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Lab2IPO Lecture Series
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From Lab to IPO Lecture Series
Sponsors/Partners
DCTech Council, Northern Virginia Technology Council, Maryland's TEDCO, Mid-Atlantic Venture Association (MAVA), Maryland Intellectual Property Legal Resource Center, Greater Washington Board of Trade, Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology (CIT), MITRE, US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Technology Transfer, Springboard Enterprises, Washington DC Chapter of the Technology Transfer Society, GW School of Business, GW School of Engineering and Applied Science, GW Cancer Institute, GW Medical Center Office of Health Research, Compliance & Technology Transfer, GW's Entrepreneurial Roundtable, GW's Engineers Council, and SEAS Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer & Commercialization
Time
Lectures 1:00 – 3:00 pm (Optional networking 3:00 – 5:00 pm)
Dates
Fridays, January 27, 2006; February 3, 10, 17, 24; March 3, 10, 24, 31; April 7, 14, 21
Cost
Free, but limited space and registration required.
To register, email Marilyn Shazier, mshazier@gwu.edu
Location
George Washington University, Washington, DC (see below for each class)
Instructor
Tony Stanco
Director, Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer
and Commercialization (CET2C)
The George Washington University
202-994-5513; stanco@gwu.edu
Whether planning a start-up or just being a strategic employee who receives stock options, this lecture series deals with what you need to know to succeed. It discusses the practical and legal issues that you will deal with every day in taking a great idea from the lab and creating a successful hi-tech or biotech company. Attendees are provided with lectures and readings to enable them to identify the major issues in organizing a business venture around intellectual property, including employment agreements, stock options, angel and venture capital, IPOs and tech transfer from university/government labs. This lecture series is appropriate for attendees who have started a new company, intend to start one, or are in a senior management position, such as CIO, CTO, CEO or strategic employee with stock options. Leading angels, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, lawyers, consultants and government officials are invited to guest lecture throughout the lecture series.
AGENDA
January 27, 2006: Marvin Center Rm 101 at 800 21st NW
Lecturers: Jonathan Aberman and Don Rainey
Lecture 2: Patents
February 3, 2006: Marvin Center Rm 101 at 800 21st NW
Lecture 3: Copyright and Trademarks
February 10, 2006: Marvin Center Rm 307 at 800 21st NW
Lecture 4: Trade Secrets and Licensing Agreements
February 17, 2006: Alumni House Salon at 1925 F. St NW
Lecture 5: Founders and Employment Agreements, Stock Options, Non Disclosure Agreements (NDAs); Non-Competes
February 24, 2006: Marvin Center Rm 101 at 800 21st NW
Lecture 6: Partnerships, Corporations and LLCs Shareholder Agreements; Directors and Executives
March 3, 2006: Marvin Center Rm 101 at 800 21st NW
Lecture7: Angels and Venture Capital, Part I
March 10, 2006: Marvin Center Rm 101 at 800 21st NW
Lecture 8: Angels and Venture Capital, Part II
March 24, 2006: Marvin Center Rm 307 at 800 21st NW
Lecture 9: Negotiating Angel/Venture Capital, Terms Sheets and Stock Purchase Agreements, Part I
March 31, 2006: Alumni House Salon at 1925 F. St NW
Lecture 10: Negotiating Angel/Venture Capital, Terms Sheets and Stock Purchase Agreements, Part II
April 7, 2006: Marvin Center Rm 101 at 800 21st NW
Lecture 11: Exits: M&As and IPOs
April 14, 2006: Marvin Center Rm 101 at 800 21st NW
Lecture 12: Government Programs for Start-Ups, SBIRs Partnering with Universities and Fed Labs to take their R&D and Commercialize it
April 21, 2006: Marvin Center Rm 413/414 at 800 21st NW