Women’s Entrepreneurship: Taking it Forward – Communication and Self-Presentation Strategies for Success
Friday, February 5, 2021 10:00 AM
Join us for an online interactive workshop designed to help you learn how to recognize the unique barriers women entrepreneurs face and explore ways to overcome them. Learn entrepreneurial communication skills and self-presentation strategies that will help you communicate effectively and successfully on behalf of your business or be a valuable ally for women entrepreneurs. The workshop will be presented by:
• Joanne Cattafesta, PhD—Assistant Director, Rutgers Office for Faculty Development
• Christine Goldthwaite, PhD—Assistant Director, Rutgers Center for Organizational Leadership
Sponsored by I-Corps@Rutgers.
Rutgers I-Corps™ Site Program Information Session: Driving Innovation through Customer Discovery
Friday, January 22, 2021 11:00 AM
This brief information session is ideal for faculty, staff, students and alumni who want to learn more about finding a market for their innovation. Attend this session to learn about:
- The I-Corps@Rutgers opportunity
- Cohort 10 application, details, & eligibility
- Prior participants feedback about the I-Corps program
- Diversity & Inclusion efforts
You’ll also have an opportunity to have all your questions answered and to meet other innovators.
Succeeding In STEM: Leading Innovation Against the Odds – Wed., January 13, 4 pm
Join us for an I-Corps@Rutgers Virtual Event, co-sponsored with the GS-LSAMP Alliance and NJ-B2B to meet Dr. Roselin Rosario-Melendez and hear her inspiring story of growing up in a small town in Puerto Rico, then earning her PhD at Rutgers University by becoming an innovative researcher (filing multiple patents in the process), and ultimately developing new products for a major Fortune Global 500 company and one of the top 50 World’s Most Admired companies.
Selected as an AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador and through her partnership with Ciencia Puerto Rico, Seeds of Success Program, Roselin continues to do outreach nationwide, sharing her story to inspire students and young women to become innovators, too!
Rutgers I-Corps™ Site Program Information Session: Driving Innovation through Customer Discovery
Friday, January 7, 2021 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. Attend this session to learn about:
- The I-Corps@Rutgers opportunity
- Cohort 10 application, details, & eligibility
- Prior participants feedback about the I-Corps program
- Diversity & Inclusion efforts
You’ll also have an opportunity to have all your questions answered and to meet other innovators.
The BEN 2020 Healthcare Innovation Summit – Sat., 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
Digital Marketing for Startups: An Entrepreneurs Journey – Wed., Dec. 2, 2020 3:00 PM
Meet Pardees Safizadeh, Digital Marketing expert & Founder of Albaloo, who leads startup companies with winning digital marketing strategies! Hear her inspiring story and learn some digital marketing tips and tricks on how to gain traction and revenue quickly. If you’re working on a startup on want to increase or optimize your digital footprint, you don’t want to miss this event! Sponsored by the Rutgers I-Corps Site Program Register on the Eventbrite page
The Future of American Innovation & the Role of the University, Dec. 1, 2020
Patent Search 101 – Sept. 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.
Find Funding Fast – Overview of
the PIVOT Software Tool
Wed., Sept 16, 2020, 3:00 pm
Sponsored by I-Corps@Rutgers
Guest Speaker Tanya Volkert, Program Coordinator, Research & Sponsored Programs and Pro-PIVOT User & PIVOT Trainer will help attendees learn how to use the PIVOT software to:
- Keep up-to-date with the latest funding opportunities
relevant to your research or topic area - Automate searches for grants
- Send funding opportunities direct to your inbox
Register today to attend our short info session and Q&A. Sept 16th, (3pm) Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/find-funding-fast-how-pivot-software-can-automate-your-funding-searches-tickets-119545871921
Note: PIVOT is available to anyone with a Rutgers email address.
Rutgers I-Corps™ Site Program Information Session: Driving Innovation through Customer Discovery, Thurs., Sept. 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