VT KnowledgeWorks
VT KnowledgeWorks
VT KnowledgeWorks is hosting a Founders’ Readiness Express workshop on June 23, 2011. This full-day workshop at The Inn at Virginia Tech helps prospective entrepreneurs test the strategic essence of their business concept, tighten up on managerial focus, and review the overall business start-up process.
Who should attend? Anyone considering the launch of a technology-based business.
- Inventors with exciting technological developments
- University faculty members with revolutionary research results
- Web developers with fresh business concepts
- Career shifters thinking about starting a company
When you should attend? Very early in the planning process.
- When your business concepts are still forming
- Before you incorporate, write a business plan or launch a web site
- Before you spend any significant time or personal money
The price is $100 for one attendee or $150 for two attendees from the same company. The discounted student price is $50.
All attendees will receive the VT KnowledgeWorks FirstOffice Program free of charge. That’s a $750 value! This program includes:
- Four-month membership in VT KnowledgeWorks JumpStart Community for up to three people
- Wi-fi
- Coffee
- Conference rooms
- Peer interaction
- Three 2-hour strategy sessions with two mentors, including a market opportunity review, product/service differentiation, profitability plan, $50 gift certificate to Wikiteria, and a VTKW membership
For questions or more information, contact Christine Pushaw at 540-443-9100 or via email at christine.pushaw@vtknowledgeworks.com
VT KnowledgeWorks encourages and enables creative entrepreneurship world-wide, through innovative curriculum, local business resource centers, and a global network of cooperating regions, all focused on three essential contributors to success: clear understanding of fundamental business principles; access to timely, relevant information; and meaningful personal and corporate relationships. It is a self-sustaining subsidiary of the Virginia Tech Foundation, funded through the continuing confidence and enthusiasm of its clients, sponsors and friends, both corporate and individual. Its world headquarters is in the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
VT KnowledgeWorks sponsors include Attaain, Inc., BB&T, Handshake 2.0, Harris Office Furniture, Hodges, Jones & Mabry, P.C., Hutchison Law Group, LeClairRyan, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), The Becher Agency (TBA), New River Valley IP Law, and The Branch Group.