Workshop Agenda

9:30 am

Registration, Pre-Networking

10:00 am

Welcome

10:10 am

About NCIIA

Mary Secor, Program Coordinator for Outreach, NCIIA

10:15 am

Is Technology Entrepreneurship for You? and Idea Validation and Opportunity Assessment

Joe Sandin, Onsharp

11:15 am

Break

11:30 am

Local Entrepreneur Table Talk

Michael Chambers, Aldevron

Joe Sandin, Onsharp 

Barry Batcheller, Appareo Systems

12:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm

Building the Team

Barry Batcheller, Appareo Systems

2:00 pm

Intellectual Property & Licensing

Jonathan Tolstedt, NDSU Tech Transfer

2:45 pm

Break

3:00 pm

Finding the Money and How to Communicate Your Idea to Potential Funders

John Cosgriff, InvestAmerica

3:45 pm

The Perfect Elevator Pitch

Aaron & Nikki Lamb, FormulaNow

4:00 pm

Networking and Reception