Attend informational workshops on writing winning Phase One proposals, protecting your idea, and positioning your product in a commercial market. In the afternoon, attend a proposal writing workshop and learn how to write a competitive proposal. The program will feature presentations by Federal Agency personnel as well as by representatives from state agencies and other organizations who provide support services to Wyoming small businesses. Featured speakers include Governor Jim Geringer and Senator Mike Enzi. This workshop will center on presentations by the highly regarded Greenwood Group, but will also include overviews by several SBIR managers, Sandia National Labs, and state and local resource organizations.
Registration is FREE, but mandatory.
An additional focus of this conference will include commercialization and information pertaining to EPSCoR states and rural areas. Additional information will be available in June. Financing, managing and marketing a business requires a different skill set than those traditionally taught to science and technology majors in college and graduate schools. Yet, at some point in their career, many of these professionals want to start businesses of their own and are highly motivated to succeed. As the recent failure of many dot-coms illustrated, even a great technical idea requires good business skills to achieve profitability.