This workshop will demystify and explain the various form of intellectual property (IP), namely, patents, industrial designs, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets. We will then do some actual patent searching with our librarian April Colosimo using the DERWENT worldwide patent database.
This workshop will provide an overview of the different types of market research, how to analyze the competition, and the resources available at 91社区 to perform market research. Our market research librarian will walk us through some of those resources using a market research canvas tool.
This project aims to create a reflective space for graduate students to explore and share their educational experiences through art.
Before finding customers, many startup and spinoff businesses need to find funding. In addition to government grants and tax-credits, companies can also raise money by dilutive funding. Such an investment should provide critical funding to the company and raise its value, but dilutes the ownership of existing shareholders. For early-stage ventures from university research, how can you find investors willing to take a risk on a newly founded business? And how much ownership should you give away?
Managing interns may seem like a simple activity for researchers, but this is less the case when it comes to working with people who have different skill sets. How do you determine the quality of the work? How to ensure the intern is motivated and engaged? What are some red flags that might be missed when dealing with non-technical positions? This session will help MIF teams get the most from their interns. To guide teams through this exercise, we have enlisted the support of two experts: Professor Niels Billou and Frances Arthur.