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Whiteboard 2 Boardroom

Whiteboard 2 Boardroom connects entrepreneurs and established businesses to technologies available for licensing at institutions of higher education, hospitals and corporations in Missouri and Kansas to stimulate applied research, leverage innovation in the marketplace, and accelerate the commercialization of technology.

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Led by the UMKC Innovation Center, a grant created the W2B program as a partnership between four regional schools, and it has since expanded to include numerous academic and research institutions in the area.


W2B includes research partners that provide new technologies, a technology transfer office that collects technologies from research partners and helps with assessment and IP issues, entrepreneurs with a depth of expertise and experience in different technical domains that utilize a variety of business models, W2B staff members that serve as "match-makers", and service providers such as the SBTDC and KCSourceLink partners that assist with business connections to facilitate startup development.


The Whiteboard 2 Boardroom program provides a number of services to the regional entrepreneurial community. Key components include:

Education

  • Technology commercialization education programs
  • Mentorship for student entrepreneurial programs

Technology/Expertise Hub

  • Central catalogue of university technologies for licensing
  • Database of experts for technology evaluation
  • Relationships with CEO candidates ready to run new companies

Connections

  • Matching technologies to entrepreneurs and firms
  • Aiding in licensing university technologies to companies
  • Fostering networks for regional trade

Business Development

  • Promoting collaboration for development projects
  • Partners include business development organizations for entrepreneurs
  • Identifying start-up capital


Please contact us if you are looking for an innovation to license or want to form a new company based on an innovation.

Impact

As of June 30, 2017, we have helped to create 129 jobs, 35 startups, raised $26.2 MM, assisted 716 entrepreneurs/companies, and formed 23 partnerships. Some startups we facilitated include EyeVerify (Zoloz), 17'73' Innovation Company, Cardioptimus, Lazser Down, Aware Vehicles, SeekEdgar, Nascent Stage Development LLC, and Zorilla.
Business Economic Development Networking Technology

Contact

Whiteboard 2 Boardroom
  info@whiteboard2boardroom.com
  (816) 235-6072

More Information

https://www.whiteboard2boardroom.com/

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