Building Blocks for SMB and Startup Success: Essential Documents & IP Insights
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February 26, 2025
6:00 pm—7:00 pm
Zoom
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Lay the Foundation for Your Business Journey Join us for Building Blocks for SMB and Startup Success, a free 1-hour webinar designed to empower Alberta's entrepreneurs with the knowledge to establish their small-medium businesses (SMBs) or startups successfully. Learn about the key documents required to kickstart your venture and how to identify intellectual property (IP) assets crucial to your business growth and protection. Gain practical knowledge, including: · A checklist of essential documents to start a small-medium business (SMB) or startup. · An understanding of what is IP’able for SMBs and startups. · Tips to incorporate IP considerations into your business planning from day one. This interactive session features a live Q&A with an IP lawyer, giving you the chance to get insights tailored to your business needs. Who Should Attend? This event is perfect for: · Entrepreneurs starting or growing their SMBs or startups. · Innovators looking to identify and protect their IP assets. · Investors seeking to better understand IP opportunities for emerging ventures. · Underrepresented entrepreneurs entering the business ecosystem. What You’ll Learn · Essential Documentation: Discover the key documents needed to start and sustain SMBs and startups. · IP Fundamentals: Understand what qualifies as IP for SMBs and startups, and how to protect it. · Strategic Insights: Learn how to align your documentation and IP strategy with your business goals.
Lay the Foundation for Your Business Journey
Join us for Building Blocks for SMB and Startup Success, a free 1-hour webinar designed to empower Alberta's entrepreneurs with the knowledge to establish their small-medium businesses (SMBs) or startups successfully. Learn about the key documents required to kickstart your venture and how to identify intellectual property (IP) assets crucial to your business growth and protection.
Gain practical knowledge, including:
· A checklist of essential documents to start a small-medium business (SMB) or startup.
· An understanding of what is IP’able for SMBs and startups.
· Tips to incorporate IP considerations into your business planning from day one.
This interactive session features a live Q&A with an IP lawyer, giving you the chance to get insights tailored to your business needs.
Who Should Attend?
This event is perfect for:
· Entrepreneurs starting or growing their SMBs or startups.
· Innovators looking to identify and protect their IP assets.
· Investors seeking to better understand IP opportunities for emerging ventures.
· Underrepresented entrepreneurs entering the business ecosystem.
What You’ll Learn
· Essential Documentation: Discover the key documents needed to start and sustain SMBs and startups.
· IP Fundamentals: Understand what qualifies as IP for SMBs and startups, and how to protect it.
· Strategic Insights: Learn how to align your documentation and IP strategy with your business goals.
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