Best steps for the chemical entrepreneur

SCHB 5

Gianna Arnold, garnold@MilesStockbridge.com, Miles Stockbridge, PC, 10490 Little Patuxent Parkway, Suite 300, Columbia, MD 21044, Brad J. Axelrod, brad.axelrod@axelrodcompany.com, Axelrod & Company LLC, 7656 Jefferson Highway 2B, Baton Rouge, LA 70809, Nicolas G. Bazan, Neuroscience Center of Excellence, LSU Medical Center, 2020 Gravier St., Suite D, New Orleans, LA 70112, George Cox, gcox@milesstockbridge.com, Miles & Stockbridge, PC, 10 Light Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, Dane Revette, revette@la.gov, Energy Development, Louisiana Economic Development Department, PO Box 94185, Baton Rouge, LA 70804, and Stefanie Weaver, sweaver@kauffman.org, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, 4801 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110.
Back by popular demand! Join our wide spectrum of panelists for a facilitated discussion as to best steps for the chemical entrepreneur. Topics discussed will include: creating an organizational structure; various forms of intellectual property and their use as strategic business assets; alternative forms of funding/financing; and factors relating to enterprise success such as technology, customer base, marketing, management. This is your opportunity to ensure the success of your new or planned entity. Invited panelists include: Brad J. Axelrod of Axelrod & Company, Nicolas G. Bazan MD, PhD of Louisiana State University, George Cox, PhD, JD of Miles & Stockbridge, Dane Revette of Louisiana Economic Development Department, and Stefanie Pierce Weaver of Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
 

Best Steps for the Chemical Entrepreneur
2:00 PM-4:00 PM, Tuesday, April 8, 2008 Hilton New Orleans Riverside -- Grand Salon 6, Oral

Division of Small Chemical Businesses

The 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008