Seminar & Social Hour with CCTEC and Johnson School MBAs

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Date: 02/11/2009
Time: 5:30PM - 7:00PM
Location: CCTEC Office Suite 310, 395 Pine Tree Rd

Prendismo is home to the world's premiere collection of digital video content on business, leadership, and entrepreneurship.  Dr. Deborah Streeter presented Prendismo while attendees enjoyed hors d'oeuvres and beverages.

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Startup Presentations to Big Red Ventures

Date: 01/20/2009
Time: 8:00AM - 10:00AM
Location: 333 Sage Hall

Inventors from the Ithaca campus and Weill Cornell Medical College presented their promising technologies and business opportunities to BR Ventures of the Johnson School.

IP & Pizza with the Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics

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Date: 11/20/2008
Time: 12:30PM - 2:00PM
Location: Room G10 Biotechnology Building

Guests from the Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics gathered to learn about CCTEC and patents.  A presentation by the event sponsor, Michael Hull, Miller Matthias & Hull, included a description of what is patentable, specific types of patents, criteria for patents, and provisional/patent application. 

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Seminar and Social Hour with CCTEC and Johnson School MBAs

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Date: 11/19/2008
Time: 5:30PM - 7:00PM
Location: CCTEC office suite 310, 395 Pine Tree Road

Dr. Marvin Pritts, Horticulture Department, presented his "high tunnel berry production system".  This novel fruit production system, along with Cornell's proprietary berry varieties, allows significant season extension, high yields, and synchronized harvests.  MBA students learned about this unique business opportunity over hors d'oeuvres.

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Startup Boot Camp

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Date: 11/14/2008
Time: 10:00AM - 7:00PM
Location: Weill Greenberg Conference Center, NYC, rooms AB&C

Trying to piece together a life sciences company isn't easy. This day long event helped attendees understand the challenges of starting a life sciences company and how to address them. The event featured panelists who have started Weill Cornell Medical College companies, have invested in early stage companies, and have provided legal expertise to companies. The panels focused on three areas, diagnosis/prognosis, biomedical devices, and therapeutics. The keynote lunch speaker was Dr. Kathleen Denis, Associate Vice President, Office of Technology Transfer, The Rockefeller University. The day culminated in a networking cocktail reception for guests.

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Seminar and Social Hour with CCTEC and Johnson School MBAs

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Date: 10/29/2008
Time: 5:30PM - 7:00PM
Location: CCTEC office suite 310, 395 Pine Tree Road

Attendees, including MBA students from the Entrepreneur & Venture Capital Club, learned about an exciting new Cornell invention, while they enjoyed hors d'oeuvres and beverages with CCTEC professionals.  The speaker was Dr. Alexander Travis of Biomedical Sciences.  He presented his functional assay for male fertility, which has applications for assisted reproduction and contraceptive development.

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IP & Pizza with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Date: 10/24/2008
Time: 12:00PM - 1:30PM
Location: 226 Weill Hall, Ithaca Campus

Attendees from the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences enjoyed pizza and a discussion on the new Invention and Related Property Rights Policy.

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Due Diligence Workshop

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Date: 10/17/2008
Time: 8:30AM - 2:00PM
Location: 226 Weill Hall, Ithaca Campus

Effective due diligence is one of the most critical steps in successful investing. This three-hour workshop took the investor through the key issues which will determine major risk factors and deal breakers. The workshop emphasized what must be confirmed, the cost of confirming, and the risk of not knowing. Workshop attendees learned what it takes to validate the plan and to define and contain the risk of investment.

Cornell Technology Venture Forum 2008

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Date: 10/16/2008
Time: 9:00AM - 8:00PM
Location: Room G10 Biotechnology Building, Ithaca campus

The 2008 Cornell Technology Venture Forum (CTVF) consisted of technology and company presentations, poster presentations, networking opportunities, and a lunch discussion, followed by a reception. 

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IP & Pasta, Weill Cornell Medical College, Radiology Department

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Date: 09/18/2008
Time: 6:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: Griffis Faculty Club, 521 East 68th Street, NYC

Attendees enjoyed pasta, wine, and beer while they learned about moving their research from lab to marketplace. CCTEC professionals were available to answer questions and discuss intellectual property issues.

Open discussion format hosted by the Radiology Department and sponsored by Hoffmann and Baron, LLP.

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