Network Launch date: Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Are you envisioning yourself as a potential inventor, investor, or entrepreneur in the field of dental technology or software, but find yourself lacking a clear path forward? If this resonates with you, take part in our yearlong learning network and online discussion group, designed to unite you with like-minded individuals who have effectively guided groundbreaking ideas and emerging dental technologies into the market.
Beginning with the initial stages of design conception, you will progress through a series of informative presentations and additional discussion activities aimed at equipping you to navigate the journey from thoughts on paper to full-fledged development and marketing. Join the network for our eight engaging 1.5-hour Zoom sessions throughout 2024 and receive 12 hours of CE for your participation as well as exclusive invitations to network-only events and CE at SmileCon® 2024—the ADA’s annual meeting—in New Orleans.
This network will meet on one Wednesday per month from 7- 8:30 p.m. EasternTime. For the Pacific Time version of this network, search "Inventors".
Learning Objectives
• Discuss dental technology categories and emerging trends
• Integrate design thinking for innovative problem-solving
• Develop user-centered problem analysis skills
• Discuss ideation and prototyping
• Gain insights into legal and organizational aspects of company formation
• Assess the significance of corporate governance
• Explore intellectual property concepts and protection types
• Analyze market segmentation and target customer profiling techniques
• Emphasize value propositions and differentiation for customer attraction
• Develop strategies for target audience engagement
• Analyze implications of Dental Support Organizations (DSOs) and market consolidation for your future innovations
• Consider investor criteria and investor pitch development
• Explore investment mechanisms (e.g., SAFEs, Convertible Notes, Equity)
• Develop a strategic understanding of investment options for dental ventures
Join us Wednesday's at the below dates and times:
• January 17, 2024: Design Thinking: An Iterative Innovation Approach to identifying Problems and Creating Solutions
• Feb 7, 2024: Corporate Governance: When and How to set up a Company and its Organizing Documents
• March 6, 2024: Intellectual Property and Moat: Creating an innovation that is both unique and protectable
• March 27, 2024: Dental Technology: The Landscape of Different Technology Categories Today and Where Greenspace Exists
• April 24, 2024: Go to Market Strategy: How to Identify your Target Market and Pursue Points of Access to them
• September 18, 2024: DSO's & Innovation: Market Consolidation, why it Matters to Startups, and How to Leverage it
• October 30, 2024: Investor Perspective: What are Investors looking for and Best Practices to Pitch to them
• Nov 13, 2024: Investment Mechanics: The SAFE, Convertible Note, and Equity pathways and their benefits
Activities Included:
Course Material
Complete the Evaluation and View CE Certificate
Activities Included:
Join/View Webinar
Course Material
Evaluation
Activities Included:
Join/View Webinar
Course Material
Evaluation
Activities Included:
Join/View Webinar
Course Material
Evaluation
Activities Included:
Join/View Webinar
Course Material
Evaluation
Activities Included:
Join/View Webinar
Course Material
Activities Included:
Join/View Webinar
Course Material
Evaluation
Activities Included:
Join/View Webinar
Course Material
Evaluation