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LAX IMC BREAKFAST MEETING - March 7, 2008

Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Consultants Needed
Featuring: Neven Karlovac, Ph.D.

Learn how to advise small business technology-driven companies: Over one thousand small businesses in the U.S. are run by technology-minded entrepreneurs and funded by SBIR (Small Business Innovative Research) and other government programs. While they often provide an interesting lifestyle for their owners, they do not grow into viable businesses as often as they could. Business consultants can play an important and rewarding role helping these companies to grow and prosper.

The speaker will relate his experience managing a commercialization assistance program for over four hundred NIH (National Institute of Health) SBIR grantees and many other U.S. and foreign small technology companies. NIH is a leading federal agency for life sciences and healthcare research with a budget of over $28 Billion.

The talk will focus on the typical challenges of these companies and the areas where they need most help, and illustrate the ways for consultants to get more knowledgeable and involved with such government programs to aid their clients.

Neven will discuss these opportunities and explain how it works. Attendees will walk away with a better understanding of the needs of small- to medium-sized enterprises in the technology field and how to find more clients in this space.

    About Neven Karlovac

Neven Karlovac, Ph.D. and Palitek Consulting provide strategic business advice and management services to emerging growth companies. Neven is also a Senior Technology Strategist for UCLA Institute of Technology Advancement, a new organization for commercialization of UCLA research; and a Senior Advisor and the immediate past Vice President at Larta Institute, in which capacity he built and led the NIH-Commercialization Assistance Program.

Neven has over thirty years of experience in technology and business management for companies ranging from early-stage startups to Global 500 corporations---including Rockwell International, Alcatel, Accuwave, and Aprisa---and was one of the pioneers of the optical communications industry. Neven holds BS & MS degrees from the University of Zagreb in Croatia, a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and has attended executive courses at Stanford and Oxford Universities.

Come and hear more about Neven's experience.
Check him out at: nkarlovac@larta.org

 

Time & Location

  • DATE: Friday, March 7, 2008
  • RSVP: Wednesday, March 5, 2008
  • TIME: 7:30 - 9:00 a.m.
  • LOCATION: The Lakes Golf Course & Driving Range,
    400 S. Sepulveda, El Segundo
  • PRICE: $20 for IMC members and $26 for non-members. Cash or checks payable to: Barbara Mather/Mather Consulting Group. Sorry, no credit cards accepted. phone: 310-348-1959
 
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