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University-Based Incubation: Program

UTEN Training Week #3:
University-Based Technology Business Incubation
24-25 May 2010
Avepark, Guimarães
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Detailed Workshop Schedule

24-25 May 2010 –Workshop

26 May 2024 –Meetings

This UTEN Training Week focused on University-Based Technology Business Incubation will present different perspectives and practical overviews of trends in incubation models and key tasks and responsibilities of incubators and TTOs regarding company growth and internationalization. Brief presentations will be augmented by group discussions and hands-on assignments focusing on:

(1)Internationalization and soft-landing

(2)Incubator formation, growth, and sustainability

(3)Regional context and business incubation

(4)Company selection and growth: Challenges and Successes

Video Conference Room –Avepark

Day 1 –24 May 2010 (morning session)

09:00 Registration and Networking with Speakers
09:30 Opening Session –Avepark, UTEN Portugal
09:45 New Models for Incubator Internationalization: thinking outside the box

Laura Kilcrease, Founding Director, ATI (Austin Technology Incubator)
Topics:New trends in incubation management, dealing with the changes in context and environment, global partnerships to overcome local barriers.
10:30 Q&A
11:00 Coffee Break
11:30 Launching and Growing a Successful (University-Based) Incubator

Aruni Gunasegaram, Director of Internal Operations, ATI Omar Hakim, General Manager, RVIC (Research Valley Innovation Center)
Topics: the context and story of ATI and RVIC (planning and governance of an incubator, including the key issues of incubator impact and sustainability, stakeholder engagement, selecting incubator clients including entry/exit criteria, and monitoring of incubator impact and operations).
12:30 Q&A
13:00 Lunch at AveparkVideo

Video Conference Room –Avepark

Day 1 –24 May 2010 (afternoon session)

14:30 Internationalization of tech Start-ups

Aruni Gunasegaram, ATI

Omar Hakim, RVIC
Key question: how to select and grow companies for internationalization (prep portuguese start-ups to on-shore the US market).
15:30 Q&A
16:00 Coffee Break
16:30 Funding high growth start-ups: investment partnerships

Laura Kilcrease, Founder and Director of Triton Ventures
Key question: how to select the right investors (current thinking in raising capital to launch and grow tech start-ups, new developments in pre-money valuation and deal terms).
17:30 Q&A
18:00 Finish for the day
20:00 Dinner

Video Conference Room –Avepark

Day 2 –25 May 2010

09:00 On-shoring to US: Models and company services

Aruni Gunasegaram, ATI Omar Hakim, RVIC
Topics: Soft-Landing Models and International Gateways, Company Support Services at different Company Life Cycles.
10:00 International partnerships for US on-shoring: lessons learned

Aruni Gunasegaram, ATI Omar Hakim, RVIC10
10:30 Q&A
11:00 Coffee Break
11:30 Case Studies (hands-on work: breaking out in groups)
13:00 Lunch at Avepark
14:30 Creative Negotiation of Termsheets

Laura Kilcrease, ATI
Topics:Anti-dillution and liquidation clauses.
15:00 Case Studies
16:00 Coffee Break
16:30 Wrap-up discussion: how to build partnerships for successful US on-shoring?
18:00 Finish for the day
20:00 Dinner

Location to be defined

Day 3 –26 May 2010

Morning Meetings with David Gibson and Invited Speakers
Afternoon Meetings with David Gibson and Invited Speakers

UTEN strongly encourages the participants to take this opportunity to present and discuss their most promising/most challenging opportunities for US on-shoring with our guest speakers (the entrepreneur should also be present).These meetings can also address other topics such as those identified on the UTEN Needs Assessment Survey, namely:

•building university and community involvement

•defining a mission and governance structure

•establishing incubator staffing policies

•establishing incubator financial policies

•strategies for generating revenue to achieve financial self-sustainability

•selecting and working with a board of directors

•developing graduation and exit criteria

•metrics for evaluation: University, Client Companies, Community