Fairbanks Inventors Breakfast

Have Patent: Now What? FEDC Technology Led Development Project Manager, Juliet Shepherd, introduces available resources for local entrepreneurial inventors to drive their own patented products to market. During the workshop participants will create a 60 second pitch to introduce their technology/product/service to the group, without revealing its “secret sauce.” Sponsored by Alaska Patent and Trademark Resource Center. Juliet Shepherd Bio As the Technology Led Development Project Manager at Fairbanks Economic Development Corporation, Juliet works closely with the University to help facilitate the transfer of technology from UAF. She has a passion for propagating win/win outcomes and fostering economic diversity and is a founding member of the entrepreneur think tank which launched FairBikes bike share, winners of Startup Weekend Fairbanks in 2013. As a co-founder of the Innovate Alaska (2.0) effort to diversify Alaska’s economic base, Juliet collaborates with partners across the state to grow Alaska’s entrepreneur ecosystem, help increase exports and encourage import substitution businesses, and grow the next generation of Alaska entrepreneurs.