AAMA-WilmerHale
Entrepreneur Bootcamp Series

Formation, Financing and IP Fundamentals Part 3

Starting a company can be daunting, particularly when you are unfamiliar with what it takes to protect your idea, your company and yourself. Where do you start? How do you obtain funding? What should you do to ensure that you are not only protecting your intellectual property, but maximizing its value?

Come join us for final of a three-part series with WilmerHale, one of the country’s leading IP and venture capital firms, as we provide a comprehensive overview of key legal issues that every entrepreneur who is thinking about starting a business should know. We will cover the basics of forming your company, strategies for obtaining venture capital funding, long-term planning for growing your company and for a successful exit, all with an emphasis on protecting and maximizing your most important asset: your intellectual property.

Panelist: Babak Pahlavan - Co-founder & CEO of The Clever Sense

By the age of 15, Babak had already penned over 10,000 lines of code. But that was just the start. Since those first 10,000 lines, Babak has created numerous e-commerce businesses and managed product development at companies such as Intel and Wyse Technology. As a product line manager for mobile platforms at Wyse Technology, he was responsible for successfully launching the company's smartphone software business. Babak bootstrapped Clever Sense during its first 2 years and has since secured equity financing from angel investors. He earned his dual-degree bachelor's with honors from UC Berkeley in EE and CS and earned his master's degree with honors from Stanford in EE, with emphases on CS & data mining.