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January 30, 2008
LSU’s Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute has been selected to host Invention to Venture, a day-long workshop backed by the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance and the Kauffman Foundation, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008. The event will be held at Boutin’s restaurant, located at 8322 Bluebonnet Blvd., beginning at 8:30 a.m.
This workshop is one of a national series of seminars for those involved in science and technology disciplines and will feature speakers from around the region, including Pat Dickson, Lee Pryor, Joseph Lovett, Arthur Cooper, William Lane, Terry Jones, Tom Anderson, and others.
The national Invention to Venture series has been established to tap the entrepreneurial ambitions of students and faculty on college campuses across the United States. Participants discover how to turn a concept into a new product venture and how to connect with the local people and programs that can help them turn their ideas into reality. The workshop provides an exciting opportunity for participants to learn the basics of “tech entrepreneurship,” build their networks, and develop plans for moving their ideas forward.
“We work on funding and supporting collegiate entrepreneurship across the country,” said Phil Weilerstein, executive director of the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance. “We think there’s particular entrepreneurial promise in Louisiana and in the surrounding region. We’re thrilled to be working with LSU’s Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute to help put together the Invention to Venture event.”
Workshop topics include the following subjects:
• Evaluating ideas
• Legal considerations
• Licensing
• Defining needs and identifying customers
• Financing
• Perfecting business plans
The Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute was formed to address the issues and challenges of entrepreneurship, family business, and franchising. SEI offers programs and activities such as educational seminars and workshops, university coursework, business planning, marketing and management consultation, and venture funding assistance in an effort to give entrepreneurs effective management tools and problem-solving skills to create jobs in Louisiana. For more information on the institute,
contact Jarett Rodriguez at 225-578-0313 or jtr@lsu.edu.
For registration, please visit http://www.invention2venture.org/louisiana/registration/
Invention to Venture is a project of the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, an association of nearly 200 colleges and universities across the country. The mission of NCIIA is to foster experiential invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship education in institutions of higher learning across the United States. The NCIIA offers its members access to grants, resources, and networking opportunities to help them develop and institutionalize creative and entrepreneurial curricula. To learn more about the NCIIA and its programs, visit www.nciia.org or contact Humera Fasihuddin at 413-587-2172 or humera@nciia.org.
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