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DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Photonic startup business success relies heavily on t
 he uniqueness and quality of its technical know-how. Success also depends 
 heavily on a range of skills and activities beyond technical prowess. Busi
 ness aspects such as marketing\, sales\, team leadership\, commercial oppo
 rtunity development\, proposal preparation\, program management\, quality 
 control\, budgeting\, funding and financial planning among others\, are cr
 ucially important. This presentation will focus on dissecting all the skil
 ls and activities required for photonic startup business success. The pres
 enter will attempt to do this through examples drawn from his own experien
 ce as a technical and business practitioner in large and small photonic co
 mpanies.\n\nCo-sponsored by: Chapitre Étudiant SPIE/OPTICA - Polytechniqu
 e \n\nSpeaker(s): Daniel Renner\n\nRoom: Classe B-315\, Bldg: PAVILLON PRI
 NCIPAL\, 2500\, chemin de Polytechnique\, Polytechnique Montreal\, Montré
 al\, Quebec\, Canada\, H3T 1J4\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m
 /413454
LOCATION:Room: Classe B-315\, Bldg: PAVILLON PRINCIPAL\, 2500\, chemin de P
 olytechnique\, Polytechnique Montreal\, Montréal\, Quebec\, Canada\, H3T 
 1J4\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/413454
ORGANIZER:matthew.t.posner@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:24
SUMMARY:Life at a Photonic Startup – A Very Personal Account
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/413454
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><span style="font-family: arial\, helvetic
 a\, sans-serif\; font-size: 12pt\;"><strong>Abstract: </strong>Photonic st
 artup business success relies heavily on the uniqueness and quality of its
  technical know-how. Success also depends heavily on a range of skills and
  activities beyond technical prowess. Business aspects such as marketing\,
  sales\, team leadership\, commercial opportunity development\, proposal p
 reparation\, program management\, quality control\, budgeting\, funding an
 d financial planning among others\, are crucially important. This presenta
 tion will focus on dissecting all the skills and activities required for p
 hotonic startup business success. The presenter will attempt to do this th
 rough examples drawn from his own experience as a technical and business p
 ractitioner in large and small photonic companies.</span></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;<
 /p>\n<p><span style="font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-si
 ze: 12pt\;"><img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/displ
 ay/90e46c7b-911c-467b-963d-b8ddc89170d3" width="599" height="337"></span><
 /p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>
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