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MIT Enterprise Forum

Innovation to Commercialization -

Using Government Funding to Kick Start Your Start-Up

 

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MIT Enterprise Forumn - Innovation to Commercialization

 

     

Wednesday, June 4 at The Peoria NEXT Innovation Center

Registration/Networking    5:00 to 5:45pm
Broadcast                        6:00 to 7:30pm
Networking                       7:30 to 8:30pm

   

Refreshments and hors d'oeuvres served during Networking

Is it really possible to turn $100,000 in government funding into $150,000,000 in private investment funding?

In a venture's early stages, funding is crucial to accelerate from "great idea" to "great product."  Hear from three entrepreneurs who used US government SBIR grants as the building blocks to success.  And learn what government agencies, like the NSF, DoD and NIH, look for when awarding Small Business Innovation Research grants.  Entrepreneurial success stories and tips for winning grants at the next Enterprise Forum Global Broadcast!

For more information - go to MIT Enterprise Forum

Panel:
Thomas Allnutt, National Science Foundation
Milton Chen, VSee
Bruce Gellerman (moderator), National Public Radio
Christoper Loose PhD '07, Stericoat

There is no cost for this broadcast forum, but you must register by 5:00pm, Monday, June 2, 2008

       

Register Here                              Questions?  Call 677-4321

 

Sponsored By:

 

 
Turner Center for Entrepreneurship - Bradley University

&

Bradley Technology Commercialization Center