GIST TechConnect Archive
GIST TechConnect: Perfecting Your Pitch
Mar 16, 2018Effectively presenting – or “pitching” – your idea to an audience is imperative to your success. Whether you are pitching to an investor, engaging a potential customer, or recruiting a potential partner, you must be able to convey your ideas in a clear and concise manner.
GIST TechConnect: Bootstrapping Your Business – Tips and Tricks
Feb 13, 2018Building your business cost effectively does not mean you must go it alone. What are the latest trends in this pared down, lean and mean approach to advancing your startup?
GIST TechConnect: First Steps: Starting Your Venture in Africa
Feb 07, 2018Are you ready to launch your startup in Africa, but need some tips on how to get started? In this special TechConnect interactive webinar, an expert panel of entrepreneurs and investors will discuss important topics like finding funding, branding and marketing, partnerships, building your network, and more!
GIST TechConnect: Diversity for Success in Business
Jan 26, 2018Today’s entrepreneurs have a great opportunity to lead the way on business diversity initiatives, leveraging diversity in ways that support the growth of startups and businesses.
GIST TechConnect: Gamification – Making Your Product Engaging and Fun!
Dec 12, 2017Gamification is the process of taking something – a website, an app, an online community – and using game play to motivate and engage customers, and keep them coming back for more. Businesses in the education, marketing, sales, energy and health sectors have used gamification to increase engagement, and many others can benefit from it too.
GIST TechConnect: Getting Your Name Out There: Branding and Marketing for Startups
Oct 17, 2017Your startup may offer a great product or service, but if you can't reach your target customer base, your startup is likely to fail. Effective branding and marketing is one of the many challenges early-stage startups face, largely due to limited resources and staff.
GIST TechConnect: How Universities Can Support Entrepreneurs
Sep 12, 2017The number of universities providing support for aspiring entrepreneurs is growing worldwide. In recent years, universities have invested heavily in programs that provide education and training, for both faculty and students, on how to commercialize ideas and inventions developed on and off campus. In particular, these resources have proven to be extremely beneficial to individuals in the science and technology sectors.
TechConnect: Artificial Intelligence for Startups
Aug 08, 2017Artificial intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming more impactful in the lives of everyday people. Whether it is ordering household products, conducting internet searches, playing music, providing weather forecasts, or any of the other hundreds of purposes AI can serve, people are becoming increasingly dependent on it to assist them with day-to-day activities. Entrepreneurs all over the world are also embracing the benefits AI can provide to their businesses by improving efficiency and making their products more user-friendly and accessible to consumers.
GIST TechConnect: De-risking the Deal: Angel Investing in Science & Tech Startups
Jun 20, 2017A live webchat featuring Marcia Dawood, a startup investment expert, who will answer your questions about how Angel investors can provide funding and also help with product development, market research, building a management team and developing a viable business model.
GIST TechConnect: Blockchains - The Next Big Thing for Your Startup
May 09, 2017What is a blockchain and why is it called a technological revolution that entrepreneurs need to know about? How can any entrepreneur start using blockchain for his or her startup? Get answers on May 9 at 11:00am EDT/ 1500 UTC. You’ll learn about this unique system of transactions that is decentralized, secure, and free - which means business like yours can profit!