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Transitioning to the New Economy Course – Start or Expand Your Business Online
The UNM online course for the community, Transitioning to the New Economy - Start or Expand your Business Online - Jan. 19 - Mar. 12, 2021. About this Event The University of New Mexico's Innovation Academy and UNM Rainforest Innovations (fka STC.UNM) are offering a special course to help New Mexico businesses at this critical time for our state's economic recovery. This is made possible thru a grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration called the NM EDA…
Find out more »Rainforest Innovation Fellow in Residence Virtual Office Hours
Meet with Rainforest Innovation Fellow Larry Sklar to discuss your ideas, research, entrepreneurial, and biotechnology pursuits. About this Event Virtual 1:1 office hours with Innovation Fellow, Larry A. Sklar, PhD, where he will provide guidance, coaching, perspective regarding your research and innovation pursuits. Note: Click register to select the appointment time frame for a 45-minute virtual appointment and a Zoom link for your meeting will be emailed to you. Please contact Cecilia Pacheco at cpacheco@innovations.unm.edu if you have any questions.…
Find out more »NM Angels Event – Tutor Tuesday with Hall T. Martin
New Mexico Angels presents Tutor Tuesday, a monthly virtual educational sessions for investors and those learning about angel investors throughout the state of New Mexico. Session Title: Early Exit Deal Structure with Hall T. Martin An alternative term sheet "3X in 3". There are a number of models for investors to earn a return beyond just making an equity investment in a start-up and hoping for an exit - someday. This session shares a redemption contract with the goal of investors…
Find out more »NMBio Lunch & Learn – Science, Talent and Capital Are Driving NM’s Biotech Successes
About this Event Speakers: Steven Graves, Ph.D., is CEO and President of BennuBio. His research programs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory led to the Attune acoustic flow cytometer. His programs at UNM are the basis of the firm’s parallel acoustic flow cytometry. He has experience in running large scientific programs responsible for the scientific execution and financial management of over $10M of scientific funding for the past 20 years. He has created BennuBio’s first product, Velocyt, a flow cytometer that can…
Find out more »NM Rainforest Webinar – Product Design- Making it Real
January University Center Webinar on Product Design presented by Denise Pliskin About This Event In this virtual seminar, Denise Pliskin, mechanical designer and project manager for Speck Design, goes through a phase based approach to product design and development - from ideation and research, concept design and refinements, to the steps to commercializing a product. Denise talks lightly about other none-design issues for entrepreneurs to consider. To illustrate the phases she uses a case study of a newly released products…
Find out more »Virtual Mentoring for Entrepreneurs – Office Hours with Kara Q. Smith
Meet with mentor Kara Smith to discuss your business ideas and receive guidance regarding your entrepreneurial pursuits. About this Event Virtual 1:1 office hours with Kara Smith, where she will provide guidance, coaching, perspective regarding your entrepreneurial pursuits. Note: Click register to select the appointment time frame for a 30-minute virtual appointment and a Zoom link for your meeting will be emailed to you. Please contact Cecilia Pacheco at cpacheco@innovations.unm.edu if you have any questions. About Kara Q. Smith Kara…
Find out more »UNM Rainforest Innovations Showcase
We invite entrepreneurs, investors, and companies to join us for a digital event showcasing University of New Mexico's life-science and physical-science technologies that are available for commercialization. Agenda to be posted. Register Here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEvfuuhqj8uE9AAxSormPUXYLpmTC8bZYxh
Find out more »Virtual Start-up Boot Camp & Mentoring Office Hours with Susan Cornelius
Would you like to start or grow your business? Join us on Zoom with UNM-Valencia mentor, Susan Cornelius to discuss your ideas! About this Event Virtual Start-up Boot Camp Thirty-minute start-up “boot camp” session with UNM-Valencia mentor Susan Cornelius that will help take you and your business ideas to the next level. After the boot camp session, there will be an opportunity for a 30 minute mentoring session with Susan via Zoom. Registration for your individual mentoring appoinmtnet must be…
Find out more »NMBio Event – Women and Entrepreneurship: Can We Do It? Yes, We Can
This event will showcase six of NM’s leading female entrepreneurs. They will discuss their firms and their paths to success. About this Event Speakers: Andrea Garcia – GPER G-1, New Mexico Start-Up Factory Michelle Miller – HD3, Innate Immunity Katie Ulik -- CEO and co-founder of K&K Skin Products Kristina Trujillo, PhD -- CEO of TNeuroPharma Mary Ortner – CEO of Biophagy, Inc. Wanetta Tuttle – Has started six companies & is Managing Partner of Tramway Ventures Fund & CEO…
Find out more »Destination Startup® by Venture Partners at CU Boulder
A Showcase of the Top Research-Based Startups in the Rocky Mountain Regio About this Event Destination Startup® is a collaboration among leading research universities and federal laboratories across the Rocky Mountain region to showcase the best companies from our innovation ecosystem. This year's participating institutions include Colorado State University; Montana State University; the University of Nebraska/Lincoln; University of Nebraska/UMC; the University of Utah; the University of Wyoming; and the University of Colorado System (CU Boulder; CU Anschutz; UCCS). Since its…
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