{"672073":{"#nid":"672073","#data":{"type":"event","title":"ECE Student Seminar - Going Your Own Way: Technology Startups","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Monday, January 22,\u0026nbsp;2024\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETime:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;12:30\u0026nbsp;p.m. -\u0026nbsp;1:20 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation: \u003C\/strong\u003EVan Leer, C240\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EJohn D. Lanza\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeakers\u0027 Title:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Partner at Foley Hoag LL\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESeminar Title:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EGoing Your Own Way: Technology Startups\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWe will explore the basics of starting a technology company, including formation considerations, funding issues, and \u201chow it works.\u201d Students will leave with an appreciation of the opportunities and challenges present when launching an independent commercial enterprise, as well as an appreciation of how an entrepreneurial mindset can be of value in an established company.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBiographical Sketch of the Speaker:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EJohn Lanza is a partner and intellectual property lawyer with Foley Hoag LLP where he excels at helping companies identify and maximize the corporate value of their intellectual property assets. He provides strategic advice to his clients regarding the acquisition, transfer and enforcement of intellectual property rights and counsels them regarding their business operations in the face of adverse intellectual property rights. John is a member of the firm\u0027s Technology Practice and the Emerging Capital\/Venture Capital Practice.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EHe is an active angel investor, with over a dozen currently-active investments and is a Certified Patent Valuation Analyst.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EMost importantly, he is a Georgia Tech graduate, MSEE \u201988 and BEE \u201987.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohn D. Lanza, a partner at Foley Hoag LLP, will deliver the\u0026nbsp;ECE Seminar,\u0026nbsp;\u0022Going Your Own Way: Technology Startups,\u0022 on Monday, January 22, 2024.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Featuring John D. Lanza, Partner at Foley Hoag LLP"}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2024-01-12 14:51:05","changed_gmt":"2024-01-12 14:54:34","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2024-01-22T12:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2024-01-22T13:20:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2024-01-22T13:20:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2024-01-22 17:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2024-01-22 18:20:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2024-01-22 18:20:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Van Leer, C240","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"5617","name":"ECE Student Seminar"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:mary.ann.weitnauer@ece.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMary Ann Weitnauer\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}