• Presentations from Duke speakers
• "The Elevator Pitch, the Business Plan, & How VC's Think" (pdf) -- Rik Vandevenne from River Cities Captial Funds, Nov 2006
• "Elevator Pitches 101" (ppt) -- DEES Nov 13, 2008
• External Resources
• PitchTV (web) -- website that allows uploaded video pitches to Richard Branson (of Virgin)

• Free Business Plan Software

  

  FREE business plan software available for all participants of the Duke Start-Up Challenge courtesy of our sponsor Palo Alto Software -- $100 value!
  Presentations from Duke speakers
• "Business Plans 101 - a reprise" (pdf) -- DEES Jan 22, 2009
• "Business Plans 101" (pdf) -- DEES Oct 16, 2008
• "The Brass Tacks of Market Research" (pdf) -- how to conduct market research to assess the market for your idea -- Suzanne Miglucci, VP of Marketing and Strategic Alliances at SciQuest -- Nov 2006
• "Entrepreneurship Notes: The Business Plan" (pdf) -- Mark Dibner, President and founder of BioAbility -- Nov 2006
• "The Elevator Pitch, the Business Plan, & How VC's Think" (pdf) -- Rik Vandevenne from River Cities Captial Funds, Nov 2006
• External Resources
• "Business Plan Building: Section by Section" (web) -- INC Magazine
• Samples
• Generic Outline (pdf)
• Novoculi - Business Plan (pdf) -- 2001 Duke Start-Up Challenge Runner Up
• Sun Dance Genetics - Business Plan (pdf) -- 2002 Duke Start-Up Challenge Winner

• Presentations from Duke speakers
• “Intellectual Property" -- John Fuscoe of Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP (2006 Workshop),
• “Exploiting Intellectual Property: Licensing and Startegic Partnerships.” --Jason Wood of Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP (2006 Workshop)
• External Resources
• Patent application process from the United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Samples
• A Sample Confidentiality Agreement for inventors and business owners who wish to disclose confidential information to their team members
• A Duke University Confidentiality Agreement agreeing to take reasonable care to avoid disclosing confidential information related to their projects

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