The workshop will provide an overview of intellectual property (IP), with a particular focus on strategy, timing and risks associated with patent protection for startups and early-stage ventures.

Ian’s practice focuses on patent and technology law, particularly obtaining and evaluating intellectual property rights for clients in the high technology and mechanical fields, assisting clients with intellectual property and technology transactions, enforcement of intellectual property rights and avoiding infringement of third party intellectual property rights.

Reshika’s practice focuses on drafting and prosecuting patent applications with a particular focus on electrical and software-based innovations. Reshika has gained valuable industry experience while working as a physical designer in semiconductor industry and a system designer in nuclear industry. Reshika enjoys learning about new technologies and helping startups and high-tech entrepreneurs with developing an effective IP portfolio.

Interested in volunteering for a startup but not sure where to start? The Innovation Association and ICUBE came together to create a variety of opportunities for students. This information session specifically will focus on Startup Support 1.0, an opportunity for students to volunteer 20 hours of their time with ICUBE startup!

Why bother volunteering when you aren’t getting paid?

1. Did you know employers value volunteer and paid experience equally?
2. Experience working with a startup is infinitely more valuable than working for a big corporation (in our opinion). If you can master a million small things at a startup (and can highlight that appropriately in your resume), you can land almost any job at a larger corporation.
3. This volunteer position, along with our others, opens the door to paid positions with local startups!

Learn more about Innovation Association and the Startup Experience League here. Or better yet, come out to our info session and chat with real people about real experiences!

Register here:

This workshop is designed to help early-stage ventures create a sustainable business model and develop a framework for validating that model. This workshop is for all new ventures that are looking for clarity on how to establish a profitable business.

The instructor is Portia Asli – a thought leader, 4-time entrepreneur and engineer having built businesses from the ground-up in healthcare wearables, online education, digital marketing, and advisory services. She has 10+ years of leadership & management expertise in: bringing new innovative ideas to market, building and managing high-performing teams, negotiating for optimal resources, bootstrapping resource-constraint businesses for success, closing ambitious B2B deals, establishing digital marketing strategy for B2C revenue stream and building exceptional partnerships across sectors to meet a shared agenda.

Portia is passionate about creating entrepreneurial ecosystems where emerging leaders can build sustainable and scalable businesses. She has coached over 200 startup founders across diverse sectors (FinTech, EdTech, CleanTech, IoT, AR/VR, Food, e-Commerce, AgriTech, Health) on investment strategy, product-market fit, lean product development, customer acquisition, B2B/B2C sales and online/offline marketing strategy. She has been a speaker on startup related content at conferences hosted by USAID, the Asian Development Bank, featured on live TV talk show and authored entrepreneurship articles for the Cambridge University.

Do you have specific questions about IP, incorporation, term sheets, taxes, SR&ED, financial statements, cash flows, banking or others?

Have your questions answered by experts in the field.

Appointment spots are now available for LW Law, MNP tax specialist, and the Scotiabank banking specialist visit– October 30th from 10 am to noon at ICUBE.

FREE one-on-one Tax Advice/Services  & Banking Advice – ICUBE Clients with accounting or banking questions register below.

The Founder’s Roundtable is an exciting peer exchange session of experience and insight into founding, building, and running a startup.

There is a topic and special guest for each session who kicks off the conversation. Naturally, they will demonstrate significant experience and expertise in the areas of entrepreneurship and business leadership. Learn, listen, and share the challenges and opportunities that are unique to your experiences as founders.

Registered for the Aspiring Entrepreneur level of the ICUBE Entrepreneurship Certificate? Wondering what workshops you’re eligible to attend?

You have access to:
1) Business Initialization / Value Proposition

1. September 27th
2. 12:00 – 2:00 pm
3. ICUBE Co-Working Space

2) What is IP?

1. October 16th
2. 12:00 – 2:00 pm
3. ICUBE Co-Working Space

3) Business Model Canvas

1. October 24th
2. 12:00 – 2:00 pm
3. ICUBE Co-Working Space

4) Pitch

1. November 13th
2. 12:00 – 2:00 pm
3. ICUBE Co-Working Space

Make sure to register for each of the above workshop you’d like to attend! Reminder: you must attend 4 ICUBE workshops in one academic year to qualify for the Aspiring Entrepreneur CCR Notation.

OR – not registered to be an Aspiring Entrepreneur, but you’re now realizing how awesome this is (you earn CCR notations too!)? Register to be an Aspiring Entrepreneur.

Visit this page to learn more about the Entrepreneurship Certificate program.

• Session 1: Where are you now?
  • What do entrepreneurs need to know about finance? Math is easy for one unit – what
    happens when you scale? The bigger you are, the more complex you get.
  • How to even begin to assess your financial situation? How are you keeping your records?
  • Record keeping options
  • The three financial statements
    o Income Statement
    o Balance Sheet
    o Cash Flow Statement
  • Financial timeline
  • Financial models: budget and forecasts, capital allocation, growth organically/through
    acquisition and raising capital
  • Company stages and company types.
  • Business drivers and costs
  • Growth assumptions and common assumption pitfalls

Session 3: How do you get there?

• Financing options for company stages
• Examples of lenders/investors in the Canadian Space
• Meaning of valuation and its methods
  o Market approach: depends on the company.
  o Income-Based Approach: Discounted Cash Flow and example
  o The Venture Capital Method
  o Pre and Post-Money Calculation
  o Score Card Method