July 30, 2009
Speaker: Margaret Chock, PhD, CMC (Certified Management Consultant)
M. I. B. Chock, LLC
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| Information Technology for Startups |
Information Technology is rarely on the minds of entrepreneurs, who have to focus on their product or service, its production, marketing, funding, staffing, and facilities, with little time for attention to anything else. However, computers are needed just to be in business and stay competitive. Their judicious use can provide significant efficiencies for even the smallest organization. On the other hand, lack of attention to IT-related risks can result in loss of data, loss of intellectual property, regulatory missteps, and possible consequent loss of the company altogether. Margaret Chock, a certified management consultant, will provide a brief overview of some of the technologies that may be useful in a startup company, describe the risks in their mismanagement, and suggest a roadmap for implementing basic information technology management procedures to keep costs in line with limited funding.
Start-ups need to be IT-savvy to:
Protect intellectual property
- IP is the basis of the start-up company
- Capture information to safeguard ideas
- Backup critical data, and secure against theft
Utilize web technology
- Manage the new company's face to the outside world
- Attract potential customers and investors
IT Costs
- Set up can be a significant investment
- Initial equipment costs are only the tip of the iceberg
- Maintenance and forced upgrades can be costly
Margaret Chock, PhD, CMC (Certified Management Consultant), has been Principal of M. I. B. Chock, LLC and its predecessors for 19 years. She has also held research, management, and technical positions in biotech, consulting, and aerospace companies.
Dr. Chock has BA degrees in Mathematics and Anthropology from University of California, Santa Barbara, and an MS and PhD. in Computer Science from UCLA. She is certified as a Management Consultant by the Institute of Management Consultants.
She is an active participant in a number of professional and technical organizations, in order to stay abreast of the latest business and technical issues and to find technical specialists and other resources that may be useful to her clients:
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- Independent Computer Consultants Association (ICCA)
- Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) -
Consultants Network, Biomedical Society, and Computer Society
- Institute of Management Consultants (IMC),
immediate Past President, Southern California Chapter,
- Southern California Biomedical Council
- Recent member of the UCLA Engineering Alumni Board
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June 25, 2009
Speaker: Earl Weinstein, Assistant Director, License and Business Development,
Office of Intellectual Property & Industry Sponsored Research, UCLA
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| Forming a Startup around a UCLA Invention: Resources, Guides and Tips |
UCLA has a long history in transitioning breakthrough research discoveries to the commercial sector via startup companies. In this seminar, Earl Weinstein from the Office of Intellectual Property will discuss some of the key success factors for these startups and provide guidance on how to form a startup as well as an overview of resources for faculty entrepreneurs.
- Opportunity Recognition- is your idea the basis of a startup?
- The Mindset of Successful Faculty Entrepreneurs- first things first…
- The VC Mindset- risk management & the time value of capital
- Crafting an investor "pitch"- the essential pieces
- Alternatives to VC Financing- angels, grants and the bootstrap
- Doing a Startup at UCLA- the process, resources & how we can help
Dr. Weinstein is Assistant Director, License and Business Development for the Office of Intellectual Property & Industry Sponsored Research, UCLA. He joined the technology transfer group at UCLA from PureTech Ventures, a seed stage venture capital firm in Boston. At PureTech he spent four years sourcing, evaluating and managing investments in life sciences startups spun directly out of research institutions. He is now working with scientists and engineers at UCLA who are interested in starting companies to advance the development of their technologies as well as developing licensing deals around more mature technologies with existing technology companies.
Prior to joining PureTech Ventures, Dr. Weinstein completed a PhD at MIT working on computational and experimental analysis of a novel form of gene regulation that was published in Science and awarded the AAAS Newcomb-Cleveland Prize. He completed his undergraduate degree at University of Pennsylvania.
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May 28, 2009
Emily W. Loughran, Office of Intellectual Property & Industry Sponsored Research
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| Licensing to Start Ups: A step by step review of the process |
| Featured Speaker Emily W. Loughran is the Director of Licensing for the Office of Intellectual Property at UCLA. Loughran has worked in tech transfer for 15 years, and has a BS from UC Berkeley and an MBA from USC.
She will be covering:
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letters of intent
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option agreements
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license agreements
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April 16, 2009
Cheryl Silverman & Casie Kelly
Office of Intellectual Property
University of California, Los Angeles
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| UCLA Technology Transfer Basics |
| Cheryl and Casie will review technology transfer (path to patenting) at UCLA and the role of inventors throughout the process. During this seminar, they will discuss how inventors disclose inventions to the UCLA Office of Intellectual Property, the patenting timeline, costs, decisions to pursue patenting and the relationship with legal. Intellectual Property (IP) ownership and basic relations with industry and collaborations such as confidential disclosure and material transfer agreements will also be discussed. Afterwards, Cheryl and Casie will be available for further discussions.
