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CAREER PLAN WORKSHOPcoofluence

@ Venture Center, Pune24th July 2010

By coofluence.com

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CAREER – A LITTLE THOUGHT

Coofluence Career Plan Workshop

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If you have a thought to share, you are welcome to do that. Just raise your hand.

Flight Safety Rules!

Your experiences in life are unique to you, just as mine are to me. Suggestions given here are just that – suggestions.

We are at a “WORK-SHOP” here, so we will do some work.

Questions? At the end.

Request: Mobile phones to be on silent mode.

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Job and a Career

If my current job pays well, does it matter what is my career like?

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Job, Business, Profession, VocationA job pays cashA business pays cashA profession pays cashA vocation pays cashBut, a career doesn’t payCash. Why?

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The Sum of Parts

A career is a sum of parts of jobs, businesses, etc, that you do.

CAREER = ½ YOUi.e., Your choice of what you did as work for almost half your days in life

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Plan? Me? Of course not

I didn’t plan my career. But why should you not?

BAPC? Best Alternative to a Career Plan is what?

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Plan – Method

Plan ≠ Wish ListA simple methodSomething that works for youLearn from Others’ methods

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A Video From Open Uni., UK

http://www.open.ac.uk/careers/career-planning.php

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DOTS Model by Law, Watts.

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/York/documents/resources/resourcedatabase/id592_career_development_learning_and_employability.pdf

AbilitiesValuesInterests

Self Awareness

Knowledge of Work Opportunities Process to access those opportunities

Opportunities

Decision Making Skills,Biases

Decision Skills

Transition learning skills like job hunting, presentation, interviewing etc

Transitions

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Coofluence Career Matrix

SOG Money

Authority

SOS

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SOG – Sense of Growth

Things are Moving,And in the “right” direction,Milestones of achievements on the way

Let’s Do the Worksheet Activity

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Money

How much?Have you asked for it?What’s worth of your time per hour?What will you trade to get that money? Time, Energy, Attention? How much of that?

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Money

Investments in land, stocks, etc, grow at a rate that is not in your control. Don’t rely on that alone.

Focus on increasing your income and net worth, instead of obsessing over savings and investments. YOU ARE YOUR BEST ASSET AND INVESTMENT.

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Money

What investments have you made in yourself recently to increase your income?-Formal Education? Courses, Degrees.

-Health? Exercise, Diets, Checkups.

-Enrichment Learn? Art, Music, Hobbies.

-Skills? New skills, enhancement

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Authority

Power to make decisions?Give a directionAffect the outcomesDictatorship is not authority. We all work in teams now.

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SOS – Sense of Security

If in a good situation: worry is that will this wonderland last? How long?

In a bad situation: if I change the situation, will I be worse off?

Security should come from confidence in making efforts and ability to master change and not from situations.

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Breakthroughs

Sense – A new trendLearn – A new skillFind – A new opportunityBuild – A new relationshipTrade – Give favors and get favorsTime – A trend to get the best timing

CHANGE, over and above all

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My Best Investments

Only THREE:Learning (not education alone)RelationshipsWatching Trends & Big PictureIP is a trend, can you spot opportunities in it?

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A New Kind of Niche

Intellectual PropertyPATENTS – protect new inventionsTRADEMARKS – protect brandsCOPYRIGHTS – protect creative expressions

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TREND - Timing is Right

India – a major service economyGrowing at a rapid 9%Look at developed countriesTheir wealth today is in Intellectual Property-> Patents – Chips, Mobiles, Medicines, LCD TVs->Trademarks – Pepsi, Coke, Nike-> Copyright – Hollywood movies

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Career Options in IP

Lawyers: filing, litigation and licensing

Scientists/Engineers: Inventions, licensing

Management: Entrepreneurship, Inventing, Investment, Branding

Pharmacy: patenting, generics, licensing

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IP Foundation Course

Coofluence is a training venture

IP is our core strength. Course quality will be world-class and we will be using structured learning methods and not just boring lectures.

IP Foundation course will cover all details about filing, litigating, licensing – patents, trademarks, copyrights, and designs.

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Course Details

Saturdays, 4 hours, 1.30pm@ Venture CenterFee: 7,000 (For students: 6,000 and other discounts)10-12 sessions, Approx. 3 months

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Faculty: Hasit Seth

.edu = BSc (Computers), LL.B., LL.M (Gold Medal, Mumbai Uni.),LL.M. (IP, Franklin Pierce, USA)NCEES (F.E.), US Patent Exam, New York Bar Member, Negotiation Programs @ Harvard Law School

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Work Experience

Counsel, Bombay High CourtAttorney at two US IP firms doing patent prosecution, litigationPatent licensing with IPVALUEAsia Patent Manager with EATON (US MNC, $11bn+)- And now an entrepreneur – Coofluence and KNOAGER (eLearning)

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Questions?

Contact Details:www.coofluence.cominfo@coofluence.com