Northern Kentucky kicks off Start-up Slam for region's entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs looking for some guidance in getting a new company off the ground can head to Northern Kentucky University on March 19th for the first ever Start-Up Slam.

Northern Kentucky Tri-Ed, the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development and the NKU Enterprise Institute are sponsoring the one-day event aimed at giving entrepreneurs some serious tools and feedback on their business ideas.

The Slam is a new effort by the Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation, and the Northern Kentucky event is just one of several scheduled across the state.

"The goal of the Start-Up Slam is to provide valuable information on what it takes to start a business, and to make it last," said Keith Schneider, Commercialization Director of the Northern Kentucky ezone and an organizer for the event. "People who attend will get that information from business leaders who have been there and done that."

The panel of experts assembled for this program includes business leaders who have served with some of the nation's most respected companies: IBM, Intel, Ford Motor Co., Home Depot, Sears, BoschPower Tools, Union Carbide, Dow Chemicals and more.

The event will be at NKU's Student Union Center, in Highland Heights, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Most sessions are free, but for $65 participants can meet with an onsite attorney for an individual consultation and create a single-member LLC.

"With the depth of knowledge and experience these individuals provide, this one-on-one time is probably the most valuable part of the Slam," Schneider said.

Find answers to questions from how to market and sell products, forecasting revenue and expenses and pitching ideas to investors.

Interested? RSVP for the slam here.

Writers: Feoshia Henderson and Dave Malaska
SOURCES: Keith Schneider, Commercialization Director, ezone