Casie Kelly is a Licensing Officer at UCLA's Office of Intellectual Property. Prior to joining the office 3 years ago, Casie completed her PhD in microbiology at Harvard and earned bachelors degrees at UCLA in Chemistry and Microbiology. Casie is also a Patent Agent.
Cheryl Silverman, Patent Prosecution Manager at UCLA, works with OIPA Case Managers and patent counsel to manage the patent prosecution process with the ultimate goal of protecting the Regents IP assets. With a background in liberal arts and over 15 years experience in technology transfer at UCLA, Cheryl brings a wealth of experience to the complex business of technology transfer.
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March 24, 2009
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| UCLA on-campus Technology Incubator -- Launch Event and Conference |
The California NanoSystems Institute and the Office of Intellectual Property and Industry Sponsored Research will hold a conference to introduce the UCLA on-campus Incubator at CNSI as a novel way to support faculty research and the commercialization of university research. The conference will bring together a unique mix of faculty entrepreneurs, and representatives from industry start-up companies and venture capital firms who will discuss the role of technology transfer and the importance of technology incubators and will give illuminating case histories.
Incubator Launch Video Stream
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The UCLA Incubator is the first on-campus incubator with a built in education program. Workshops are planned in cooperation with the Anderson School of Management and the School of Law to provide start-ups with support in all areas of business development. UCLA supports economic development of the scientific findings which are generated with federal support.
Conference Participants include:
Leonard H. Rome - Welcome Remarks
CNSI Interim Director, Senior Associate Dean for Research, David Geffen School of Medicine
Kathryn Atchison - Incubator Program and Role of Technology Transfer
Vice Provost of Intellectual Property & Industry Relations
UCLA Chancellor Gene Block - Key Speaker
Industry/start-up representatives and panel of faculty entrepreneurs/VCs:
Jeff Green, CEO Nano H2O - keynote speaker
Wenyuan Shi, Founding Scientist and Chief Scientific Advisor, C3
Jim Kim, Senior Partner, CMEA Capital
John Miao, TomoSoft Technologies, LLC
ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND:
The UCLA On-campus Technology Incubator is an innovative resource designed to help accelerate the growth of entrepreneurial start-up companies and early stage research projects based on technologies developed by UCLA faculty. It represents the first on-campus technology incubator that includes a built in education program.
The UCLA on-campus Technology Incubator at CNSI will ultimately house 4-5 start-up companies which will use the space for early stage incubation purposes. Having developmental lab space on campus with close access to UCLA faculty researchers and lab facilities is highly desirable for such start up companies. In addition, workshops are planned in cooperation with the UCLA Office of Intellectual Property, the Anderson School of Management and the School of Law to provide start-ups with support in all areas of business development.
The CNSI's physical facilities offer eight core lab facilities with state-of-the-art imaging instrumentations and nanofabrication clean rooms. A new Incubation space is in development to provide a suite of "research incubation" laboratories for new, highly interactive, cross-disciplinary research projects. The space will include an integrated cluster of offices and conferencing facilities.
UCLA Newsroom
UCLA Today
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February 26, 2009
Joseph R. Baker
Patent Attorney
Gavrilovich, Dodd, and Lindsey, LLP
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| Patents 101: record-keeping/notebooks and inventorship determination |
Joseph R. Baker's practice focuses on patent, trademark, trade secret and copyright matters, concentrating on patent and trademark prosecution. Mr. Baker has over ten years experience preparing and prosecuting patents in a variety of technical areas. He has prepared and prosecuted U.S. and foreign patents in many technical areas, including biotechnology such as stem cells, gene therapy, vector systems, genomics, proteomics, antibodies, nano-biotechnology, and bioinformatics; pharmaceuticals such as small molecules, formulations, liposomal delivery systems; medical devices; and material sciences such as nanotechnology materials. He has also prepared and negotiated significant patent and technology transfer licenses, and has written numerous legal opinions for clients on product clearance, patent infringement, invalidity and enforceability.
Mr. Baker received a Bachelor's degree in General Biology from the University of California, a Master's of Science degree from San Diego State University in Cell & Molecular Biology and a J.D. from California Western School of Law. Mr. Baker is registered to practice in the State of California, in the state of Washington and before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Mr. Baker has held positions at large general practice and intellectual property firms as well as positions at a small biotechnology start-up company and a large multinational biotechnology company. In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Baker is an adjunct professor of law at California Western School of Law and a lecturer through the University of California, San Diego Extension program.
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