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2013 Technology Entrepreneurship Boot Camp Sponsored by Jackson Walker . Welcome . Anita Leffel, Ph.D. Assistant Director, Center for Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship College of Business Department of Entrepreneurship and Technology Management. Today’s Speakers (morning).
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2013 Technology Entrepreneurship Boot CampSponsored by Jackson Walker CITE BootCamp January 2013
Welcome Anita Leffel, Ph.D. Assistant Director, Center for Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship College of Business Department of Entrepreneurship and Technology Management
Today’s Speakers (morning) Dr. Anita Leffel, Assistant Director of CITE, Faculty of Business Natasha Arguello, UTSA Business Librarian Alexander Garner, Founder Yumix and UTSA Alum Pat Condon, Co-Founder Rackspace Dirk Elmendorf, Co-Founder Rackspace Will Borcher, Attorney with Jackson Walker LLP CITE BootCamp January 2011
Today’s Speakers (after lunch) Deb Bolner Prost, CEO It’s 2 Cool, Ltd. and Prost Marketing, UTSA Alum Stephanie Chandler, Partner, Jackson Walker LLP John Dewey, Vice President ITM, Inc Morrison Woods, Director SBDC San Antonio David Clark, Director Investment Services, T3DC CITE BootCamp January 2011
“At the heart of entrepreneurship is the desire to create. Technological innovation is the foundation for creating new enterprises, and the spirit of entrepreneurship is the catalyst for turning these innovations into reality. “
Inventorscreate new technologies (ideas) Entrepreneurs create new business (money) Which one has the better return on investment (ROI)?
Six Steps to Actinglike an Entrepreneur! Tools Lean Start-up Business Model Canvas Customer Development A Commuter's Handbook to Entrepreneurship by Anita Leffel|| Cory Hallam|| Matthew Gonzales
Steve Blank: It dawned on me that the plans were a symptom of a larger problem: we were executing business plans when we should first be searching for business models. We were putting the plan before the planning.
The Lean Launch Pad curriculum Steve Blank: (after) National Science Foundation classes the reaction of tenured professors who were leading their teams in commercializing their sciencewent back to their schools and asked, “How come we don’t offer this class to our students?”
Lean StartupCustomer Problem + Product Features are Unknown Problem: Unknown Solution: Unknown Source: Eric Rieshttp://startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com
Agenda 9:00 - 9:30 Welcome – Entrepreneurship Tools 9:30 – 9:45 Researching Product and Customer 9:45 – 10:15 On Funding a Business 10:15 - 10:30 a.m. Break 10:30 - 11:30 Keynote, the Rackspace Story Pat Condon and Dirk Elmendorf, Founders of Rackspace 11:30 - 12:15 p.m. Intellectual Property: How to protect your idea and brand 12:15 – 12:45 Lunch 12:45 - 1:30 Marketing your new idea 1:30- 2:15 Legally structure your company and raise cash 2:15- 2:30 Break 2:30 – 3:00 Manufacturing 3:00 - 3:15 p.m. Small Business Development Center Resources 3:15- 3:45 Business Plan and Pitch 3:45 Close CITE BootCamp January 2011