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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

The video game and Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality industry actively hire for people with design, screenwriting, and other visual arts skills. Some AI companies hire people with comedy-writing and script writing experience. You can see content & video from one of our educational programs for new angels here.

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The Future of America’s Innovation Economy- Progress and Challenges at the USPTO

David Teten

I took fairly detailed notes at last night’s panel on ‘ The Future of America’s Innovation Economy Progress and Challenges at the USPTO’ It was sponsored by The Gibbons Institute of Law, Science & Technology; Seton Hall University School of Law; and the New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association.

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5 Affordable Ways to Strengthen Your Team

Up and Running

While hiring employees that get along and work well together goes a long way toward creating the strong culture that startups and small businesses need, even the best team needs some shoring up from time to time. Whom you hire to be part of your team really does set the foundation for success or failure. What’s there to lose?

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Webinar Recap: 14 Tips on How to Pitch and Get Funded

Up and Running

Another assumption is that you’ve actually conducted due diligence on your own business, and these are the areas of your team, financials, your competition, your IP, market trends, because the best pitches I’ve ever delivered were when investors were raising their hands and asking me questions about, “How is your IP protected?”