Free Innovation Workshops
January 20, 2010
The Eastern ICC at EKU will host a special Innovation training program on Feb. 9.
Eureka Ranch, a nationally recognized Innovation Lab will present two sessions on Innovation-Profit 101 (8:30am-12:30pm) and USA National Innovation Marketplace (1:30-2:30pm) in the EKU Perkins Building on Kit Carson Drive on the south campus at EKU in Richmond.
The first session, Profit 101 Growth program is designed to assist existing organizations get the most out of the creative process (start-ups will also benefit). Find out how to accelerate ideas and successfully diversify into more profitable products, services, markets and/or customers. The session provides a hands-on simulation experience for successfully identifying opportunities, reducing risk and increasing success probability.
www.eurekaranch.com/Profit-101-Training
(8:30am-12:30pm)
The second session, USA National Innovation Marketplace (USA NIM) presents an internet-based Open Innovation Marketplace that connects Innovation Sellers, Buyers, Investors & Distributors-a virtual Tech mining/match service. Listing in this database will give sellers instant Business Credibility as it utilizes the same sales forecasting methodology used by large corporations to screen their own internal innovations. Follow-on participation and registration features an innovation research report that buyers and investors can understand in less than a minute (a potential $2,000 value).
Every time a new innovation is listed in the USA NIM, it will be automatically compared to thousands of companies and matched to their needs.
www.planeteureka.org/marketplace
Contact R. Gary Marshall, Eastern ICC at gary.marshall@eku.edu or 859-622-8577.
(1:30-2:30pm)
