2024 Berger Entrepreneur Bootcamp
The Shepard Broad College of Law and the Sharon and Mitchell W. Berger Entrepreneur Law Clinic proudly present the 2024 Berger Entrepreneur Bootcamp: Innovating Successfully – Launching and Managing Your Start-Up. Building on the success of our four prior bootcamps, each with over 200 in-person and online participants, our 2024 Bootcamp will immerse entrepreneurs in the skills and disciplines needed to successfully launch and manage their start-up business.
The 2024 Bootcamp will feature a faculty of over 30 diverse presenters from NSU's Shepard Broad College of Law, NSU's H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship, start-up founders, and other experienced professionals and participants in South Florida’s start-up ecosystem. This two-day workshop is open to all NSU students, faculty, staff, and the general public. It will also be simulcast and recorded for those who want to attend the program online.
Thursday, October 31, 2024 from 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Friday, November 1, 2024 from 8:00 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.
The Bootcamp program will be held at the NSU Shepard Broad College of Law on the 3rd floor of the Panza Maurer Law Library at 3305 College Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314. Parking is available in the NSU Parking Garage and is ADA compliant.
For information or questions, please email NSU Law Office of Outreach and Engagement
For sponsorship opportunities, please email Karen Rose or call (954) 262-6303
Topics for 2024 will focus on the essential steps for developing new products and companies, including:
- Selecting & Documenting Your Business Entity
- Equity & Ownership and Accounting & Tax Matters
- Community Resources and Support for Underserved Communities
- Fundraising for Your Start-Up
- Operational Risk Management
- Navigating the Start-Up World
- Patents and Patentability
- Customer Data, Cybersecurity, Trade Secret, and Compliance Essentials
- AI, Synthetic Media and Deepfakes
- Copyright, Websites, and Materials
- Trademarks, Publicity Rights, and Endorsements Rules
CLE Credits Approved for this Bootcamp
General: 17.5
Technology: 6.0
Certification Credits Approved for this Bootcamp
Intellectual Property Law: 17.5
Panel Discussions
DAY ONE: October 31, 2024
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Panel Title |
Panelists |
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Welcome and Program Overview |
Dean José R. (Beto) Juárez, Jr., Dean and Professor of Law, NSU Shepard Broad College of Law Steven Kass, Esq., Berger Family Fellow and Director, Jon M. Garon, Professor of Law and Director, Goodwin Program for Society, Technology and the Law, NSU | Shepard Broad College of Law Mitchell W. Berger, Esq. Founder and Partner, and Sharon L. Kegerreis, Esq., of Counsel, Berger Singerman LLP |
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Panel 1: Selecting & Documenting Your Business Entity |
Michelle K. Suarez, Esq., CEO & Founder, Florida Entrepreneur Law Steven Kass, Esq., Berger Family Fellow and Director, |
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Panel 2: Equity & Ownership and Accounting & Tax Matters |
Jordan M. Chisolm, Esq., Cozen O'Connor Michele Migliuolo, Ph.D., Instructor of Entrepreneurship, NSU | H. Wayne Huizenga Business Innovation Academy Meredith Tucker, CPA, Principal & Entrepreneurial Services Practice Leader, Kaufman | Rossin cpa + advisors |
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Panel 3: Community Resources and Support for Underserved Communities |
Sandy-Michael McDonald, Director, Broward County Office of Economic and Small Business Development (OESBD) Courtnee Biscardi, MPA, Executive Vice President, Urban League of Broward County Rafael Cruz, MBA, CGBP, EDFP, Assistant Director, Florida Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at FAU, Division of Research |
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Panel 4: Lunch & Learn - Business Planning and Pitching to Investors |
Jose Brache, Ph.D., Academic Director, NSU | H. Wayne Huizenga Business Innovation Academy Michele Migliuolo, Ph.D., Instructor of Entrepreneurship, NSU | H. Wayne Huizenga Business Innovation Academy |
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Panel 5: Operational Risk Management |
Marc Roberts, Managing Director, My HR Department Jonathan E. Gale, Esq., Cozen O’Connor Ryan Menocal, Business Insurance Advisor, Marsh McLennan Agency |
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Panel 6: Navigating the Start-Up World |
