Workshop Agenda

8:00

Continental Breakfast, Registration, Pre-Networking

8:30

Welcome

Mary Secor, NCIIA

Doug Arion, Ph.D, Carthage College

Mike Lovell, Ph.D, University, Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Matthew Wagner, Ph.D, CATI, Inc.

8:45

Keynote: Steve Glynn, President Spreenkler, LLC

 Is Technology Entrepreneurship for You?

9:30

Idea Validation and Opportunity Assessment

Matthew Wagner, Ph.D. Executive Director, CATI Inc.

10:15

Break

10:30

Legal issues, Intellectual Property, Licensing

Joel Austin, IP Attorney, Quarles & Brady

11:15

Marketing and Sales

Colin Hutt, President & Founder Primum Advertising & Public Relations

12:00

Lunch & Networking

1:00

Building the Team

Panel

1:45

The Perfect Business Plan, Slide Show, & "Elevator Speech"

Tim Peterson Small Business Development Center at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

2:15

Break

2:30

Finding the Money

Tim Keane Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Director, Golden Angels Network

3:30

Ending Remarks

3:45

Adjourn