National Labs Entrepreneurship Academy Agenda
Day 1
Tuesday, June 2
7:30 am – 8:15 am
Continental Breakfast
Bishop Ranch, Suite 190
GSM Bay Area Campus
8:15 am – 8:45 am
Introductions + Overview
Professor Andrew Hargadon
Institute for Innovation and
Entrepreneurship
8:45 am – 9:45 am
Innovation Exercise
Students work in groups to compete
in an Innovation Exercise.
Cleveland Justis
Institute for Innovation and
Entrepreneurship
9:45 am – 10:00 am
Break
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Making the Leap, Part I
This module introduces business models, valuing a
new venture and reducing uncertainty, and how
those factors determine the best development
strategy for a new venture.
Andrew Hargadon
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch
Bishop Ranch, Suite 190
GSM Bay Area Campus
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Intellectual Property
Overview of IP from a National Lab perspective.
Rich Rankin / Roger Werne
Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Guest Entrepreneur:
My Start-up Experience
Eric Cummings
Maxout Renewables
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Break
3:15 pm – 4:30 pm
Defining the Problem
Spending time to understand and document the
problem is critical to applying your science. Do
you have an answer looking for a problem? How
can you apply your science to it?
Cleveland Justis
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Elevator Pitches – Introduction
Cleveland Justis
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Networking Mixer & Keynote Speaker
Patricia Falcone
Deputy Director S&T
Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory
All sessions are located at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management Bay Area Campus unless otherwise noted
UC Davis Child Family Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
entrepreneurship.ucdavis.edu
National Labs Entrepreneurship Academy Agenda
Day 2
Wednesday, June 3
7:30 am – 8:15 am
Continental Breakfast
Bishop Ranch, Suite 190
GSM Bay Area Campus
8:15 am – 9:15 am
Elevator pitches
Cleveland Justis
9:15 am – 10:45 am
Market Validation: From Lab to Market
Lecture and Panel Discussion
Cleveland Justis
Panelists:
Jim Kiles
Greg Hitchan
Tom McWilliams
Jim Presley
10:45 am – 11:00 am
Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Market Validation: From Lab to Market
Customer Calls
Identifying the customer and the customer call.
Cleveland Justis
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch
Bishop Ranch, Suite 190
GSM Bay Area Campus
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm
Business Validation and Exercise
Record the key uncertainties.
Ronda Collier
Sweetwater Health
2:15 pm – 3:15 pm
Technology Validation
Record the key uncertainties.
Nick Colella
Incubic
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm
Break
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Project Time: Exercises
• Identify five customers to call and complete
the customer call form.
• Call a customer.
• Record the key uncertainties around the
market.
Bishop Ranch, Suite 190
GSM Bay Area Campus
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Buffet Dinner
Bishop Ranch, Suite 190
GSM Bay Area Campus
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Mentoring Session
Work with mentors to refine your value
proposition and elevator pitch.
Invited investors and industry
guests
All sessions are located at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management Bay Area Campus unless otherwise noted
UC Davis Child Family Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
entrepreneurship.ucdavis.edu
National Labs Entrepreneurship Academy Agenda
Day 3
Thursday, June 4
7:30 am – 8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
Bishop Ranch, Suite 190
GSM Bay Area Campus
8:30 am – 9:00 am
Elevator Pitches
Andrew Hargadon
9:00 am – 10:00 am
Making the Leap, Part II
Identifying the team, milestones and resources
you need to move forward in the next 9-12
months.
Andrew Hargadon
10:00 am – 10:15 am
Break
10:15 am – 11:00 am
Guest Entrepreneur: Successes and
Learning Opportunities
Roger Werne
LLNL
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Guest Speaker
TBD
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch
Bishop Ranch, Suite 190
GSM Bay Area Campus
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Perfecting the Pitch
Call to Action
TBD
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
10 Legal Mistakes
Bradley Gersich
DLA Piper
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Leap Toolkit Review
Cleveland Justis
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Intellecutal Property /
Licensing Resources
Steven Hau
Genaro Mempin
Bianca Thayer
Mike Sharer
Zane Starkewolfe
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Individual Work Time / IP Office Hours
Time for individuals to build their business plan
and prepare for evening mentoring.
On Your Own
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Buffet Dinner
Bishop Ranch, Suite 190
GSM Bay Area Campus
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Mentoring Session
Work with mentors to refine your value
proposition and elevator pitch.
Invited investors and industry
guests
8:30pm – 9:00pm
Next Steps
Five key things to do after leaving conference.
Cleveland Justis
All sessions are located at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management Bay Area Campus unless otherwise noted
UC Davis Child Family Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
entrepreneurship.ucdavis.edu