USF in Lakeland Blue Sky

06/13/2012

Don't want a "fries with that" job? Your worries are over! (Shame, those are actually good for you. A customer-service job, not the fries...)

Maybe your fallback plan in case your Silicon Valley startup goes bust was flipping burgers at McDonald’s? Well, you might want to rethink that. Even thi

06/13/2012

Create it, protect it, profit! Intellectual Property Law, today, Blue Sky East, 199 Ave B NW #240, Winter Haven. Networking-11:30, event@noon;[email protected]

06/12/2012

Intellectual Property Seminar, Wednesday, Blue Sky East, 199 Ave B NW, Winter Haven. Networking@11:30, event@noon. RSVP to [email protected]

06/12/2012

If you don't like how things are going, tell a different story. Sometimes strategic change just means taking something from the periphery — an anomaly, a demonstration, a small innovation — and redefining it as central. Put the past in perspective, not as a set of constraints or excuses,...

06/11/2012

First came genomics for scientists. Then came genomics for Big Pharma. But this year, at a faster pace than many industry insiders anticipated, we’re see

06/08/2012

Great primer re Crowdfunding/JOBS Act featuring Sam Houghton, a friend of the Blue Sky program.

The excitement surrounding crowdfunding continues to grow. I've written about it several times, and a lot of questions have been raised by our readers as a result.

06/06/2012

Need $$$ for your business? You should learn about crowdfunding and how it's about to explode. Crowdfunding and the JOBS Act, Blue Sky East, noon today. 199 Ave B NW, #240, Winter Haven.

06/06/2012

Wow - how many dozens of times have you WANTED to be tossed, but couldn't exit? Please, do us both a favor...

This is our second excerpt from Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple’s Success by Ken Segall, a close collaborator with Jobs for over a decade. To read the first, on how the iMac was almost called the MacMan, go here. Apple encourages big thinking but small everything else. That is, if y...

06/05/2012

Event: Crowdfunding and the JOBS Act. Wednesday, Blue Sky East, 199 Ave B NW, Winter Haven. Networking @ 11:30, event @ noon. RSVP to [email protected]. See you there!

06/05/2012

Good tips here. Question, tho. How will you know if you're a lousy boss?

Tips From Great Bosses On Being A Better Boss More Slideshows Louisville, Kentucky's Bourbon Renewal The Way We Shop Now Casting The Apple Movie What Detroit Will Look Like In The Future, According To Residents' Text Messages ...

06/05/2012

Any approach that validates your product and market can be helpful. Maybe this model is a step above.

As the morning fog burns off the California coast, I am working with Steve Blank, preparing for the Lean LaunchPad Faculty Development Program we are runni

06/04/2012

Intellectual Property Seminars
We will present a seminar on intellectual property June 7 at Blue Sky West, 116 S. Kentucky Avenue, Lakeland, and June 13 at Blue Sky East, 199 Ave. B NW, Suite 240, in Winter Haven. Registration for both events begins at 11:30 a.m., and the seminar runs from noon to 1 p.m.
Featured speaker will be Terence F. Brennan, an attorney with the Hutchison Law Group. This workshop will teach you the appropriate practices to follow to gain a greater appreciation of intellectual property as a strategic asset that you can use to enhance your early stage venture’s value to investors and competitive position in the marketplace.
Participants will learn how to recognize intellectual property assets, create an intellectual property protection strategy, and avoid common intellectual property common mistakes that startups often make.
There is no charge to attend, but seating is limited. To RSVP or for information, contact Wendy Plant at 863.904.6605 or [email protected] .