Learn to begin and scale your enterprise at RoboBusiness’ startup bootcamp

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From left to proper, prime row: John Lanza, Mark O’Toole, Ben Waters, Daniel Theobald, and Joyce Sidopoulos. Backside row: Ninaad Sridharan, Syed Saquib, Niamh Donnelly, Marita McGinn, and Jeff Linnell.

The Robotics Startup Bootcamp, hosted by the MassRobotics Accelerator, returns to RoboBusiness this yr. Spanning two classes on the primary day of the occasion in Santa Clara, Calif., it’ll cowl matters starting from the fundamentals each entrepreneur ought to know at first of their journey, to the keys to scaling and rising a startup. 

In the course of the first a part of the bootcamp, which can happen at 11:45 a.m. PT on Oct. 16, consultants will share finest practices for lots of the frequent challenges that may make or break an organization. Consultants will discuss matters corresponding to buyer discovery, creating a gross sales pipeline, mental property and logos, Media and Advertising and marketing 101, working with company companions, and methods to fund a startup. 

Audio system through the first a part of the bootcamp embrace:

• John Lanza: Lanza is a associate at Foley Hoag LLC, which provides business-focused counsel on buying, transferring, and defending mental property rights. With in depth expertise advising each startups and established firms in a variety of industries, he helps purchasers efficiently navigate numerous enterprise challenges. Lanza has been an adjunct professor and frequent visitor lecturer, contributing insights on mental property and commercialization at Suffolk College Faculty of Regulation, Boston College Faculty of Regulation, Northeastern College Faculty of Regulation, and the Georgia Institute of Expertise.
  
• Mark O’Toole: Advertising and marketing 101 founder O’Toole helps firms construct compelling manufacturers and model tales, develop aspirational rallying cries, create outlined and clear messaging, and discover probably the most acceptable channels via which to inform these tales. With deep public relations and advertising expertise spanning startups and mature companies alike, O’Toole is a relentless promoter on behalf of his purchasers.
• Ben Waters: With greater than 10 years of expertise working in electrical engineering and robotics, Waters is co-founder and CEO of WiBotic, which develops wi-fi charging methods for robots of all styles and sizes. He has a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the College of Washington, the place he labored on wi-fi energy applied sciences for implanted gadgets. At WiBotic, Waters leads a crew of engineers, designers, and enterprise builders devoted to fixing the challenges of powering autonomous robots.
• Daniel Theobald: Theobald is the founder and chairman of Vecna Robotics, a versatile, clever supplies dealing with automation supplier. He has been on the forefront of robotics for greater than 20 years, working intently with DARPA, DoD, NASA, NIH, USDA, and lots of others to advance using robots and AI software program to enhance provide chain automation. Along with founding Vecna, Theobald additionally co-founded MassRobotics, and Twisted Fields, an natural analysis farm devoted to the development of automation in agriculture.
• Joyce Sidopoulos: Sidopoulos is co-founder and chief of operations at MassRobotics. In her function, she works on initiatives to develop the breadth and depth of the robotics ecosystem and develops excessive affect packages, highlighting startups expertise, matching startups with funders and prospects, participating with robotics adoption, connecting expertise to employers and dealing with academia to commercialize analysis. Sidopoulos can also be a mentor and decide at accelerator and college entrepreneurship packages.

Second a part of bootcamp focuses on scale

The Robotics Startup Bootcamp Half 2 will embrace hearth chats with founders who’ve raised funds and scaled their companies. Discussions will embrace the function of accelerators, fundraising, hiring and crew progress, and scaling to internet constructive income. Audio system throughout this a part of the bootcamp embrace:

• Ninaad Sridharan: Sridharan is the co-founder of brd BOT, the robotic “kitchen in a field” for fried meals. Previous to this enterprise, he was a {hardware} engineer at Intuitive Surgical, designing robotic catheters for reprocessing compliance.
  
• Syed Saquib: Saquib is co-founder and CEO of brd BOT. He bought his begin in meals tech working at KiwiBot, a sidewalk supply platform.
  
• Niamh Donnelly: Donnelly is co-founder and chief robotics officer at Akara. The corporate develops robots and AI instruments to assist hospitals cut back prices and maximize utilization of their working rooms. Earlier than beginning Akara, Donnelly was a robotics researcher at Trinity School Dublin, the place her analysis featured on the duvet of Time journal. In 2023, she was awarded the distinguished EU Ladies Innovators Award by the European Fee for her work in robotics.
  
• Marita McGinn: McGinn is the director of the MassRobotics Accelerator, a program dedicated to supporting and advancing robotics expertise entrepreneurs. She is a longstanding supporter of early stage startups. Beforehand, McGinn was a expertise banker at Silicon Valley Financial institution, constructed company accelerator packages for the U.S. Air Drive and Barclays, and hung out teaching startups on their gross sales processes.
• Jeff Linnell: Linnell is the founder and CEO of Formant, a cloud robotics platform for companies. As a serial entrepreneur, he has based a number of firms spanning the domains of net applied sciences, 3D animation, post-production, and augmented actuality. Earlier than founding Formant, Linnell served as head of robotics at Google X. He beforehand based Autofuss, a design/manufacturing firm, and Bot & Dolly, an engineering studio specializing in automation, robotics, and movie.

About RoboBusiness 2024

Along with startups, RoboBusiness focuses on enabling applied sciences, robotics innovation, and enterprise and funding matters associated to operating a robotics firm. Keynotes on the occasion will function:

• Rodney Brooks, co-founder and chief expertise officer at Strong AI, in addition to co-founder of iRobot and Rethink Robotics
• Sergey Levine, co-founder of Bodily Intelligence and an affiliate professor at UC Berkeley
• Claire Delaunay, chief expertise officer at farm-ng
• Torrey Smith, co-founder and CEO of Endiatx
• A panel on driving robotics innovation with ABB, DHL, NVIDIA, and Teradyne

RoboBusiness will embrace greater than 70 audio system, over 100 exhibitors and demos on the expo ground, 10+ hours of devoted networking time, the Pitchfire Robotics Startup Competitors, a Ladies in Robotics Luncheon, and extra.

RoboBusiness is co-located with DeviceTalks West, which focuses on the design and improvement of medical gadgets. Hundreds of robotics practitioners from world wide will convene on the Santa Clara Conference Middle, so register now to make sure your spot!