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Digital Marketing for Startups: An entrepreneur’s journey

November 20, 2020 by Lori Dars

December 2, 3:00 pm – virtual event: Register here

Meet Pardees Safizadeh, Digital Marketing expert & Founder of Albaloo, who leads startup companies to win with digital marketing strategies!

Pardees Safizadeh, Founder of Albaloo (albaloo.us) will share her inspiring story of taking her experience from IBM and other cloud services companies to start her own digital marketing company. She’ll also share tips and techniques of how she uses proven digital strategies and methodologies to help startups gain traction and produce revenue quickly.

Aside from building her business, she now actively gives back to the innovation ecosystem by mentoring young startup founders and hiring an inclusive workforce of talented and passionate individuals to create a diverse rock star team.

If you’re working on a startup, or looking to expand or optimize your organization’s digital footprint, you don’t want to miss this special event!

The BEN 2020 Healthcare Innovation Summit

November 17, 2020 by Lori Dars

Saturday, Dec. 5, 10:00 am

This event is aimed at promoting the goals of innovation, collaboration, and education across the RBHS community and beyond. The Summit features speakers from a variety of backgrounds discussing topics such as evolving innovation and business planning. Hosted by Rutgers Biomedical Entrepreneurship Network (BEN) which is lead by students at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, The event includes the annual pitch competition where teams can win up to $5000 in seed money. Register here

Opportunities for NJ’s Innovation Economy During Covid-19

September 8, 2020 by Lori Dars

Wed. & Thurs. Oct. 14 & 15, 2020 9:00 am – 1:00 pm – Opportunities for NJ’s Innovation Economy During Covid-19 Leaders from New Jersey government, industry, academia, and the investment community will discuss strategies and resources for accelerating innovation in New Jersey in the COVID economy. In this virtual event, speakers will provide the latest information on financial resources, government programs and strategies, inclusive innovation, academic innovation and entrepreneurial resources all with a goal to keep the innovation ecosystem in New Jersey growing! (Free) Agenda and Registration here

Patent Search 101

September 8, 2020 by Lori Dars

Virtual Event – September 29, 2020 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM

Register here – Patent Search 101

Connie Wu, a patent information specialist for Rutgers Libraries and a former patent examiner, will share a brief overview of the patent creation process, best practices for searching patents, and how to better understand the value and novelty of your innovation. This free virtual event is open to innovators and researchers across the Rutgers community who are conducting research with commercial potential, developing prototypes, or want to learn how strong patent positions can protect their innovations.

Online event registration: Patent Search 101

Rutgers I-Corps™ Site Program Information Session: Driving Innovation through Customer Discovery

September 8, 2020 by Lori Dars

September 10, 2020, 3:00 pm

This brief information session is ideal for faculty, staff, students and alumni who want to learn more about finding a market for their innovation. The session will provide an overview of:

The I-Corps@Rutgers opportunity
Cohort 9 application, details, & eligibility
Feedback from prior participants of the I-Corps program
Diversity & Inclusion efforts
Q&A session

This virtual session will be held via Zoom. Register here

If you can’t make it on September 10th, a second session will be held on
Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at 12:00 noon. REGISTER HERE