TechPortal Monthly Seminars

Greenberg shares the most common mistakes found in business plans while explaining how best to avoid them.

An elevator pitch is the most important instrument in the entrepreneur’s toolbox. A clear, concise, easily understood pitch can open the door to capital and customers; a poorly crafted pitch can scuttle interest in even the most innovative startup.

Brant Cooper and Patrick Vlaskovits,the authors of “The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development,” told a TechPortal/Entrepreneurs Forum audience members that that the startup environment is changing dramatically. Lean is now the name of the game, and lean startups demand an integrated approach: maximize the number of changes required to your product or service with the smallest investment possible.

Raising capital to fund a new business is not something most researchers relish, but it’s a necessary evil. Winston Ho and Fan-Gang Zeng give entrepreneurial hopefuls some useful tips at the second event in the Calit2/TechPortal Entrepreneur Series.