UPDATE - Digital Media Entrepreneurship Workshop, April 24 – June 12
UPDATE - Only 10 spots left in the Digital Media Entrepreneurship Workshop that runs Thursday afternoons, 4:00 – 6:00 pm, April 24 – June 12. IGDA Austin helps you start your own company. Think of it as a mini-MBA.
Have an itch to start your own game company? Need to learn how to write a business plan? Curious what investors are thinking when you come knocking? This eight-week course answers those questions as it teaches you the basics of starting and growing your own game company. Sponsored by IGDA Austin, the Austin Rice Alliance, Austin Technology Incubator, and Austin Angel Network, this class is a rare opportunity to learn what it takes to launch your company from folks who've done it: CEOs, investors, attorneys, and studio heads.
What: Digital Media Workshop
Where: MCC Building, 3925 West Braker Lane, Austin, TX 78759
When: Thursday's 4:00PM – 6:00PM, April 24 – June 12
Price: $100 – includes all sessions and materials
More info attached. Register online at www.alliance.rice.edu/alliance/Austin.asp
Speakers include: Kip McClanahan, CEO, ON Networks; Mike McShaffry; Rodney
Gibbs, Executive Studio Director, Amaze Entertainment; Blair Garrou, Managing Director, DFJ Mercury Ventures; Jamie Rhodes, Chairman, Central Texas Angel Network and others.
At the end of the program participants will have the opportunity to
pitch their start-up to an audience of potential investors, partners and mentors at the Elevator Pitch session followed by a reception.
Digital Media Entrepreneurship Workshop Session Dates:
April 24th – The Digital Media Industry: New Business Models and Opportunities
May 1st – Entrepreneurship Basics and Business Plan Construction
May 8th – Market Identification and Competitive Positioning
May 15th – Building a Successful Team
May 22nd – Dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s : Organization, Legal, and IP issues
May 29th – Funding Sources: VC’s, Angels, Publishers and Bootstrapping
June 5th – Communicating to Investors and Partners: Pitching the Deal
June 12th – Elevator Pitch and Mentoring Session followed by Reception
Posted by AlexMarquez on April 1, 2008 11:39 PM
