Name: Creating a Patent Strategy to Move Your Startup Toward Unicorn Status
Start: 2024-12-03T12:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-12-03T13:00:00-07:00
Location: Lobo Rainforest Building

Creating a Patent Strategy to Move Your Startup Toward Unicorn Status

Join us for this seminar to learn how a well-designed patent strategy can increase a company's valuation towards achieving "unicorn" status.
About this Event

During the seminar, Steve will discuss why a patent strategy is important for every technology startup that invents new products or services. A well-designed patent strategy can provide a competitive advantage, attract investors, attract and retain employees, and increase company valuation.

Based on Steve’s experience working with hundreds of technology startups, he shares how to create a patent strategy that is unique to your startup. A patent strategy changes as the company grows, goals change, competitors change, and other factors. Steve has worked with several companies beginning at company formation and managing their patent strategy and patent portfolio to unicorn status and IPO (initial public offering). He will share examples of how those patent strategies changed over time to support the growth and value of the company.

This HYBRID event is offered in-person at the Lobo Rainforest Building and virtually via Zoom.

Please register if you plan to attend IN-PERSON choose the "In-person" ticket. If you plan to attend virtually, please choose the "virtual" ticket.

A Zoom link will be sent after registration.

About Steve Sponseller:

Steve helps technology companies build strong and secure patent portfolios that provide a competitive edge. He has helped more than 1,500 inventors and business leaders identify, develop, and protect their most valuable inventions.

Steve has a passion for innovation and technology, which led to his work as an electrical engineer and a patent attorney. Today, he helps entrepreneurs and technology companies foster and protect critical inventions.

Steve has worked with a variety of businesses – from small startups to large corporations. He is the author of Cracking the Patent Code and host of the Tech Leader Talk podcast.

New Mexico Rainforest Fall Seminar Series

UNM Rainforest Innovations is hosting their Fall 2024 Seminar series. UNMRI provides entrepreneurial training and technical assistance at the University of New Mexico main and branch campuses. The seminars are free and open to the UNM community and the public via in-person and web access, but registration is required. A certificate program in entrepreneurial capabilities is available to UNM students and community members thru UNM’s Innovation Academy. If interested in the certificate program as part of the seminar series, please contact [email protected]