Entrepreneurship for Computer Science Students

Speaker:  Lance Eliot – Palo Alto, CA, United States
Topic(s):  Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Natural language processing , Software Engineering and Programming , Information Systems, Search, Information Retrieval, Database Systems, Data Mining, Data Science , Society and the Computing Profession , Applied Computing

Abstract

Computer science students often dream of being an entrepreneur and launching a high-tech startup but do not know what this entails and how to get underway. This talk covers the key elements of coming up with a high-tech business idea and carrying the envisioned startup forward into reality. The speaker is a seasoned computer scientist entrepreneur who has founded, led, and sold several high-tech companies, and served later as a top executive at a major venture capital firm. He has been a mentor to new startups, an investor, and a pitch judge at numerous startup pitch competitions. Practical insights will be provided, and time will be available for interaction with attendees.

About this Lecture

Number of Slides:  25
Duration:  60 minutes
Languages Available:  English
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