Early-stage innovation-based businesses face a unique set of foundational challenges as they get off the ground and grow. The “Business of Innovation” is a workshop series offered in multiple locations throughout North Carolina that highlights the unique needs of innovation-driven companies, including university spinouts. Learn from experts in the areas of dilutive and non-dilutive funding, legal and IP, business development, grant accounting/financial management and university tech transfer, and network with successful innovation-oriented entrepreneurs.

Key topics covered will include:

• SBIR/STTR program overview
• Funding resources specific to North Carolina
• Equity capital insights from angel funders
• One NC Small Business Match and Incentive Programs
• Legal considerations for setting up an innovation business
• Accounting requirements and management
• Patent landscape analysis
• Logistics of university and business collaborations
• Success stories from local innovation businesses