Two workshops slated this week at incubator
A workshop devoted to effective pitch presentation will be held on Wednesday, March 6, as part of the ongoing Entrepreneurial Education Program at the Fredonia Technology Incubator, 214 Central Ave., Dunkirk.
Jack McGowan, project manager at Insyte Consulting, Buffalo, will assist entrepreneurs in conveying a message in a simple, succinct and effective way in order to stand out to investors. Topics to be discussed in the workshop include: importance of being investor-focused, tailoring the pitch to the situation and audience and discussing the business and not just the product.
The workshop will be held from 10 a.m. to noon in the incubator’s large conference room and is free and open to the public. Seating is limited, so registration is required. Guests are encouraged to register online. The link can also be located on the incubator website and Facebook page.
Those who are running established business or who are in the idea stage will benefit by participating in the workshop.
For more information, contact the incubator at 680-6009 or email the incubator.
A Business Model Canvas workshop that focuses on tools and techniques to assist in moving from business idea to start-up company, and also identifying customer segments and corresponding value propositions, will be held on Friday, March 8, from 10 a.m. to noon, at the incubator.
The workshop, which will be especially beneficial for students who plan to enter the incubator’s Student Business Competition, is free and open to the public. To register, go online.
Manoj Pooleery, director at Venture For AI, will serve as the instructor of the event to be held in the incubator’s smart conference room. It will include lecture content and an interactive workshop.
Mr. Pooleery teaches the Launching New Ventures course at Columbia University, is the founder and CEO of M-Phi Innovators and director of Technology, Business Development and Entrepreneurship at Center for Computational Learning Systems at Columbia University. He also successfully commercialized cutting-edge Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools.
