Workshop Materials 

Listing of space that is ‘friendly’ to startups and small enterprises (low rent and month-to-month leases) that is close to the ‘university corridor’ (Fifth and Forbes Avenues) and accessible by public transportation.

NEW! Second stage space listings under a new tab.  These spaces are still startup friendly but they are geared for teams that have outgrown the startup and co-working space (generally when the team reaches 10 or more people).

Please send any additions to the listings to kit@cs.cmu.edu.

Startup & Co-working Space [.pdf]

• The accidental entrepreneur: Gordon Moore [.pdf]
  
• What entrepreneurs need to know about: The elevator pitch
• Confessions of a four-time entrepreneur [.pdf]

Articles about issues facing startups that start within universities

• Tech transfers hold steady
• Start-up maestros of academia
• Bayh Dole Act
• Dual Licensing in Open Source Software Industry [.pdf]
  

Articles and information regarding intellectual property and its importance

• How to keep an inventor's logbook
• Patent law basics [.pdf]
  
• Patent law you can use: inventorship and ownership of a patent [.pdf]
• Patent law you can use: provisional patent applications [.pdf]
  
• Patent law you can use: patents vs trade secrets [.pdf]
  
• Patent Analytics

• Rich vs King: the entrepreneur's dilemma [.pdf]
• Founder's pie calculator [.pdf]
  
• Equity in starts ups: a case study and some data [.pdf]
• Considerations for Founders: Issues in Structuring Relationships Among Members of the Founder Team [.pdf]
• Founders and entrepreneurs can learn how to track/understand valuations and dilution

Articles about typical compensation for startups and early stage technology companies

• 2007 PLSG compensation survey results [.pdf]
  
• What to pay your top team
• 2006 compensation & entrepreneurship report in information technology [.pdf]
  
• Calculating payroll and taxes

Articles about legal structures of businesses

• Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs
• Choice of Entity [.pdf]
  

• Employment/Employee Equity Matters [.pdf]
• Protecting Your Intellectual Property [.pptx]
• Startup Funding Identifying and Avoiding the Pitfalls [.ppt]
• Structuring and Leveraging “Partnering” Arrangements
• Doing Business in China [.pptx]
• Startup Funding: Avoiding the Pitfalls [.pptx]
• Structuring Startups [.pptx]
  
• Understanding Investment Securities [.pptx]
• Taking Money from Friends, Family, and Angels [.pptx]
• How to Shop for a Lawyer [pdf]
• Raising Capital [pdf]
• Raising Capital Part 1 [pdf]
• How to Conduct Patent Research [pdf]
• Business Formation [pdf]
  

• Great article on pitching from "The Pitch Doctor"
• Pitching to Angels [.pdf]
• Art of the Pitch [.pdf]