Innovation & Commercialization
Michael Straightiff, Executive Director of the UVA Licensing and Ventures Group, will lead our second workshop on the patent process. Building upon the session from FEB 4, tonight's discussion will dive into the from landscape search and initial filing through the interactions with examiners toward the hopeful grant of the patent.
Bob Creeden, Managing Director of the Seed Fund and New Ventures for the UVA Licensing and Venture Group, will lead a discussion of the funding landscape for the commercialization of science.
The tools of science aren't just for, well, science. Thinking like a scientist—being hypothesis-driven—can also be the right frame of mind when developing novel products and new companies.
Entrepreneurship seminars are a mix of case discussions, guest panels, and action-oriented workshops covering topics such as: founders agreements, incorporation, market analysis, product development, funding and deal terms, business models, investor presentations, etc
Case study: Savage Beast
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We will have more fun with this discussion and (hopefully) learn more if the information we have is limited to only that information the founders themselves had, as presented in the case.
Michael Straightiff, Managing Director of the UVA Licensing and Ventures Group, will provide background on the patent process—from landscape search, to initial filing, to interactions with examiners, and the final grant.
Today's discussion will center upon the challenge of defining and understanding not only (a) the underlying "problem" any idea/invention is trying to address, but also (b) the people who or entities that experience this problem—and why.
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Entrepreneurship seminars are a mix of case discussions, guest panels, and action-oriented workshops covering topics such as: founders agreements, incorporation, market analysis, product development, funding and deal terms, business models, investor presentations, etc
Drop by the Open House for the University's Licensing and Ventures Group, for an opportunity to meet the team that supports the commercialization of research as well as the community of startups that are involved.
Participants will join CvilleBioHub for their monthly event. Detail and registration information will be shared later.
INSTRUCTOR
David Touve - Senior Director, Applied Innovation, at Darden's Batten Institute.