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University of Central Florida Announces
One-Day, Intensive Workshop Presents the Basics of
Transforming Technological Ideas into Business Ventures
(ORLANDO, FL)—The University of Central Florida has once
again been selected to host the exciting one-day workshop, Invention
to Venture. Backed by the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators
Alliance and the Kauffman Foundation, this event is one of a national
series of workshops for science and technology students and faculty.
Previous workshops have featured such prominent speakers as the
former CEO of America Online and the founder of Chuck E. Cheese
and co-founder of Atari. This year’s workshop will feature
another exciting lineup that includes nationally recognized entrepreneur,
angel investor and author, Barry J. Moltz.
Barry J. Moltz has been running small businesses with a great
deal of success for 15 years. He co-founded Prairie Angels Capital
Fund, which invests in local seed stage companies. His first book, “You
Need to Be A Little Crazy: The Truth about Starting and Growing
Your Business” was published in October 2003. Molz also writes
a weekly column entitled “The Business Bunker” to help
entrepreneurs cope with the emotional trials of running their own
business.
Moltz was recently named chairman of the newly formed Midwest
Angel Network Association. He is on the Steering Committee of the
National Angels Summits and a member of the Advisory Board of the
State of Illinois Entrepreneurship Centers. I-Street Magazine named
him one of the ‘Top 100 People of Chicago’s Hi-Tech
Community’ in 2001 and 2002, and the Chicago Software Association
named him “Angel of the Year” in 2001. Moltz received
his BA from Brandeis University and his MBA from Northwestern University.
“UCF is excited to host the annual Invention to Venture
workshop in Central Florida,” said Tom O’Neal, Associate
Vice President for Research at the University of Central Florida
and Director of the UCF Technology Incubator (UCFTI). “This
is an example of our on-going commitment to provide support to
foster and grow entrepreneurship within the state as a leading
metropolitan research university. I encourage any faculty, student
or staff member with an interest in entrepreneurship to attend.”
The national Invention to Venture series has been established
to tap the entrepreneurial ambitions of students and faculty on
college campuses across the U.S. Participants discover how to turn
an idea into a new product venture, and connect with the local
people and programs that can help them turn their ideas into a
reality. Since 2001, the Invention to Venture series workshops
have provided an exciting opportunity for participants to learn
tech entrepreneurship basics, build their networks, and develop
plans for moving their ideas forward.
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