As a Faculty or Staff Member, I need...
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Advice Regarding My Intellectual Property (Invention or Innovation)
- Email the Founding Director, Dr. John Hannon: jmhanno@clemson.edu
- Review the Clemson University Research Foundation Website
- Visit the Launchpad Legal Resources Page
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Help Starting a Company
- Email the Founding Director, Dr. John Hannon: jmhanno@clemson.edu
- Join Clemson’s StartupTree and review all the resources available
- Identify and reach out to your Regional SC Small Business Development Center Representative
- Attend a Launchpad "Improving Your Side Hustle" seminar (held twice a year in June and December). Go to Clemson’s StartupTree for more details and to RSVP
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Help Forming a Company (Educational Only)
- This is only educational advice. Be sure to consult an attorney for true legal counsel.
- Do a name search and file as an LLC or C Corporation. Search in South Carolina
- Obtain a Federal Employer Identification Number
- Create an Operating Agreement for your team
- Open a commercial bank account. Click for advice
- Create a business plan. Click for advice
- Consider purchasing or subscribing to accounting software for your finances and payroll
- Familiarize yourself with IRS requirements and regulations for Corporations and/or LLCs
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Information on Entrepreneurship Guest Speakers
- Visit the Launchpad Guest Speaker Page
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Information on Launchpad Seminars, Symposiums, Conferences, and Camps
- Follow @clemsonentrepreneurs on Instagram
- Click on "Events" at Clemson’s StartupTree
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Information on Having a Free Launchpad Intern Assigned to My Startup (Spring, Fall)
- Email the Founding Director, Dr. John Hannon: jmhanno@clemson.edu
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Finding I-Corps Interview Subjects
- Join Clemson’s StartupTree and reach out to 70 Clemson affiliated mentors and/or the other 1,200 members
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Co-Founders
- Join Clemson’s StartupTree and review all the members to find potential co-founders
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Mentors
- Join Clemson’s StartupTree and review the nearly 100 mentors available
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Investors
- Join Clemson’s StartupTree and review the investors available
- Pitch at a Launchpad Pitch Night (in person or via Zoom). Find upcoming dates on Clemson’s StartupTree
- Attend monthly Launchpad Pitch Nights (in person or via Zoom). Find upcoming dates on Clemson’s StartupTree
- Apply and pitch at one of our four college-specific competitions and/or our campus-wide Launchpad Liftoff Competition. Details available on Clemson’s StartupTree
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Gig Workers
- Join Clemson’s StartupTree and see who is offering services
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