UTSA to host Oct. 10 boot camp for technology entrepreneurs

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(Oct. 8, 2015) -- The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Center for Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship (CITE) will host its biannual Technology Entrepreneurship Boot Camp, sponsored by Jackson Walker LLP, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 10 in the Business Building Liu Auditorium (BB 2.01.02) on the UTSA Main Campus.

This year's keynote speaker will be Dirk Elmendorf, co-founder of Rackspace, the world’s largest hosting and cloud company, now worth about $7 billion. He advises several start-ups and currently runs TruckingOffice, a web site that manages small trucking companies. He also works to promote STEM education through the Elmendorf Family Foundation Scholarship at UTSA, which supports aspiring math and science teachers.

The daylong boot camp will offer participants an intensive course on the start up and commercialization of a new business. Throughout the day, several experts from local companies will discuss essential technology entrepreneurship topics such as identifying opportunities, securing start-up funds, manufacturing products, writing business plans, pitching, marketing innovative ideas and protecting intellectual property.

Registration for the boot camp is free and open to the UTSA community as well as the general public, but the event has limited seating to it’s best to register as soon as possible here.

In addition to Jackson Walker LLP, the CITE Technology Entrepreneurship Boot Camp is co-sponsored by the UTSA College of Business, College of Engineering and Office of the Vice President for Research.

CITE is an interdisciplinary center of the UTSA College of Business and College of Engineering that fosters the growth of entrepreneurs and new technology-based ventures through education, experiences, resources and support.

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