Moderated by: J.R. McFarling, Small Business Development Officer, Urban League of Broward County Nadia Davis, Co-Founder, Show Agents LLC Scott Logvin, President & Ceo, Barkera Corp. David I. Muir, President, Island Syndicate Inc. |
DAY TWO: November 1, 2024
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Panel Title |
Panelists |
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Welcome and Program Overview |
Jon M. Garon, Professor of Law and Director, Goodwin Program for Society, Technology and the Law, NSU Shepard Broad College of Law
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Panel 7: Patents and Patentability |
Alexander D. Brown, Esq., The Concept Law Group, P.A. Scott Smiley, Esq., The Concept Law Group, P.A. |
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Panel 8: Customer Data, Cybersecurity, Trade Secret, and Compliance Essentials |
Dr. Cheryl Booth, Associate Director of Research and Reference Services, NSU Shepard Broad College of Law Francisco Tschen, Adjunct Professor, FIU Law |
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Panel 9: Lunch & Learn: AI, Synthetic Media and Deepfakes |
Moderated by: Vicenç Feliú, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Library Services, NSU Shepard Broad College of Law Zachary Catanzaro, Assistant Professor of Law, Director of the IP Certificate Program, College of Law, St. Thomas University Jon M. Garon, Professor of Law and Director, Goodwin Program for Society, Technology and the Law, NSU Shepard Broad College of Law |
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Panel 10: Copyright, Websites, and Materials |
Paul D. Bianco, Ph.D., Fleit Intellectual Property Law Veronika Balbuzanova, Esq., Johnson | Dalal® Kelly Ann desRosiers, Esq., The Lomnitzer Law Firm, P.A. |
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Panel 11: Trademarks, Publicity Rights, and Endorsements Rules |
Neda Lajevardi, Esq., Partner, Lott & Fischer Nicholas B. Spatola, Esq., Origins Law |
*Program is subject to change
- Welcome & Intro to The Program
- Panel 1: Innovation, Exclusivity, and Relevance
- Panel 2: Key Business Law Concepts; Ownership; and Financial Planning
- Panel 3: Community Resources
- Panel 4: Lunch & Learn - Business Planning
- Panel 5: Operating in a Digital World - Privacy, Cyber Security & Artificial Intelligence
- Panel 6: Trade Secrets, Restrictive Covenants & Employment Considerations
- Panel 7: Words of Wisdom from Members of NSU’s Entrepreneur and Business Hall of Fame
- Panel 8: Copyrights and Trademarks
- Panel 9: Pathways for Innovation Success in Under-Served and Economically Disadvantaged Communities
- Panel 10: Patents
- Panel 11: Onboarding and Managing Human Resources
- Panel 12: Being a Successful Innovator: A Discussion with Founders and Mentors
2023 Course Materials (not available at this time)
- Welcome & Intro to The Program
- Panel 1: Creating an Environment for Innovation Success Part 1 | Part 2
- Panel 2: Foundations for Innovation Success: Legal Planning Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
- Panel 3: Foundation for Innovation Success: Business Planning and Financing
- Panel 4: Creating Pathways for Innovation Success in Under-Served and Economically Disadvantaged Communities
- Panel 5: Innovation Success through IP: Overview; Copyrights & Trademarks Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
- Panel 6: Innovation Success through IP: Patents Part 1 | Part 2
- Panel 7: Innovation Success through IP: Secrets, Contractual Rights & Employment Considerations
- Panel 8: Being a Successful Innovator: A Discussion with Founders
- Welcome & Panel 1: Start-Up Ecosystem and Small Business Certification
- Panel 2: Legal Planning for Start-Ups
- Panel 3: Ideation and User Design
- Panel 4: Business Planning
- Panel 5: Start-Up Practicalities: Lessons from the Berger Entrepreneur Law Clinic
- Panel 6: Patents and Patentability
- Panel 7: Taking a Product from Concept to Fabrication
- Panel 8: Digital Marketing for Entrepreneurs and Start-Ups
- Panel 9: Trademark, Trade Secret, Copyright and Publicity Rights
- Panel 10: Business Funding and Finance: Angels, VCs, and Lenders
- Welcome & Panel 1: Ideation
- Panel 2: Business Planning
- Panel 3: Financial planning and Market Analysis
- Panel 4: Business Models
- Panel 5: Patents and Patentability
- Panel 6: Trademarks, Trade Secrets, Copyright, and Publicity
- Panel 7: Design, Fabrication, Production, and Delivery - Part 1
- Panel 7: Design, Fabrication, Production, and Delivery - Part 2
- Panel 8: Business Funding and Finance: Angels, VCs, and Lenders