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Ready, Steady ... Launch Your New Business
Panel of Experts To Detail the Top 3 Legal Concerns for Start-Ups; Field Questions
This meeting, Stage Four of InventVermont's 10-Step Guide For Successful Inventing, will be packed with information for entrepreneurs and start-ups as they make the move from business concept to working business.
The evening's featured speaker will be Eli Moulton, an attorney with the Burlington, VT law firm of Merritt and Merritt and Moulton. Additional speakers include Kathleen Liang, Associate Professor Community Development and Applied Economics at UVM; and a representative from the Office of the Vermont Secretary of State.
New business owners face a myriad of challenges in getting a new venture up and running, including many legal concerns such as: business formation/incorporation; compliance with the state as a new business; responsibilities as an employer; contracts for consultants and suppliers; and more.
Moulton will give a 30 minute overview of legal issues new businesses must consider. Following will be a 30 minute panel discussion of the top-three legal concerns for new business. This lively interactive talk will include examples of best ... and worst ... practices that panel members have seen, with questions will be volleyed from the crowd. The evening will conclude with a shift to Brennan's Pub in the Davis Center for entrepreneur networking.
The meeting is the fourth in bi-monthly series from InventVermont, will also serve as the group's annual meeting. The non-profit group has created a 10-step guide that takes inventors through the stages of successfully turning new product ideas into revenue streams. Step 4, Business Legal, is an introduction to what independent inventors and businesses need to consider as they prepare to officially form and launch a business.
The featured speaker is Eli Moulton, an attorney with the Burlington firm Merritt and Merritt and Moulton. In his practice, Moulton provides expert advice on business issues such as intellectual property protection; employment and consulting relationships; equity incentive compensation; property leases; and distribution, customer and supplier relationships. His clients ranging from small start-up ventures to public companies.
Future InventVermont meetings will cover all of the 10 steps, including: business plans (licensing and direct commercialization), financing, manufacturing, marketing, distribution, and more.
In addition to members of InventVermont, expected attendees include small business owners, independent inventors, academics, and economic development groups. InventVermont mission is to foster innovation, which is considered the backbone of new business development. Vermont entrepreneurs have created countless success stories, from iconic companies like Burton and Ben & Jerry's, to today's wave of green energy start-ups, to cutting-edge products developed by solo inventors working in their barns.
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