We all have great ideas for new products or businesses that could change the world, or at least our own lives. But how does that idea get turned into reality? The North Country Innovation Hotspot Program at Clarkson’s Shipley Center and Point Positive, an angel investor group founded in Saranac Lake, are joining forces to help provide answers to that question!
Join the Shipley Center and Point Positive for a day of workshops aimed at emerging entrepreneurs and angel investors on Friday, July 13, 2018 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Heaven Hill Farm, 302 Bear Cub Lane, Lake Placid, NY. The day will culminate with a pitch event, where up to 3-4 teams of entrepreneurs will compete for prize money and a chance to present to Point Positive’s Member Investors at their Summer Pitch Event on Friday, August 3rd.
If you’ve ever considered becoming an entrepreneur or investing in a startup company, this event is for you! Prospective entrepreneurs will have an opportunity to learn about the early steps they must take in order to turn their great ideas into great businesses. Additionally, they will learn how to pitch their idea to potential investors, strategic partners and other stakeholders. Prospective investors can learn about becoming an angel investor and the various ways to evaluate a potential investment.
To register, go to https://pointpositive101.com/ register. There will be a $25 registration fee due at the door.
The North Country Innovation Hot Spot Program, hosted by Clarkson University, is a New York State-supported program charged with supporting and coordinating the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem. Working with regional economic development partners and Clarkson University research centers, this program has consulted on over 400 projects and facilitated the creation of more than 160 new startup companies across the North Country region. Support is provided in the areas of technology validation, prototyping, market research, investor relations and much more.
Point Positive was founded in early 2014 to provide a mechanism for the private sector to have a role in helping to jumpstart the economy of the Adirondack Region by investing private equity in for-profit early stage ventures. To date, Point Positive members and staff have vetted 47 ventures, provided mentoring to several and committed over $2.26 million in funding to seven.
Clarkson University educates the leaders of the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as an owner, CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. With its main campus located in Potsdam, N.Y., and additional graduate program and research facilities in the New York Capital Region, Beacon, N.Y., and New York City, Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university with signature areas of academic excellence and research directed toward the world’s pressing issues. Through more than 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, education, sciences and the health professions, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations, and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and innovation with enterprise.
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