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Your Technology. Your Team. Your Success Formula:
How to build a company around your technology.

Do you have a technology or perhaps even just an idea, or maybe you've even started your company to commercialize your technology, but are now unsure of the next steps? Building a successful company requires vision, skill, determination and a talented committed team. It takes something extraordinary to translate innovative technology into a profitable business. But what does that mean?

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NASA's Vision Luncheon
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NASA's Vision: Above and Beyond
Take NASA's Business Lessons to the Next Level for Your Company

Date
February 21, 2008
11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Cost
$35 Members, $45 Non-Members
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Location Sponsored by
Omni Charlottesville Hotel on the Downtown Mall
235 West Main Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902
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Registration
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How to Do Real-Life Business in a Virtual Online World

How to Do Real-Life Business in a Virtual Online World
CBIC brings Second Life to Charlottesville!

Morning Education Seminar

 

Date
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
7:30 am to 9:30 am
(Please note the extended time due to additional program content.)

Location
UVA Darden School of Business

Cost
No charge for members of CBIC

One of the hottest new Internet trends, Second Life, is a 3-D virtual world created by its residents. It’s also the newest marketplace where entrepreneurs, companies and non-profit organizations are now doing real-world business. Jason Hull, a principal at OpenSource Connections, and AC Capehart, studio director at Second Life’s parent company, Linden Lab, will introduce the virtual world and talk about its business potential.

 
CBIC Morning Education: "Culture is King"
Culture Is King: How A Small Media Company Uses Culture To Outmaneuver And Outperform The Big Guys

Date
Tuesday, January 15, 2008,

Time
7:30 am ET - 9:00 am ET

Location
UVa Darden School, Room 50
100 Darden Boulevard
Charlottesville, VA 22903

Members: $0
Non-members: $25

Sponsored by

Robbins Staffing

Media companies use the mantra “content is king” to state their sustainable competitive advantage: their ability to generate and monetize appealing news and information for target markets. Though that mantra is still a meaningful rallying cry for the industry, the changing landscape of content distribution has shifted consumer expectations and challenged long time business models.

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10th Annual Business Forum

Taking the Entrepreneurial Path

Start, Survive, Succeed

When: December 6 & 7

Join private equity investors from all over the country who descend on Charlottesville to mingle with each other, as well as with entrepreneurs and innovators looking for early and seed-stage funding. This annual event is sponsored by the U.Va. Alumni Association and its sole purpose is to raise funds for regional entrepreneurship educational events produced and presented by the Charlottesville Business Innovation Council (CBIC).

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Holiday Party

Festive Fractal

You're invited to

Charlottesville Business Innovation Council's

2007 Holiday Party!

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Tech Town Hall
An Economic Analysis of the Charlottesville Area's High Technology Industry:
Introducing the Results of a New VCU Study and a Panel Discussion

Reserve your place now for this information-packed, provocative meeting!

When: Tuesday, November 20, 11:30 am - 2:00 pm
Where: Omni Hotel, Charlottesville, VA

CBIC Members: $30/$35 at door
Non-members: $40/$45 at door

The CBIC Tech Town Hall meeting on November 20 will introduce data from a brand-new study by Virginia Commonwealth University's Center for Public Policy at the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs.

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