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The Business of Innovation

September 26 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Early-stage innovation-based businesses face a unique set of foundational challenges as they get off the ground and grow. The “Business of Innovation” is a workshop series offered in multiple locations throughout North Carolina that highlights the unique needs of innovation-driven companies, including university spinouts.

Learn from experts in the areas of dilutive and non-dilutive funding, legal and IP, business development, and university tech transfer, and network with successful innovation-oriented entrepreneurs.

Topics covered:

  • SBIR/STTR program overview
  • Funding resources specific to North Carolina
  • Equity capital insights from angel funders
  • One NC Small Business Match and Incentive Programs
  • Legal considerations of setting up an innovation business
  • Accounting requirements and management
  • Patent landscape analysis
  • Logistics of university and business collaborations
  • Success stories from local innovation businesses

Venue

UNCW Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
803 S. College Rd. Suite G
Wilmington, NC 28403
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