AM, REGISTER Intellectual Property Fundamentals Learn about different types of intellectual property rights: copyright, patents, trademarks, trade secrets. What these rights are, how to obtain them and why, what are the associated costs etc. Presenter: Felicia Metz, JD When: November 14, 10-11 AM REGISTER Can my innovation become a startup? Not all innovative ideas are destined to become a startup. Learn from a VC and a successful serial entrepreneur what differentiates a product or technology from a startup. Presenter: Glen Hellman aka Mr. Cranky When: November 18, 9-10 AM REGISTER How Equity Investments Work: Angels and VCs Learn from an experienced VC how equity investments work, difference between VCs and angel investors, how do they invest, what their expectation is, and what you need to know. Presenter: Stan Smith When: November 21, 1-2 PM, REGISTER Accounting 101 for Startups Learn about accounting issues specific to startups, what to watch out for, and what mistakes to avoid. Presenters: Cheryl Y. Heusser, CPA, CFE, and Barbara Murphy Kromer, CPA, SnyderCohn When: December 10, 10-11 AM REGISTER |
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