Key Topics: 

• IP strategy, Team Building, First Market Application, and Leadership

In Partnership with:

• HBS Faculty (Tom Eisenmann and more coming soon)
• 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
• Breakfast, 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

Agenda Topics:

• IP Strategy - budgeting, building moats, requirements for VC funding
• First Application - picking a starting lane, validating fit, shaping tech platforms
• Lunch! Heard on the street
• Team Building - Leadership: Are you the CEO?, assessing gaps, finding co-foudners
• Pitching & Funding - tell your story, types of funding, VC do’s and don’ts
• Copies of Prof Tom Eisenmann’s book “Why Startups Fail” for each participant

Open to Harvard PhDs, Post-Docs and Faculty