STARTUP DISCUSSIONS

Startup Chatup @ CoffeeWorks
Discuss your business ideas with Jim Flowers at CoffeeWorks in the VTCRC.
Mondays from 9:00-11:00 a.m.
1901 Innovation Drive, Suite 1100, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060

Startup Chatup @ Virginia Tech
Anyone with a Hokie passport can reserve time during scheduled office hours on Virginia Tech's campus to discuss their entrepreneurial aspirations with Jim Flowers. 
Pamplin College of Business, Room 3054, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061

ALL OTHER EVENTS

How to Start a Business
This session is FREE to all Virginia Tech graduate and undergraduate students who are interested in learning what it takes to start a new technology-based business. Also, get the details on how your innovation might win you $25,000!
12:30 - 4:30 p.m., February 8
Room 310, ICTAS Building, 325 Stanger Street, Virginia Tech Campus
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Startup Readiness Workshop - Lynchburg
Startup Readiness Workshop helps entrepreneurs test the strategic essence of their business concept, tighten up on managerial focus, and review the overall business start-up process.
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., February 28
The Center for Advanced Engineering & Research
1173 Research Way, Forest, Virginia 24551
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Startup Readiness Workshop - Williamsburg
Startup Readiness Workshop helps entrepreneurs test the strategic essence of their business concept, tighten up on managerial focus, and review the overall business start-up process.
8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., March 1
Williamsburg Community Building
401 N. Boundary Street, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185
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Startup Readiness Workshop - Roanoke
Startup Readiness Workshop helps entrepreneurs test the strategic essence of their business concept, tighten up on managerial focus, and review the overall business start-up process.
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., March 29
Roanoke Business Lounge
131 Kirk Avenue SW, Roanoke, Virginia 24011
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VT KnowledgeWorks Entrepreneurship Challenge
The Challenge is a workshop designed for entrepreneurs launching or re-vamping a business, growing companies seeking expansion capital, and individuals interested in investing in early-stage companies.
8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., April 10
The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center
901 Prices Fork Road, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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Presidents' Council Retreat
Presidents' Council is comprised of company leaders who commit to invest a half-day each month to helping each other improve their businesses and themselves. It develops group synergy that facilitates significant self-discovery and professional growth.
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., May 22
The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center
901 Prices Fork Road, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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VT KnowledgeWorks Summer Celebration
VT KnowledgeWorks hosts a summer mixer to celebrate and thank its members, sponsors, affiliates, and partners for their support.
4:00 - 6:00 p.m., July 24
Amphitheater behind VT KnowledgeWorks I
2200 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060
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VT KnowledgeWorks Global Partnership Week
The VT Knowledge Works Global Partnership Week offers university students, faculty, and business professionals from all over the world a chance to collaborate, form partnerships, and interact on a completely unique and exciting level. The Global Partnership is a three-layered, ongoing cooperative association of regions building permanent social, academic, and commercial relationships with each other, for mutual long-term advantage.
August 18-24
Blacksburg and Roanoke, Virginia
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Startup Readiness Workshop - Blacksburg
Startup Readiness Workshop helps entrepreneurs test the strategic essence of their business concept, tighten up on managerial focus, and review the overall business start-up process.
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., October 3
VT KnowledgeWorks I building, Lakeview Conference Room
2200 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, Virginia 24060
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How to Start a Business
This session is FREE to all Virginia Tech graduate and undergraduate students who are interested in learning what it takes to start a new technology-based business. Also, get the details on how your innovation might win you $25,000!
Noon - 4:00 p.m., November 1
Room 310, ICTAS Building, 325 Stanger Street, Virginia Tech Campus
Register