Wednesday — The five-part New Venture Workshop series, aimed at emerging entrepreneurs, will kick off this week at LSU’s Louisiana Emerging Technology Center. The series is meant to guide attendees to the successful launch of a business, and to help further the growth of established ventures. The workshop meetings will be held on Wednesdays, each at the LETC on East Parker Boulevard, from 5-6 p.m. Sign-in will start at 4:45 p.m. Topics of the workshops are: From Idea to Application, the Planning Process (Wednesday); Legal Structure and Intellectual Property (Feb. 15); Entrepreneurial Marketing (Feb. 29); Entrepreneurial Finance and How to Structure the Deal (March 14); and Pitching Your Idea (April 4). The LSU Louisiana Business & Technology Center and the Louisiana Small Business Development Center are co-hosting the workshop series. Though all workshop sessions are free, registration is required and can be done here or by contacting Daniel Vlosky at 578-3986.
Thursday — Innovation Take-Out, an interactive series of meetings from the Baton Rouge Area Chamber’s Regional Innovation Organization, takes place at The Lyceum, 124 Third St., from 6-8 p.m. Elias Bizannes, director at venture capital firm Charles River Ventures, is the keynote speaker at this meeting. The event is free, and registration is available here.
Thursday —The 2012 LSU Spring Faculty Enrichment Series will be held from 3-4:30 p.m. in Capital Chamber Room 329 of the LSU Student Union. Titled “Workplace Harmony: Creating Civil and Appreciative Cultures in Stressful Times,” the presentation will review community standards for civility, tolerance and diversity appreciation. Featured speakers are Tom Kosakowski, president of the International Ombudsman Association and ombudsperson for the UCLA Health Science; and Melinda Le, counseling psychologist for the LSU Student Health Center. More information and registration are available here.
For the full list of upcoming events, click here.
