Workshops
Workshops encourage innovation and entrepreneurship at WPI and serve to fuel the entrepreneurial spirit; create a powerful network of student, alumni, and faculty entrepreneurs and innovators; and spark future innovations that will improve the environment, economy, and society.
Workshops provide discussion on how ideas, inventions, intellectual property protection, and innovation merge to create opportunities for enterprise creation - also known as "entrepreneurship". Entrepreneurs that are forging today's technology economy will provide the tools, inspiration, and confidence you need to take your technology ideas to the next level. These workshops will enhance your understanding of how to turn technology ideas into entrepreneurial opportunities - from the laboratory to idea validation and protection and finally to the marketplace.
Workshops are free and open to all in the WPI community. Many departments provide workshops including the Collaborative for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (CEI), the Technology Transfer Office, and the Gordon Library.
More information on CEI workshop types
REGISTRATION FOR CEI WORKSHOPS ONLY
Scheduled Workshops for C-Term, 2009:
February 19, 2009: Elevator Pitch Contest Prep Workshop, 11AM-1PM, Campus Center Chairman's Room
February 23-27, 2009 - National Entrepreneurship Week Events
Feb 23, 2009, "Is This a Product Idea or a Business Opportunity?", 12-1PM, Campus Center Hagglund Room
Feb 23, 2009, "Inventor's Notebook", 5-6PM, Campus Center Mid-Century Room
Feb 23, 2009, "Company Research - Tools for Business Planning", 11-11:45AM, Gordon Library
Feb 24, 2009, "Legally Structuring a Small Business", 12-1PM, Campus Center Chairman's Room
Feb 24, 2009, "Venture Capital and Angel Inventment Discussion", 5-6PM, Campus Center Taylor Room
Feb 25, 2009, “Patenting”, 12-1PM, Campus Center Chairman’s Room
Feb 25, 2009, “From Free Lunch to No Lunch – Surviving the Jobs Trend”, 2-3PM, Campus Center Hagglund Room
Feb 25, 2009, "From the Pits to the Palace: One Woman's Journey to Self-Realization Through Entrepreneurship", CC Mid-Century Room
Feb 26, 2009, "Marketing Your Business with No Money", 12-1PM, Higgins Labs Room 218
Feb 26, 2009, Elevator Pitch Contest, 5-6PM, Campus Center Mid-Century Room
Feb 27, 2009, "New Media Marketing: Blogs, Microblogs, Social Media, and Search", 12-1PM, Campus Center Hagglund Room
Workshops at Gordon Library, Anderson Lab A - Registration Always Required - click here or on title link
February 11, 2009: Business Plan Research, 4:00-5:00PM, Gordon Library
February 24, 2009: Company Research, 11:00-11:45AM, Gordon Library
Archived Workshops
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