Events: Startup Weekend, Startup Drinks, Googlization and more
Every Monday, look for our events post to keep you in the loop on the happenings of the week. From meetups and conferences to workshops and pitch sessions, if it’s happening on the Prairie, you’ll find it here. (Left: On Wednesday, Siva Vaidhyanathan will give a presentation in Kansas City examining the ways individuals have…
Every Monday, look for our events post to keep you in the loop on the happenings of the week. From meetups and conferences to workshops and pitch sessions, if it’s happening on the Prairie, you’ll find it here.
Omaha – Century Link Center formerly Qwest Center (455 North 10th St.)
The 7th annual Nebraska Research and Innovation Conference (NRIC) will focus on advances in Information Sciences, a field that has substantially altered the modern world. NRIC brings business leaders, policy makers, and researchers together to hear distinguished speakers, learn about the latest technologies, and exchange ideas while exploring potential collaborations.
A simple concept: startup culture in cities around the world gathers around a bar to have a pint and discuss what they are working on, what they need help with and what they can do for each other.
A drinking group with a startup problem. A simple concept: gather around a bar to have a pint and discuss what you are working on, what you need help with and what you can do for each other. Great Happy Hour drink specials all evening at Parlor City. Come talk entrepreneurship in eastern Iowa, learn something, share something and meet other like-minded folks! Everyone and everyone is invited!
In this thought-provoking lecture, Siva Vaidhyanathan examines the ways we have used and embraced Google and the growing resistance to its expansion across the globe. He exposes the dark side of our Google fantasies, raising red flags about issues of intellectual property and the much-touted Google Books. He assesses Google’s global impact, particularly in China, and explains the insidious effect of Googlization on the way we think. Finally, Dr. Vaidhyanathan proposes the construction of an Internet ecosystem designed to benefit the whole world and keep one brilliant and powerful company from falling into the “evil” it has pledged to avoid.
Entrepreneurs will pitch their business to a supportive group of peer CEOs, CIOs, business development experts, industry professionals and business-savvy people. In return, they have a unique opportunity to receive constructive feedback on areas such as fundraising, value proposition, business plan, management team, sales/marketing/support and building strategy.
Free for presenters and students; $25 for everyone else.
This workshop helps entrepreneurs understand the process of raising capital. Topics covered include traits necessary for raising capital, angel investors (who are they and what do they look for in an investment), federal and state securities laws, Regulation D, private placement memorandums, and subscription documents. Additionally, the workshop covers potential deal-breaker issues and post-closing considerations. This workshop is presented by Rick Vaughn, the VP of Business Development at the Enterprise Center of Johnson County.
To Register: Online by following registration button above. You may also register by calling 913-438-2282 or emaling Jayne: jvehlewald@ecjc.com Cost: $50 (box lunch included)
Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event which focuses on building a web or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business over the course of a weekend. The weekend brings together people with different skillsets – primarily software developers, graphics designers and business people – to build applications and develop a commercial case around them.
We are excited to bring Startup Weekend to Columbia, MO for the first time ever! Tell your friends in CoMO, KC, STL, and further to come join in a weekend of innovation and action! Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event which focuses on building a web or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business over the course of a weekend. The weekend brings together people with different skillsets – primarily software developers, graphics designers and business people – to build applications and develop a commercial case around them.
This workshop is an introduction to the basics of patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets, including a description of each, and when it might be appropriate to seek each type of protection. This is a one hour session.
Some of the topics of this one hour session will be: Are you deciding between a patent or a trade secret for protecting your business? Do you want to know the difference between trademark and copyrights? Do you know the advantages and disadvantages of patenting your invention? Do you know what is intellectual property? Do you know how to take advantage of your intellectual property? Do you know how to do a patent search? Do you know what are the steps to file a patent?
Interested in applying for the 2012 Regional PIPELINE class? Well here is your one chance before the deadline of Oct 24 to meet other Innovators and ask them directly about the program, interviews and the new Regional PIPELINE.
Rock is a founding partner and creative director at 2×4, and Professor of Design at the Yale University School of Art. At 2×4, he leads a wide range of projects including strategy for Prada and Condé Nast in collaboration with AMO/Rem Koolhaas. He leads environmental graphics and media design for the Prada New York Epicenter Store and was principal-in-charge of the IIT McCormick Tribune environmental graphics program and the Vitra Branding/New York Headquarters. Previously he was co-founder of Information Incorporated, in Boston.
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