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So You Have a Business Idea...Now What

These are random notes from the talk at 11:00 in 3114 - Charles Anderson

Entities
OTBC will offer Tast-Trac-Tech-Veture - 10wks, 3hrs/wk -> bus. plan
OEN - Oregon Entrepeneur Network - oen.org
The Bus Ent Center - BEC, Corvallis, incubator
SAO Corvallis, 2nd Thurs 5:30-8:30, Iovinos, sao.corvallis.or.us
OregonStartups.com - startup roadmap
Jeanne Smith & Assoc, legal

Notes
Getting good legal documents, shareholder agreements,employee agreement, bylaws.  OTBC can do it all for $1000.
SAO has group benefits for insurance
Incubator provides office space, community with other CEOs, how to avoid serious mistakes first time out,
Gotta think things through.  Need to get buy-in from spouse.
SBIR grants - local SAO chapter has an email group on SBIR.  In May, there is a workshop in Portland on SBIR.

Random ideas/questions
doing consulting things, looking for ore secure self-employment
consulting on the side to keep current
learn more about entrepreneurship goings on
Need for speed, sense of urgency, being careful
at university without PhD - "if you want to succeed, get out", don't burn bridges.  Universities are an impediment to fast development.