Workshop Agenda

8:00

Continental Breakfast, Registration, Networking

9:00

Welcome: Workshop Host and NCIIA

9:15

Keynote Address: Is Technology Entrepreneurship for you? 

Sam Yagan, Co-Founder of OkCupid.com

10:00

Idea Validation and Opportunity Assessment

Nate Kontny, CTO of Inkling

10:45

Break

11:00

Marketing and Sales for Early Stage Companies

Mark Zediker, CTO of Foro Energy

11:45

Building the Team

Raymond Reinhardt, Co-Founder and CEO of Cuddlephish

12:30

Lunch and Networking

1:30

Issues in Intellectual Property Licensing

Joseph Barich, Patent Attorney and Shareholder of McAndrews, Held and Malloy, Ltd.

Alan Singleton, Attorney of Singleton Law Firm

Brian Frizzell, Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified Fraud Examiner of Charles River Association 

Bill Colburn, Senior Patent Coordinator, Office of Technology Management

2:30

The Perfect Business Plan, Slide Show, and "Elevator Pitch"

Tim Hoerr, CEO of Serra Ventures, Inc.

3:15

Break

3:30

Finding the Money (Panel)

Amit Sudharshan, Senior Analyst of Illinois Ventures

Tim Hoerr, CEO of Serra Ventures, Inc.

Dave Kellner, VP of Engineering of ANDalyze, Inc.

Brady Allison, VP and Commercial Lender for Busey Bank

4:20

Closing Remarks

4:30

Adjourn