These are my upcoming presentations (all times are Phoenix):
WBC Law and Owner Series – HOW TO LICENSE TECHNOLOGY
April 28th | 12-1 pm | VIRTUAL [Click Here To Register]
You may be a business owner with a revolutionary, patented invention, but no capital (or desire) to build the expensive manufacturing and distribution infrastructure necessary to commercialize it.
Or you may run a company with a first-in-class manufacturing facility and a global distribution network, but no in-house innovation capabilities.
For these types of situations licensing can provide an efficient and cost-effective way to get products to market and mitigate risk along the way.
WBC invites you to the next program in the Law & Owner series, where partner Brian J. Burt of Snell & Wilmer will discuss how to license technology and intellectual property.
Topics for this complimentary seminar will include:
Understanding the concept of licensing
- The bundle of intellectual property rights available to license
- The licensing business model
- Advantages and disadvantages of licensing
- Best candidates for licensing
Structuring the license agreement
- Licensed intellectual property
- Scope of license and reservation of rights
- Quality control
- Royalties and advances; guaranteed minimums
- Patent filings, prosecution and defense
- Term and termination
- Audit rights
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Vantage IRA – HOW TO INVEST IN PRIVATE COMPANIES
May 5th | 9-10 am | Virtual [Click Here To Register]
Small businesses are a big part of the engine which drives the U.S. economy and that engine runs on capital investment. During the early stages of a private company’s lifecycle, that capital typically comes from angel investors who are willing to bear high risk for potentially high rewards.
Topics for this complimentary seminar include:
• Risks and rewards of private company investments
• Locating investment opportunities
• Analyzing prospective deals
• Negotiating favorable investment terms
• Protecting your investment
• The investor’s role post-closing
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S&W Emerging Business Seminar – HOW TO START A NEW BUSINESS
May 6th | 8-9 am | Virtual [Click Here To Register]
There are few things as exciting as starting your own business, but is Arizona the place to do it?
CommercialCafe recently ranked Phoenix #1 in the nation for startups.1 Arizona ranks fifth for job growth according to U.S. News & World Report2 and second for economic performance in the annual Rich States, Poor States report.3
Snell & Wilmer invites you to the next program in the Emerging Business Program, where partner Brian J. Burt will discuss issues related to starting a new business and share lessons learned from his own and his clients’ past entrepreneurial experiences.
Topics for this complimentary program will include:
- Creating a business plan (i.e., how do you make money?)
- Protecting your personal assets by forming a company
- Selecting the right form of entity and creating a company
- Start-up funding
- What it means to have partners and how to bring them in
- Basic agreements every new business should have
- Building your advisory team
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SCORE – HOW (AND) WHY TO CREATE A CORPORATE SUCCESSION PLAN
May 14th | 3-4:30pm | Virtual [Click Here To Register]
Business owners spend countless hours attempting to grow and maximize the value of their companies. Few, however, create a plan to extract that value in an orderly and predictable process.
Failure to create a comprehensive succession plan can, at best, ensure that money is left on the table when the business is sold or otherwise transitioned. At worst, the absence of a plan may result in the untimely death of the company.
SCORE invites you to join Snell & Wilmer partner, Brian J. Burt, as he discusses the creation of corporate succession plans.
Topics for this complimentary seminar will include:
- Why business owners need a succession plan
- The two types of succession plans and why both may be needed
- Considerations when preparing a plan
- Special challenges when gifting the business to children
- Documenting the plan
- Plan implementation and adjustment
- Diversification
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SCORE – HOW TO STRUCTURE JOINT VENTURES & STRATEGIC ALLIANCES
May 26th | 4 – 5 pm | Virtual [Registration Link To Come]
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Vantage IRA – HOW TO RAISE CAPITAL…LEGALLY
June 2nd | 9-10 am | Virtual [Click Here To Register]
To start or expand a business, you need capital. Raising capital, however, is one of the most difficult challenges that a company can undertake. In the current economy, investors at all levels have become increasingly risk adverse, resulting in even greater competition for their limited investment dollars. And heightened regulatory scrutiny by the SEC means that compliance with securities laws has never been more important.
So, what must an entrepreneur or business owner do to successfully navigate the process?
Topics for this complimentary seminar will include:
- Determining a company’s capital requirements
- Identifying those who can satisfy those requirements
- Defining the terms of the equity offering
- Understanding what it means to have investors
- Complying with federal and state securities laws
- Avoiding common pitfalls
- Strategies for increasing a company’s chance of success
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SCORE – HOW TO SELL YOUR BUSINESS
June 18th | 11 am – 12 pm | Virtual [Registration Link To Come]
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SCORE – HOW TO REDUCE THE RISK OF LITIGATION
June 22nd | 4 – 5 pm | Virtual [Registration Link To Come]
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SCORE – HOW TO NEGOTIATE AND PREPARE CONTRACTS
July 16th | 3-4:30pm | Virtual [Registration Link To Come]
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SCORE – HOW TO AVOID THE TOP 10 LEGAL MISTAKES THAT CAN DESTROY YOUR BUSINESS
July 29th | 12-1 pm | Virtual [Registration Link To Come]
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SCORE – HOW TO HIRE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS
August 13th | 3-4:30pm | Virtual [Registration Link To Come]
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SCORE – HOW (AND WHY) TO CREATE A SHAREHOLDERS/OPERATING AGREEMENT
September 17th | 3-4:30pm | Virtual [Registration Link To Come]
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SCORE – HOW (AND WHY) TO PREPARE A CORPORATE SUCCESSION PLAN
September 30th | 12-1 pm | LIVE [Registration Link To Come]
Brian J. Burt 