Technology & Business Center

Technology & Business Center

Technology Incubator Support

The Technology and Business Center works with clients in regional technology incubators in the City of Hampton and James City County. As a result of those efforts, we have developed a series of training modules to help small companies acquire the key skills required to survive and grow.

The Technology Business Strategic Education Module Program (TESEMP) has been designed by the Technology & Business Center in conjunction with the Mason School of Business. The TESEMP provides a very high level educational program designed to maximize the growth potential and sustainability of early stage technology businesses with high growth potential.

These technology businesses are generally pre-revenue start-ups or early stage companies founded by entrepreneurs who often have little business experience. While they may be technically brilliant, their real knowledge of critical business practices is limited. Unfortunately, their lack of knowledge greatly hinders their progress. This program is designed to provide a series of critical business education modules that will greatly enhance their knowledge of important business issues and processes.

The TESEMP provides a very high-level educational program to early-stage technology companies. The program is particularly suitable for companies in SBIR programs. It is based on 5 educational modules taught by Mason School of Business professors with assistance from the Technology & Business Center.

The Modules include:

Strenghts Weaknesses Opportunities Threats Analysis (M1)
Strategic Business Planning (M2)
Essentials of Finance (M3)
Sales and Marketing (M4)
Operations and Business Processes (M5)

Module 1 is performed first for each client to establish a baseline of their status.

Modules M2 – M5, can be run as a sequence, typically over a 4 - 5 month period, or can be provided individually for other requirements.

Recent courses have been taught by the following Mason School of Business Professors:

Dr. Hector Guerrero, Associate Professor, SWOT Module

Dr. Brent Allred, Associate Professor, Strategy Module

Dr. Vladimir Atanasov, Assistant Professor, Finance Module

Dr. Ronald Hess, Associate Professor, Sales/Marketing Module

Dr. James Bradley, Associate Professor, Operations and Processes Module

The upcoming schedule for the Technology Business Strategic Education Module Program is:

March 5, 2008 - SWOT Analysis, Dr. Hector Guerrero
March 5, 2008 - Business Strategy, Dr. Brent Allred
April 10, 2008 - Business Finance, Dr. Vladimir Atanasov
May 15, 2008 - Sales/Marketing, Dr. Ronald Hess
June 17, 2008 - Business Processes and Operations, Dr. James Bradley

All classes are held in Blow Memorial Hall from 2:00pm to 5:30pm on the College of William and Mary campus (Blow Memorial Hall is Building #7 on the College of William and Mary campus map).

We can provide more information if you are interested in individual modules or the entire program.

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