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How do you find the right investors and funding to get your great ideas from concept to market? Join USPTO online or in person in New Orleans to hear inspiring stories of perseverance and determination from women entrepreneurs who succeeded in securing funding for their big ideas. You’ll also learn what resources are available to help you start and sustain your own business ventures.

Confirmed speakers

• Valencia Martin Wallace, Deputy Commissioner for Patents, USPTO
• Trivia Frazier, Ph.D., MBA, President and CEO, Obatala Sciences
• Khristie Dyson Landrew, Entrepreneur and Business Owner, Utopia Creations, LLC
• Phala K. Mire, President and CEO, Women’s Business Enterprise Council South (WBEC South)

For more information or if you have any questions or comments, please email USPTO at We@uspto.gov.

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USPTO looks forward to continuing to support women entrepreneurs and promote education around intellectual property. Please visit the Empowering Women's Entrepreneurship webpage for upcoming events, mentorship opportunities, resources, and tools available through the USPTO.

Accessibility

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation, please submit your request to the contact information listed above.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) offers inspirational and educational events, open to all, that feature successful innovators from a wide variety of backgrounds. Come learn about IP, innovation, and valuable resources available to independent inventors, small businesses, entrepreneurs, and underrepresented or underserved populations. Find out more at www.uspto.gov/innovationforall.

The content and opinions shared by our guest speakers during this program are not those of the USPTO, nor are they an endorsement of any persons, products, programs, or policies mentioned during the event.