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| Seminar 1 |
From the business plan to capital raising,
Uffe Bundgaard-Jorgensen, Gate2Growth |
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10:00 – 13:00 (3 hrs, in English) |
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| Abstract |
The business plan is the main tool of the
entrepreneur in order to attract and convince the potential
investor and the way to introduce the investor to the venture.
The seminar, by Gate2Growth, an initiative supported by the EU,
offering web-portal and associated services to innovative
entrepreneurs and partners, approaches business planning in an
integrated manner, from the theory and strategy of the business
plan to advice in finding the right potential investor and
preparing for the meeting as well as an introduction to the
Gate2Growth services to entrepreneurs.
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10:00 - 11:30 Part 1
 Trends in VC Financing - EU and USA
Loan or Equity?
What is important in a Business Plan seen from an
investor's point of view - Why?
Make two plans: A plan to build your business / A plan
to show to investors
11:30 - 12:00 Coffee break
12:00 - 13:00 Part 2
What is a Gate2Growth Business Plan diagnostic and why
do we do it?
The process of finding the right potential investor -
Venture Capitalist or Business Angel?
Preparation for your meeting with the investors.
How can the Gate2Growth services help finding the right
investors under the changing market conditions.
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| Seminar 2 |
Effective protection of intellectual property rights,
Konstantinos Ambatzis, Stratos Koutivas, Greek
Industrial Property Organization |
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| Duration |
14:30 – 18:00 (3½ hrs, in Greek with simultaneous translation
to English) |
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| Abstract |
Effective protection of the intellectual property rights is
a step of paramount importance in the process of launching an
innovative venture. Not only does it provide the entrepreneur
with a competitive advantage detering potential misuse but it
provides a solid proof to the investor that the product is
unique and worth investing in. The seminar, given by the
Industrial Property Organization of Greece (OBI), aims at giving
an insight into the world of the protection of intellectual
property rights from the strategy, ways of obtaining information
for technology evaluation purposes to the actual patent
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14.30 - 15.00 Protection of inventions (patents) and
industrial designs in Greece and abroad
15.00 - 15.30 Patent information, the role of OBI and the
electronic peripheral libraries
15.30 - 16.00 Searching for patent information from free
databases
16.00 - 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 - 17.00 Compiling an application for a patent
17.00 - 17.30 Procedure and cost for patent applications in
Greece, Europe and Worldwide
17.30 - 18.00 The strategy in the protection of intellectual
property rights |
