NCET

Date:
November 27, 2007 - November 27, 2007

Time:
1:00pm - 3:00pm 

Location:
UNLV Paradise Campus (851 E. Tropicana Ave), Building 100, Room 123 

City:
Las Vegas 

Fee:
Free 

Presenter:
Dr. Fritz Grupe 

Description:

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs represent the largest source of early-stage funding for high-tech start-up companies in the United States. These federally-mandated programs provide more than $2 billion every year to small, for-profit companies to carry out leading-edge high-risk research and to grow their businesses. More than 40% of these funds are awarded to companies with 10 or fewer employees and much of the money goes to companies with just 1-3 employees. Nearly 1/3 of the awards go to first-time winners every year.

NSBDC is offering a workshop, led by Dr. Fritz Grupe, to provide attendees with an overview of the programs and how businesses that can develop their own, unique hardware and software products can submit proposals to compete for these funds. This workshop will not benefit operators of retail stores, franchises, services and the like. You are invited to contact Dr. Grupe for information about these programs at any time (775-813-7407).

Registration:
Online or (800) 240-7094 

Document:
SBIR_November_2007.pdf

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Frank Yoder Jr. has been captivated by computers since he first laid hands on the keys of the clunky TI-99 he picked up in 1982. His intrinsic attraction to hardware and software ultimately cemented his professional aspirations.

“I fell in love with computers early on and knew that was what I wanted to do the first time I stayed up all night writing a program on this little, tiny computer that had 2K memory and no storage device, so as soon as you ran the program it was gone forever,” said Yoder, president and founder of Advanced Information Systems (AIS), an IT solutions company. “I stayed up until I ran out of memory, and I never got to run that program, but I knew I was hooked. I was lost.”

Yoder, who has a degree in computer science, also has the entrepreneurial bug, which he inherited from his father, who owned myriad businesses from a mortgage brokerage to a bakery to a Christmas tree lot. Read full story:

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Are you going to work from home today?

For many people that option is becoming a reality. Whether you are running your business from your home office or connecting to your company’s technologies remotely, a well designed and integrated home computer network might be necessary.

Many employers are providing technologies that allow workers the ability to connect to office resources from home and virtually seem as if they are at the office. The main challenge is setting up a reliable and secure home computer system. Your company’s technology group might have some guidelines for you and may require and support specific technologies. This is important because they won’t want your remote systems creating problems with the business network. Read more:

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The 7th Annual Silver and Gold Venture Capital wrapped up at the Siena Hotel in Reno. 

Forty companies from throughout North American — including a record number of Nevada companies — presented their business plans to nearly 50 angel and Venture Capital investors from the Western United States.

Keynote speakers included:

Lt. Governor Brian K. Krolicki

Desert Research Institute President Dr. Steve Wells

Justin Label, Bessemer Venture Partners

“Best of Show” went to Clario Medical (www.clariomedical.com) of Seattle, Washington.  Clario’s products provide radiologists with new methods for visual display, efficient image navigation, and real-time interactive viewing capability.

“Best Nevada Company” went to S.two Corp. (www.stwo-corp.com) of Reno.  S.two is a privately held corporation based in Reno, and its primary mission is to develop acquisition and workflow solutions for the digital cinematography marketplace. The company specializes in solving the workflow issues arising from using uncompressed digital media at higher than video resolutions.

Investor panelists includes Bob Goff (below, center) co-founder of the Sierra Angels and NCET, Nevada’s Center for Entrepreneurship.

Speakers throughout the conference included:

Dave Archer, NCET CEO

Emily Lowe of NCET

Jeff Picket of DRI Research Parks

and Rod Hosilyk of United Combustion

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With the population of the Las Vegas Valley predicted to double in the next 25 years, identifying solutions to challenges that will affect quality of life in the region are critical to achieving a sustainable future.

UNLV, in an effort to integrate sustainability into the values, policies and practices of both the university and the community, recently established UNLV Urban 21, a campuswide initiative focusing on the study of urban issues through multi-disciplinary research, academic programs with a strong sustainability emphasis and meaningful community partnerships.
The university will officially launch the initiative at its inaugural Urban Sustainability Conference today. Read more:

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