Ned Godshall, president and chief executive officer of Altela, Inc., will share with students lessons learned as at the helm of several high-tech startups at a free lunch and seminar on Friday, Nov. 13, from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. in Anderson School room ASM 1065. Godshall’s talk, entitled “A Clean-Tech Entrepreneur’s Perspective” is part of the UNM Technology Business Plan Competition events. Everyone is invited and welcome to attend.
Photo: Ned Godshall
The UNM Technology Business Plan Competition involves students from across campus in partnering to create viable business plans and compete for $40,000 in prize funding, as well as additional venture capital seed funding. Overseen by The Anderson School Endowed Chair in Economic Development Sul Kassicieh, this year’s competition will take place on Friday, April 16, 2010, and a series of speakers will be brought to campus to share their experiences with students beforehand.
Open to all UNM students taking at least one course in the Fall 2009 or Spring 2010 semesters, the competition fosters economic development within New Mexico by supporting students in generating sound, innovative business plans.
Godshall has founded and led four high-tech start-up companies since 1995. At these companies, Godshall negotiated seed-round financing with venture capital firms and established the company’s accounting, payroll, budgeting, tax, project management, and corporate legal systems. He is one of NM’s first ‘serial entrepreneurs.’
Godshall’s most recent efforts have been with companies in the ‘clean-tech’ space: the hydrogen economy (MesoFuel, Inc.), photovoltaic solar cells (Advent Solar, Inc.), and water desalination (Altela, Inc.). Godshall has Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from the University of New Mexico.
RSVPs for the event are encouraged. To RSVP contact Jennifer Bayley at (505) 277-6172 or via e-mail at, bayley@mgt.unm.edu. For more information visit: Technology Business Plan.
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