TLA Event: You can be a Shark for a Day

    Date: 
    Tuesday, February 19, 2019 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
    Location: 
    Student Union Memorial Center, Kachina Lounge (3rd level)
    Registration: 
    Auxiliary Material(s): 
    application/pdf icon190219 Shark for a Day.pdf
    Description: 

    An Interactive Workshop Where YOU Evaluate Startups for Success

     
    This special edition of Shark for a Day is specifically for Engineering and Optical Sciences faculty, researchers and graduate students.
    Lunch will be provided for all who register in advance. If you have dietary restrictions, you are welcome to bring your own snacks and join us.
     
    Are you a UA faculty member or researcher considering a startup? Do you have an invention that you think might have great impact for
    industry or the public?
     
    This workshop gives you a taste of the tools expert investors use to evaluate startups.
     
    Learn.
    At this UA version of “Shark Tank,” you and your colleagues will be the sharks, learning a variety of quick-to-use tools and techniques to evaluate what makes an investment-ready university startup.
     
    Practice.
    Then, you’ll apply those ideas, listening to a pitch and scoring it on its potential for success.
     
    Join the Tech Launch Arizona team of experts as we explore what makes for startup success and answer your questions after the frenzy.