Join the Harvard Grid and HBS faculty for a one-day bootcamp designed for science and engineering students, researchers, and faculty who wish to translate their tough tech research into a start-up. Spots are limited.

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Key Topics:

Team Building, Selecting First Market, Fundraising, Intellectual Property

In Partnership with:

• HBS Faculty
• Harvard University's Office of Technology Development
  

What to Expect:

• Full day immersive, interactive workshop with pre-reads, HBS-style mini cases, lectures, networking, and thought provoking discussions
• Pastries/Coffee, lunch, and snacks provided
  

Speaker Profiles:

• Thomas R. Eisenmann - Howard H. Stevenson Professor of Business Administration and Peter O. Crisp Faculty Chair, Harvard Innovation Labs
• Paul Hayre - Executive Director, Harvard Grid

Tentative Agenda:

• 8:30-9:00a - Coffee, pastries ~ meet and greet
• 9:00-9:05a - Grid intro, Faculty intro
• 9:05-9:25a - Welcome to Tough Tech Venturing – Prof Jim Matheson
• 9:25-10:10a - Lit Motors – Prof Tom Eisenmann
• 10:10-10:55a - Team Building – Prof Tom Clay
• 10:55-11:15a - Break
• 11:15-11:35a - Morning Session Summary
• 11:35-12:45p - Networking Lunch
• 12:45-1:30p - First Application/Sequencing Framework – Prof Josh Krieger
• 1:30-2:30p - Financing Your Early TTV – Prof Jim Matheson
• 2:30p-2:45p - Break
• 2:45-3:30p - JIBO story – Prof Tom Eisenmann
• 3:30-4:00p - Tying it all together - Prof Tom Eisenmann
• 4:00-5:00p - Networking reception: apps, beer/wine