Upcoming Events

There are so many events in the Denver area for Entrepreneurs. I ran into Jerome Rifkin of Tensegrity Prosthetics, a past Bard Center Business Plan Winner, at Larry Gold’s Presentation on “Bridging the Gap between Academia and Entrepreneurship” hosted by the DaVinci Institute.

We are hosting or helping to sponsor a number of upcoming events.

February 26, 2008 6:30-8:30PM at the Bard Center

Bard Center Business Seminar Series: LinkedIn 101 

LinkedIn mini-Workshop coming to the Bard Center. Michael P. O’Neil, CEO of Integrated Alliances (IA), will talk with students to help them integrate their on-line and face-to-face networking efforts for maximum effect. IA serves the needs of the business professionals that want more productivity, more connections and more success all in less time. Open to Bard Center and Business School students. RSVP: bard.center@cudenver.edu.  Laptops are welcome but not required.  The session will cover the following:

• An overview of the On-Line Business and Social Networking Industry
• Developing a highly refined LinkedIn profile
• Building your LinkedIn connections network by inviting others one at a time and in groups
• The opportunity to join special LinkedIn Groups that will expand your network a great deal
• Searching techniques and strategies for identifying and contacting high value targeted individuals 

March 4, 2008 Boulder,CO, 6:00PM Denver New Tech Meetup, at the Wolf College of Law

5 companies take the stage for 10 minutes each, 5 minutes to demo and 5 minutes to answer questions.

More information here.

March 13, 2008 8:00AM - 4:15PM Invention to Venture at the Anshutz Medical Campus

Location: Education 2 South, 1st floor Auditorium, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus

The Alternatives in Science Club will host a one-day workshop March 13, 2008 on the basics of technology entrepreneurship.

The workshop is intended primarily for university students, postdocs and researchers, but is also open to anyone who wants to know more about this very important topic.  I2V:Denver will feature an overview of the venture development process from the perspective of academic researchers as well as representatives from the bioscience industry in Colorado.  Participants will hear from successful academic researchers turned entrepreneurs, learn about University licensing and IP issues, discuss how to build a venture team, secure funding sources, and related topics as well as have an opportunity to network with members of the growing bioscience community of Colorado. Guest speakers are experts drawn from the region.

Invention to Venture workshops are held in cooperation with the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA).

Cost: $15 Students & PostDocs, $20 Faculty Members & Staff, $30 Business Community & Other guests.

March 13, 2008 5:30-6:30PM at the Bard Center

Business Plan Competition Orientation Meeting

            Talk with a BPC Judge

            Applications Due

Open to interested competitors. RSVP: bard.center@cudenver.edu

March 13, 2008 6:00-7:30PM at Marlowe’s (16th & Glenarm)