About Lawrence Udell
Serves as Executive Director of:
- California Invention Center – founded with a Federal Grant in 1995
- Center for New Venture Alliance – founded in 1990 as part of California State University
- Intellectual Property International, Ltd. – founded in 1998 with 50 colleagues worldwide
- Founder of Licensing Executive Society (LES) Silicon Valley Chapter in 2000 and serves as Chairman Emeritus
Lawerence Udell
Founder of the California Invention Center
Experience:
- Has devoted a half-century to entrepreneurial endeavors, lecturing, and teaching as a Professor of New Ventures since 1982 with over 40 published articles
- Left his last employer in March of 1964
- Has created more than thirty-five corporations (none of which have ever went bankrupt)
- Teaches accredited courses in New Ventures & Entrepreneurship at leading universities throughout the US and Canada
- Has lectured throughout the US for the USPTO, clients, and the World Intellectual Property Organization(WIPO)
- Consults to Fortune 500 companies, small firms, and new ventures
- Serves as a Board Member and/or officer of several corporations. Founding member of Jump Sport, Eye-Com Corporation, and C4Cube
- Has been quoted in: Time Magazine, Wall Street Journal, New York Time, USA Today, Associated Press, The World Almanac, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Forbes Magazine, Inventors Digest, Licensing Journal, etc.
Clients have included:
- AT&T
- Saudi-Aramco
- State of Alaska
- Bank of America
- Gillette & Duracell
- Avery-Dennison Inc.
- University of Nevada
- QVC Television, D/C
- Federal Laboratory Consortium
- National Technology Transfer Center
- Siemens Technology-to-Business Center
- International Society for Optical Engineering
- Federal agencies: DOC, DOE, NIST, NSF, USPTO
- Venture Capital companies and Angel Investment Groups
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) United Nation