CIBC Presents Entrepreneurship 101 Lecture Series

This non-credit course is designed to introduce members of the research community to issues relating to starting and growing a technology based business. It is targeted at graduate students, post-docs, faculty, technicians and others active in research in a scientific or engineering discipline, who have an interest in creating a company to exploit the results of their research.

The series targets researchers in biological and physical sciences and engineering. It assumes no prior knowledge of business and offers lectures on a diverse range of topics including finding financing, defining markets, hiring teams and protecting intellectual property. You can view the course outline below.

DESIGNED FOR

• Graduate Students
• Post-Doctorate Candidates
• Faculty
• Technicians
• Other scientific or engineering researchers who have an interest in creating a company to exploit the results of their research

FORMAT

Lectures are 1 hour in length (usually starting at 5:30pm on Wednesdays) plus questions. Refreshments and a networking session for program students and speakers will follow.

For students not able to attend the lecture, sessions will be recorded and posted after the event or you can register to attend a live webcast . A blog will be posted after each class, summarizing the event and posting the links to the presentation recording. Students can post questions for each other or the speaker in the blog comments.

Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 5:30 PM
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Friday, May 09, 2008 at 7:30 PM (ET)

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MaRS (www.marsdd.com) is a non-profit organization focused on maximizing the economic and social impact of Canadian innovation. MaRS was founded in 2000 by leaders from the private and public sectors in order to improve commercial outcomes from Canada’s strong foundation of science and technology innovation. MaRS connects and fosters collaboration between the communities of science, business and capital through co-location in the MaRS Centre and more broadly through catalytic programs, structured networks and the MaRS web portal. The MaRS Centre opened in 2005.

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