Wednesdays WebConference Series on Creating & Funding University Startups

A 7-session WebConference Series produced by UW–Madison Office of
Corporate Relations in cooperation with Madison Magnet
and sponsored by Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek.

The WebWednesdays series is a complement to the National University Startups
Competition ’08, where over 100 VCs and angels from around the country will
select the top 20 University Startups for 2008 with awards to be presented
at our annual University Startups Conference in October in Washington, D.C.

FREE TO ATTEND, space is limited. RSVP is required to Ms. Pam Munoz at Munoz@ocr.wisc.edu or
608-263-2840 not later than 2 days before the webconferences you wish to attend.
Lunch will be provided and parking is available (WHD hosted webconferences)
in the garage beneath the building (bring your parking stub for validation).

Funding University Startups with SBIRs
Wednesday, Jan 30, 2008, 11:00–1:30
Venue: Whyte Hirschboeck and Dudek, 33 E. Main St., Suite 300

Local guest commentator
David Mead, CEO, Lucigen Corp

Alumni Funded University Commercialization Funds
Wednesday, Feb 13, 2008, 11:00–1:30
Venue: The Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street

What Do Early Stage Investors Really Look For In Startups (I)
Wednesday, Feb 20, 2008, 11:00–1:30
Venue: Whyte Hirschboeck and Dudek, 33 E. Main St., Suite 300

What Do Early Stage Investors Really Look For In Startups (II)
Wednesday, Feb 27, 2008, 11:00–1:30
Venue: The Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street

The Commercialization Continuum – Creating IP to Creating Companies
Wednesday, March 5, 2008, 11:00–1:30
Venue: Whyte Hirschboeck and Dudek, 33 E. Main St., Suite 300

What Do Corporate VCs Really Look For In Startups
Wednesday, March 12, 2008, 11:00–1:30
Venue: The Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street

What Do Early Stage Investors Really Look For In Startups (III)
Wednesday, March 19, 2008, 11:00–1:30
Venue: Whyte Hirschboeck and Dudek, 33 E. Main St., Suite 300

For more information and updates please visit the NCET2
series Web site. Contact:
Allen Dines at ajdines@wisc.edu or 608-262-2797
or Jonathan Fritz at jfritz@whdlaw.com or
608-258-7381.

About the organizers:

The Office of Corporate Relations’ (OCR)
and Madison Magnet are co-hosting
this event which is sponsored by Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek, S.C. The Emerging
Companies and Entrepreneurial Services Group at Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C.
serves emerging growth companies and investors. WHD represents companies
at all stages of development in a wide variety of industries including biotechnology,
health care and information technology. WHD provides emerging companies and
their owners with focused legal advice from formal organization through successful
exit or sale. With more than 140 legal professionals WHD provides counseling
for general corporate matters, private equity and venture financing, public
offerings, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, employment, executive
compensation and tax.

The National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2) represents an
informal group of universities from around the country who seek to bring entrepreneurs
and private equity investors into the innovation economy through involvement
in the creation and funding of tech transfer start-ups at universities.