Certificate Sessions
Incubator funding sessions (choose one):
- New Federal Policies and Funding of Incubators (Monday, April 20, 10:45 a.m. – noon)
- How to Raise Millions for Your Incubator (Monday, April 20, 2:30 – 3:45 p.m.)
- Incubator Funding Strategies (Tuesday, April 21, 9:00 – 10:15 a.m.)
- Strategies and Best Practices for Incubator Sustainability (Tuesday, April 21, 10:45 a.m. – noon)
- Designing a Fundraiser That Stays True to Your Mission (Wednesday, April 22, 11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.)
Client funding sessions (choose one):
- An Overview of the SBIR/STTR Programs (Monday, April 20, 9:00 – 10:15 a.m.)
- The State of Angel Investing Today (Monday, April 20, 10:45 a.m. – noon)
- Positioning High-Performance, Innovation-Intensive Companies for Investment (Monday, April 20, 2:30 – 3:45 p.m.)
- Preparing Client Companies to Pitch to Investors (Tuesday, April 21, 2:15 – 3:30 p.m.)
Client services sessions (choose one):
- Optimizing Advisory Boards for Incubator Client Companies (Monday, April 20, 9:00 – 10:15 a.m.)
- Roundtable: Communicating Effectively With Clients (Monday, April 20, 10:45 a.m. – noon)
- Avoiding Mistakes When Counseling Incubator Client Companies (Monday, April 20, 2:30 – 3:45 p.m.)
- Coaching Your Clients to Success (Tuesday, April 21, 9:00 – 10:15 a.m.)
- Guerilla Marketing (Wednesday, April 22, 9:30 – 10:45 a.m.)
- Developing Profits From Patent Assets (Wednesday, April 22, 9:30 – 10:45 a.m.)
- Managing a Service Provider Network (Wednesday, April 22, 11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.)
Incubator management sessions (choose two):
- How to Get Your Community Involved (Monday, April 20, 9:00 – 10:15 a.m.)
- Linking Incubators and Entrepreneurship Programs (Monday, April 20, 10:45 a.m. – noon)
- Identifying Challenges and Opportunities of Entrepreneurship (Monday, April 20, 10:45 a.m. – noon)
- Roundtable: Facilities Management (Tuesday, April 21, 9:00 – 10:15 a.m.)
- Rural Incubation Techniques That Work (Tuesday, April 21, 10:45 a.m. – noon)
- Building a Pipeline of Serial Entrepreneurs (Tuesday, April 21, 2:15 – 3:30 p.m.)
- Constructing a Regional Network of Incubators (Tuesday, April 21, 2:15 – 3:30 p.m.)
- Graduation Policies (Wednesday, April 22, 9:30 – 10:45 a.m.)
- Selecting the Right Clients (Wednesday, April 22, 11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.)